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who disappeared from a hiking trail for fifty

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one hours. after getting separated from her

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survived, she simply said a friend

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helped her. She described this friend,

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four years old, black hair, brown

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twenty three years earlier and was never

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app. download the app today. Matt

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didn't have a planned route. Instead, he had

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a map and a compass, and he began just kind

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of wandering in the forest, kind of flooring

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wherever he wanted to go. And over the next

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two days, he covered at least ten maybe

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fifteen miles in kind of random zigzag

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directions He found a nice clearing

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and he set up another campsite. That

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night, he set up a fire and he was eating some food

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near his fire. And then as he's sitting there,

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he hears rustling coming from behind him.

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He's pretty sure it's an animal, so he turns

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around and he doesn't see anything, and he goes back

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to eat his food. And then a little while later,

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he hears some more wrestling behind him. And

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this time, he can't really just write it off. Clearly,

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there is something behind him that's moving around.

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And so he stood up, turned around, and remained

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motionless and just listen expecting

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to see maybe a deer come out of the woods.

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But instead, he hears a man's voice

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come out of the darkness that says, Do

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you know how to get to Bell's canyon? And

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Matt's heart starts racing. He knows

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that even though he can't see him, it has

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to be the same guy he's

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saw two days ago because they are in

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the middle of nowhere. He

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hasn't seen any other hiker's

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or campers or anyone and

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clearly this guy has the ability to

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sneak up on him. And so he's thinking, what

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does this guy want? I just spent the

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past two days hiking in random

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directions for fifteen miles

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and he must have followed me. And

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so Matt, not knowing Wells to do, just says,

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I don't know where Bell's king. happiness. And

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then there's silence. And Matt,

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one part of him is thinking, I hope this guy

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does not come into the light. I hope he just

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goes away. The other part of him is thinking,

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well, you know, maybe this is a

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different person that is lost and they're looking

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for this place called Belle's Canyon and they'll

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come into the light, it'll be a big relief send

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them on their merry way and everything will be fine.

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But as Matt is having this wishful thinking,

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the voice from the shadows does not

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come any closer, but instead asked

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the same question in a bit more forcefully

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this time. Do you know how to get to Bell's

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canyon? This time Matt did not respond.

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Now he was This is not some friendly

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hiker looking for directions. There's something

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wrong. And so Matt knowing he's all

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alone out here, he knew he had to do

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something to try to take control of

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this situation. And so he took a deep

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breath. He reached down and grabbed his flat flight.

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And in one swift motion, he lifted his light

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up and shined it in the direction of this guy's

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voice. And what he saw was this

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guy from two days ago looking

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out from behind a tree right in Matt's

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direction. He was hiding from him. And when

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the light hit him, the man barked at Matt

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to aim it away. And Matt kind of instinctively

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lowered his light. But now he was too scared to

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raise it again And now he knows

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it's the same guy. This

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guy has been following me

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for two days. And so for several

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minutes, Matt just stood there

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absolutely terrified. And this

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guy, he just stayed out there, met in

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here, move. It was just a complete standstill.

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And then the silence was broken yet

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again by this voice. except

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somehow he had moved even closer

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to Matt. And when he came through asking

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the same question, do you know how to get

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to Bell's canyon? His voice was

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so

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close to Matt that Matt got scared and

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raised

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his light up and the man was standing just

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a few feet away from him. And this

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time, the man's eyes got wide like they did

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the first time they saw Matt and he turned around

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and he ran into the forest again. Matt

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not knowing any better just began running

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after him, but he only ran for about thirty

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seconds before he realized, the terrain

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out here is so rough. He's gonna

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fall, get hurt, he's gonna get lost,

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and this guy's already long gone. he

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somehow managed to run immediately so

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far away. And so Matt just goes back to

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his campsite and he's thinking to himself,

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what do I do? I have no cell

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phone service. I'm at least three

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days away from my car and I'm in

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the middle of nowhere. No one even knows

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where I am because I didn't chart a course. I didn't

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tell anyone where I was gonna be. And

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so Matt just grabbed his knife and stood in

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the middle of the campsite and for hours

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and hours he just kept looking around

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expecting this guy to just show up again

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or start speaking to him from somewhere out

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in the darkness, it was absolutely

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horrifying. Finally, by about

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three in the morning, Matt was so

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tired that he had to go to sleep. He hadn't

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heard this guy again, he didn't see him again,

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and he figured, I need a little bit of sleep

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because tomorrow, he's gonna pack up his

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campsite and begin this epic journey back

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to his car. So he climbed in his tent and

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he had a very restless next couple

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of hours and the sun came up at

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jumped out of his tent, packed up his stuff,

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and began practically running in the direction

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of his car. All day, as he

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was hiking, Matt kept looking over his

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shoulder, expecting to see this guy because

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clearly he had followed him for multiple

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days over fifteen miles and so

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the likelihood that he's still following

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him was really high. And so

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all day, Matt just felt like he was being watched,

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he was totally terrified, and then the

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sun started to go down, and Matt knew he would

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have to camp out again. And so he

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found a clearing in the trees. He set up his

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campsite and he was so

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tired from running basically all

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day and being so mentally exhausted

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from this experience that he just got in his

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tent and fell asleep very quickly.

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But several hours later, he woke up to the

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sound of somebody walking around his

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tent. and he knew it had to

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be this guy. He's still in the middle of

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nowhere. He's not even close to the parking lot

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yet. And so this guy is still

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following him. And so Matt sat up in

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his tent. He clutched his knife and for

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hours and hours and hours

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all night, This guy just walked

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around his campsites. And then around four or

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five in the morning, he scampered off.

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When the sun finally came up, Matt leapt

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out of his tent, packed up the stuff, and

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literally just began running in the direction

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of his car hoping that maybe

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he could get there before needing to camp out

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one more night. And unfortunately, as

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the sun was setting, he knew he was not

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gonna be able to make it to his car. He was just

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too far away. And so at some point, when

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it got too dark to keep moving, he had to

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find a clearing and set up his tent again.

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And so once his tent was set up, he just climbed

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inside, grabbed his knife, and sat

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there knowing this guy was

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somewhere out there. And so Matt climbed

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inside of his tent. He zipped it up behind

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him. He grabbed his knife and he sat there

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expecting to hear the sky come walking around.

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But after several hours, he didn't hear him.

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And Matt started to wonder, maybe this guy

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has left me alone. Finally, maybe

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he's not following me anymore. And so

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Matt who was totally exhausted laid

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down to go to sleep. And then as he's

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laying there from somewhere out in the woods Do

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