#204053 - 06/28/10 09:18 PM
Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
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This is a bizarre story... Authorities continue to search for a man they say kidnapped a 44-year-old Ber-thoud man and a 32-year-old Fort Collins woman.
The couple say they were hiking Saturday when a masked man threatened them and then tied them to trees.
SWAT teams from the Boulder County Sherriff's Office and the Longmont Police Department are continuing the search for an armed suspect they say kidnapped the two while they were hiking west of the Peak to Peak Highway.The complete news article is here and there is more info in the 3 minute video segment in the top right corner of the page.
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#204059 - 06/28/10 10:56 PM
Re: Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
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#204060 - 06/28/10 11:00 PM
Re: Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
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Hard to say what is going on.
Camouflaged Rambo wanna-be outlaw fondling a gun in the woods stumbles into a couple of hikers and fires a shot to impress them. Feeling embarrassed, perhaps running from the law, he figures he will tie them up to give himself time to get away. He flees. They get away. Authorities show up. Could be.
Or maybe a bored couple come up with a story about a armed man who ties them up hoping to gain some notoriety and press.
Not enough information to say for sure what happened.
Good news is that no matter what happened nobody seemed to get seriously hurt.
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#204062 - 06/29/10 12:53 AM
Re: Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
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"Authorities say the man freed himself, ran to a populated area and telephoned authorities. Officials say the assailant released the woman, who was found at the car the couple left beside a road."
The assailant threatened them, fired a shot, then lets the guy run off to get the law, and he turns the woman loose.
I think there's more to this story... and 'story' it may well be.
Sue
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#204064 - 06/29/10 03:03 AM
Re: Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
[Re: Susan]
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Looks like the police have arrested a suspect. Boulder County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 42-year-old transient this afternoon on suspicion he abducted two local hikers at gunpoint near Nederland last weekend.
Joseph Scott Carter had been camping in the forest for a couple of weeks, the Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
He was found near the Peak to Peak Highway this afternoon and matched the description given by the man and woman he allegedly accosted at rifle point.
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#204089 - 06/29/10 11:45 PM
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This is the kind of things that have been going on in the Ocala National Forest here in Florida for about 15 years now. Transients and meth cookers take up residence in the forest and often harass hikers who are going along the Florida Trail. I don't know if I would use the term "often" given the great numbers of people who go into the ONF in relation to the much smaller numbers of reported encounters over a long period of time. Yes, there have been a few egregious cases of assaults and murder, at least two made the national news, but over a similar amount of time many otherwise considered peaceful small town have seen worse. The fact is that thousands of hikers and campers go into the ONF and other state forests unarmed and they experience nothing but peaceful relations with the people they meet. I would also be leery about trying out your kung-fu on a person holding a gun. As it was everyone made it out relatively unharmed. Toss in a few sudden moves and perceived threat by the person with the gun and the balance between not desiring to kill people, he obviously had some qualms about killing people because he clearly could have slaughtered them without difficulty, and the advantages of not leaving witnesses behind may have gone the wrong way. The option of violent resistance would have shifted if the man clearly stated or implied an intention to kill them. The statistics say that an attacker that attempts to get you into a vehicle will kill you. Once you get in a car the odds of survival approach zero. In that case violent resistance and/or fleeing is pretty much the only option. As it was, considering the outcome where nobody got seriously injured, avoidance of violent resistance was the right choice.
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#204114 - 06/30/10 06:24 PM
Re: Hikers say they were kidnapped, tied to trees
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As it was, considering the outcome where nobody got seriously injured, avoidance of violent resistance was the right choice. No, the eventual outcome does not validate the hikers response. They might have survived DESPITE doing nothing, not BECAUSE of it. Nobody will ever know the answer to that one. Me, I would interpret trying to tie me up to a tree while holding a rifle on me to be a true life threatening situation, deserving of the most violent of defenses if needed. This includes terminating the aggressors life if required. Others can certainly disagree with me, that's fine, and the discussion is welcomed. Some believe that passivity is the solution to force, others believe force should be met with equal or greater force. People have lived, and died, utilizing both responses. Conclusions drawn from anecdotes and single case examples of what may have worked in one specific situation are meaningless and dangerous.
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