[pct-l] AT hiker set on fire in town

[Lindsey Sommer]

Agreed, I'd much rather spend time alone in the wilderness than deal with
THAT...

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Chris Anderson <srhspaded at yahoo.com>wrote:

> That is messed up beyond words... who would light a person on fire for
> being homeless?  Yet another reason I have no faith in most of humanity,
> and would rather spend my time in the wilderness.
>
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>  From: "mkwart at gci.net" <mkwart at gci.net>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:28 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] AT hiker set on fire in town
>
> I ran across this story--the perpetrators thought the hiker was a
> homeless person, so threw gas on him and a match while he was walking in
> a re-supply town late at night. Pretty sad.....Although I would never
> walk around a strange town with my pack at 1 in the morning, though. I
> think people are more aware of hikers on the PCT because the towns are
> smaller the trail goes through. I try to educate people in Ashland how
> PCT hikers look--I believe Firefly the retired Old Station trail angel
> also included something on this topic when she was interviewed for a
> newspaper story a few years back.
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> http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/UPDATE-Hiker-set-on-fire-while-he-stops-to-get/W_oqco4kdkq85RJMtSKWvA.cspx#.UAC7pWBrR0A.facebook
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> --Fireweed
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