{"id":2937,"date":"2026-09-20T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T19:30:04","slug":"a-strange-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=2937","title":{"rendered":"A Strange Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While walking near my camp one day, I came upon a small trailer hidden back in the woods. The door was open so I said hello from a distance. An older man came out and said hi. I talked with him for a few minutes about the weather and the nice spot he had for a camp. I wanted to make sure I was on national forest and he assured me I was fine to camp where I was parked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked him a couple more questions about how long he had been here and if he had a home nearby. He immediately became defensive and answered my questions with, \u201chow can I help you?\u201d That\u2019s when I realized he was probably hiding from authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told him I wasn\u2019t going to say anything and that I had overstayed my legal camp stay a few times. His camp was clean and neat. I saw no junk laying around or trash scattered about. Those are the kind of things that spoil dispersed camping for those of us that keep a clean camp. I try to leave a campsite cleaner than I found it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later I saw him drive out on a bicycle pulling a trailer. He didn\u2019t return until later that day with the trailer full of supplies. I never saw the bike at his trailer; it must have been hidden behind the trailer or a tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know what his story is but I\u2019m pretty sure he is living in the forest. There are a few locals that drive by and I\u2019ve seen a few people walking dogs. His trailer can be seen from a couple places on the road. All it will take is someone from town to report him as a suspicious, abandoned RV or someone living in the forest and a law enforcement officer will pay him a visit. His evasive answers to their questions will not work on them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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