Strangest person you met while hiking?

“Who were the strangest people you didn't expect to find on a trail?

I'm going to be doing some solo hiking this fall in the Smokies. I'd have to say I would be a little on the paranoid side about running in to some freak in the woods with an ax. Lol

Is that foolish thinking or is it somewhat common for strange people to be wondering the trails?”

“Yes, they're all called backpackers...”

“Whar's that whetstone...”

“Most of the people that I've met in the deep woods, I've liked. Some of the ones in the parks & campgrounds, I wouldn't mind avoiding.”

“If you’re going to run into a weirdo it’s probably going to be near a trailhead or somewhere near a road. As catshiker said the deeper into the woods you go the less likely you are to run into them, but do remember the most dangerous creature in the forest walks on two legs.”

“Ditto to what catshiker and must hike said.”

“This guy: http://www.anycities.com/user/towndawg/gsmnpwd5.htm”

“I am the weirdo in the woods.”

“This ain't backpacking but what the hey.

I once finished a 70 mile canoe trek on the St. Mary's river with my Scouts. (Georgia/Florida border if y'all are wondering)

Well, we have our gear piled up and are waiting for our pickup ride. This dude pulls up in a shiny new S10 pickup that has been completely ghettoed out. As I descibe this just keep in mind that the body and interior of this truck look like it left the dealer lot that morning. Still had all the plastic covering the interior even. The nice stock wheels were replaced with rusty old steel wheels wrapped in luggy tires that look like they came off a tractor in the back and pizza cutter tires up front on banged up centerline knock-offs. The rear bumper was replaced with a home welded rigup that looks like it was supposed to fit a full size truck. The bed was covered with a busted up looking fiberglass topper for a full size truck made to fit with a hammered together conglomeration of cast off lumber. Some pieces weren't even cut, just broken to fit....kinda.

Dude hops out and is only wearing a pair cut-offs made from a pair of yellow and green check sans-a-belt slacks but the sans-a-belt part was busted so he held them up a piece of frayed rope. Looks like he last shaved 20 years ago and hadn't bathed in longer. To top it off he's eating a gallon of ice cream with an old 8 inch lock blade buck knife.

I made the mistake of saying "Hi." and he launched into a friendly recital of his manifesto that the Jews were solely responsable for the defeat of the Confederacy and the rise of the Yankee controlled paper industry in the South and THAT was why the river level was so low.

45 minutes later our ride arrived and I was able to break free.”

“CHip Lenord...”

“HPM, he sounds like a friendly guy...as long as you aynt a jew”

“Yep, scary friendly.

I was briefly considering introducing myself as Moishe Goldstein but though better of it.”

“No doubt about it...it's gotta be Crazy Mike. How ya doin', Mikey???”

“This Pennsy Hiker guy showed up on a trip once, and I've seen him dozens of times since. Man, that dude's a freak.”

“"No doubt about it...it's gotta be Crazy Mike. How ya doin', Mikey???"



Please don't tell me that!!! :0 I have to hike with this dude!”

“Just make sure he takes his meds on schedule...”

“Mike's a great guy...really...”

“LMAO....he told me not to believe a word you all say about him...;)”

“cook him some bacon for breakfast, free.....you'll get on his good side that way. he LOVES that....”

“He did mention that bacon ring was his favorite...”

“bacon...bacon rings?”

“CMB, while he might have played with blackened forks and toasted sockets in his youth, he really isn't not that crazy or cracked up like others wouldn't like you not to believe.

Its a good thing there aren't any corners in the woods and he hikes fast.

I honestly look forward to hiking w/CMB again. He is kewl dude..”

“Oh yeah, CMB...
Never mind, I'm not the weirdest!”

“CMB rocks. He is one of my favorite persons to hike with.”

“I don't know what to say?



8)”

“"he really isn't not that crazy "
-Briar

Was that a freudian slip? lol”

“Good one Tara!


8)”

“I'm like Treebait. I'm the strangest person I've seen in the woods.

I haven't met Chip or Mike or Dirtbag Darrel yet, though...”

“we ran across bacpac...he was mighty strange as he just stood, back to us and stared straight into the woods...weird man.

and to argue against mike...take a 6 hour car ride with him...then you'll have SOMETHING to talk about...until then, you all have NO IDEA what your talking about...LOL”

“Yeah -- if you see some nut dragging crosses and a post-hole digger up a mountain... chances are that it's a Bacpac sighting.”

“Car rides are the best with me!


8)”

“keep saying that mike.”

“Rocky Road ice cream to be exact.”

“If I must say people that are in the passenger seat have the best time!


8)”

“I do anything if icecream is involved! :)”

“ALL RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!


8)”

“I'm Not Gonna Say It.”

“Hey, I was there for the 6-hour car ride with Crazy Mike. **I** was in the passenger seat! CMB was in the back...”

“Hey, I was there for the 6-hour car ride with Crazy Mike. **I** was in the passenger seat! CMB was in the back...”

“And it was fun was it not?


8)”

“I would be willing to bet CMB passenger seat dashboard has like 8 holes on top and 2 on the front and broken Chinese roll bars above all doors.”

“i got to see the end of that ride. stickmon pulled up with pride and joy blastin on his sterio and CMB hangin out the window doin a banshee yell. friggin halarious. i knew we were in for a great trip.


hope we can all hook up again sometime soon.....hopefully it won't be quite as cold, though.....”

“You could run in to this bunch too!”

“Sometime there are Banditos.”

“So which is the Crip and which is the Blood? I'm not up on all the color-coding.

They sho' look like gangsta's tho'....”

“word....”

“I don't know but I would presume
Blood=Red. ???”

“This guy”

“WW - 'Lessons they's blue-bloods, I reckon you're correct in that assumption.


Hmmm... must be one of those Northern Wackos.”