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<P>CNN indicated that Hilton was an AT hiker, in a way that intimated he was a thru hiker. Anyone hear or know anything about him? </P>
<P>L-Rod</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: danandgailsc@aol.com <BR>Sent: Jan 6, 2008 11:55 AM <BR>To: pct-l@backcountry.net <BR>Subject: [pct-l] Missing hiker on the AT <BR><BR>Both of these tragedies happened within a couple of hours' driving time from here. There are a number of other similarities between the 2, besides the yellow rain jacket--<BR><BR>proximity between the 2 locations--1 hr between ATM withdrawal of 1st incident (Ducktown, TN) and trailhead of 2nd incident;<BR>"blunt trauma" to back of head of 1st victim; baton weapon found in 2nd incident;<BR>Hilton attempted to use ATM card of 2nd victim, as happened in 1st incident.<BR><BR>Needless to say, I have followed these stories with great interest for many reasons--<BR>They happened in my "backyard" where we hike--we've hiked in both locations many times; and my wife, Gutsy, frequently hikes alone. However, we don't stop driving down I-85 (pick a highway) just because a deadly accident occured there, do we? I, like Sly, feel safer on the trail than around populated areas.<BR><BR>By the way, neither incident happened on the AT.<BR><BR>Dan<BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Pretty sad for a hiker to perhaps be killed. This may be connected to another double homicide in NC recently too, may indeed be the same man they arrested today.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>I just wanted to add, it's probably not the same guy. </DIV>
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