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Mountain man on the loose: Armed recluse has eluded capture for five years as he
breaks into remote cabins, eats food, steals provisions and sneaks off into the wild (Daily Mail)
breaks into remote cabins, eats food, steals provisions and sneaks off into the wild (Daily Mail)
"Time bomb," eh?He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.
Investigators have clawed for clues, scouring cabins for fingerprints that match no one and chasing reports of brief encounters only to come up short, always a step behind the mysterious recluse.
They've found abandoned camps, dozens of guns, high-end outdoor gear stolen from the homes and trash strewn around the forest floor.
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He's roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter.
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much more, quite interesting, and with pictures, at link aboveBut the man authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains not far from Zion National Park.
And while there have been no violent confrontations, detectives say he's a time bomb. Lately he has been leaving the cabins in disarray and riddled with bullets after defacing religious icons, and a recent note left behind in one cabin warned, 'Get off my mountain.'
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