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

[mkwart at gci.net]

  You're right--but I also am a lone female and am used to taking more 
precautions than probably a lone male would--even in my non hiking life, 
knowing and experiencing the way people are in larger towns.
--Fireweed

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:38 PM , e ly wrote:

  The comment that you wouldn't have walked around that late at night 
was unnecessary.  He may have just arrived in that town that night. 
Don't blame the victim.   No one expects that kind of cruelty anywhere.

> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:28:47 -0800 From: mkwart at gci.net To: 
> pct-l at backcountry.net 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.
>
>
> 
> 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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