Frightening Encounter With Hiker Hilton!

[Diane4145]

A friend sent me this and it appears to be real! I searched snopes.com to see if it was bogus, but, couldn't find anything on it.

This is from a teacher @ Lakeview accacemy....scary!
Gina and Bud whom we work with for the DCHumane Society also encountered the guy at the park where they take their dogs to run and swim. He seemed to go to these kind of places hoping to find someone to kill!

Hey everybody- ​

I am sure you have all heard about the hiker who went missing on New Year's Day and the guy who is in custody for kidnapping, and murdering her. Her be-headed body was found today and I am sure they will be charging him with her murder. He is also suspected in several other murders in Florida , North Carolina , and Georgia . ​

I wanted to tell you all about what happened to me so that you will all be aware of who you talk to and to pay attention to your "something is weird here" radar. ​

The day before the girl, Meredith Emerson, went missing, I was hiking on the same trail on Blood Mountain . I saw the man who is suspected of killing her and I talked to him for about 10 minutes. He asked me if I was alone and if I had a cell phone. It wasn't particularly odd that he asked me those questions, because he worked them into the conversation. My radar did go off because he is very strange. ​

I didn't feel like I was in danger because I was with a group, that I was hiking ahead of when I encountered him on the trail. I'd like to thin k I wouldn't have talked to him if I was alone, but I probably would have, just to be polite. He was most likely 'shopping' me as a victim. He was walking very quickly ahead of me as we talked and I walked more quickly to be able to hear him and continue the conversation. I kept looking back to make sure I could see or hear my group. When the trail split, he went the other way than we did. My husband noticed that when we got to the bottom of the trail, the suspect, Hilton, was behind us. I don't know if he doubled back to see if I was alone or not. ​

That encounter was a little too close to home. I always try to be friendly and polite, but I've found that is not such a good idea. Who cares if a stranger thinks you snubbed them? ​

Just keep in mind that the world is full of bad people and that they are very good at manipulating situations to get you involved with them. ​

Be safe and listen to your gut! "Stranger Danger" applies to grown-ups, too. It only takes a second to become a victim!​

Nancy Linkesh ​

email nlinkesh@hotmail.com ​

 

[Smiling JOe]

Yes, stay of the AT. It's a real killer.

 

[ellen]

Likely true: I am a volunteer with Dawson County Humane Society, and although I do not know them personally, there is a Gina and Bud (last name withheld) on the master email list. Dawsonville is a small town, much like SoWal, and it is very scary to find out that this tragedy occurred a couple of miles from my daughter's school.

 

[scooterbug44]

This is why I always hike w/ at least one other person (or just a large dog if I'm near the house) and even if you AREN'T hiking with someone you lie and tell someone you are.

 

[Ocean Lover]

This gives me the creeps big time. This past summer I took my kids on a hike not far from our house to a waterfall close to the river. We hiked down a quarter mile or so just passing one or two people as we went with no one behind us. We made it to the waterfall and were admiring it when I noticed out of the corner of my eye an older man standing back watching. He could have been completely innocent wanting to see the waterfall too but all the sudden I got the eeriest feeling and I got really scared. The kids were having a ball climbing on rocks and wanted to go closer to the falls and all I wanted to do was get the heck out of there! The man ended up leaving and we waited a bit and then headed back. It made me realize never to go hiking without another Mr OL or another adult.

 

[Minnie]

Yes, stay of the AT. It's a real killer.

Is there a typo in this somewhere.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Is there a typo in this somewhere.

No typo. Try hiking 2106 miles up, over, and down the every mountain along the way. You too, will think it is a killer. I'll take my chances hiking in the woods, any day over driving down the road. There are freaks everywhere in the US, and I don't think there is a higher percentage of them on a hiking trail. I think people watched Friday the 13th too many times as kids. Many mini-movies going off in people's heads when they are by themselves.

 

[Bob]

you could always take Mr. Snubnose with you on a trail just for insurance.

 

[Smiling JOe]

you could always take Mr. Snubnose with you on a trail just for insurance.

'Tis true, but Mr Snubnose, after not being used for several days or weeks, would quickly make its way to the bottom of your pack. Then, when you do encounter the fruit loop wearing the red warning flag, you won't wish to offend him by digging through your bag searching for your guy while he is asking you a question or two. If the fruitcase wanting to take you out, he could do so long before you ever took your pack off your back. Also, due to Mr Snubnose being the least practical item in your pack, you will quickly ditch it, for the weight alone. As I said, the AT is a real killer, and ounces matter.

 

[Rudyjohn]

This gives me the creeps big time. This past summer I took my kids on a hike not far from our house to a waterfall close to the river. We hiked down a quarter mile or so just passing one or two people as we went with no one behind us. We made it to the waterfall and were admiring it when I noticed out of the corner of my eye an older man standing back watching. He could have been completely innocent wanting to see the waterfall too but all the sudden I got the eeriest feeling and I got really scared. The kids were having a ball climbing on rocks and wanted to go closer to the falls and all I wanted to do was get the heck out of there! The man ended up leaving and we waited a bit and then headed back. It made me realize never to go hiking without another Mr OL or another adult.

This would be very frightening. Such a shame that a family can't just take a quick hike w/o the possibility of foul play just at arm's length. Something like this may never happen to you again, but then again, you'll always feel that you'll need to be looking over your shoulders during a HIKE! Good grief. But then again, I'm the wrong person to comment on these things because I'm always on the look out for creeps prowling around in the dark or right out in the open! .