Machete Attack On The Appalachian Trail
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 6 months ago
From a reader, Fox News:
James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Mass., was arrested early Saturday on a federal complaint charging him with murder and assault with intent to murder in connection with the “senseless and brutal attack” on the two unidentified hikers, Abingdon U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen said.
Jordan was known to hike the Appalachian Trail under the moniker “Sovereign,” WCYB-TV reported. He was arrested in April for threatening hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation, according to WJHL-TV.
The victims were hiking together when they were attacked, WSLS-TV reported. Deputies responded sometime after 3:30 a.m.
The deputies used GPS to find the man in Wythe County after he sent out an emergency notification on his cellphone, the station reported.
Two hikers helped the woman after she walked six miles injured and bleeding, according to the station.
He looks like a creep, and he isn’t sovereign over anything. I would had been suspicious of him right off the bat.
When you’re in the bush, there are threats of the four legged kind and two legged kind. Be prepared for both. Carry guns and travel with a dog. Make sure your gun isn’t inside a backpack or stowed away where you can’t get to it.
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On May 13, 2019 at 12:48 pm, John said:
A buddy who walked part of it a few times years ago told me about a “John the Baptist” looking
guy who preached and cajoled hikers. They called him “Hagai the Prophet”.
He was harmless but nervous making when sleep called.
Men who hike wild areas take their chances if they decide to go unarmed.
Women who do so are Bambi loving fools.