Identified! FL - Big Cypress Natl Preserve, Male Hiker, Denim & “Mostly Harmless” July 2018 - Vance Rodriguez

[Coffee56]

Comment section in Collier County Sheriffs FB page. Oct 2017

 

[reasonableguess]

Whoa! Looks just like him!

 

[Gardener1850]

How is it that there are so many pictures of this guy yet no one knows his real name?

 

[Coffee56]

Collier County FB page. Not sure new photos will help but posting anyway. Someone has to be missing him.

 

[Bit of hope]

How is it that there are so many pictures of this guy yet no one knows his real name?

It's a sad story. The guy looks so gentle. I hope he told friends or family when he expected to be back. With no communication like a phone, they don't expect him to make contact, at least not on a regular basis. It could take a while before people realize that something is wrong and report him missing. Let's hope the SM attention is helpful in identifying him.

 

[ZaZara]

I saw some MostlyHarmless user posts on a for survival equipment.
...and a pot. - ETS Forums

Going to make a login to see more on the user profile ( last posting, etc)

Location of Mostly Harmless in 2009 was Norway.


MostlyHarmless

Old Hand

Registered: 06/03/09
Posts: 982
Loc: Norway

 

[Coffee56]

I don’t think this is likely him for multiple reasons - location height etc but this guy was mentioned as possible voluntary disappearance and some possible legal issues.

Gregory Morgan

SC - SC - Gregory Morgan, 39, Joanna, 22 July 2017

 

[Bit of hope]

I don’t think this is likely him for multiple reasons - location height etc but this guy was mentioned as possible voluntary disappearance and some possible legal issues.

Gregory Morgan

SC - SC - Gregory Morgan, 39, Joanna, 22 July 2017

Thanks coffee56. I think Gregory has a more receding hairline than our UID has.

 

[Coffee56]

Thanks coffee56. I think Gregory has a more receding hairline than our UID has.

Agreed. Something off with earlobes too I think.

 

[Bit of hope]

Agreed. Something off with earlobes too I think.

Yes, about the earlobes....the ears in general. Although it's hard to tell "clear cut", our UID is seen with a beard and cap that cover his ears, I think he has ears close to his head, with attached earlobes...but that is just a guess.

 

[Bit of hope]

Location of Mostly Harmless in 2009 was Norway.


MostlyHarmless

Old Hand

Registered: 06/03/09
Posts: 982
Loc: Norway

Probably he is indeed communicating from Norway, but we can't rule out a possible use of a VPN connection..then you can show up from anywhere.

 

[Satchie]

If that is him, he looks to have been a healthy weight at the time those photos were taken. If he was terminally ill that would have shown up at autopsy, and given his age range I'd suggest cancer if he was nearer 50 and maybe something like HIV or leukaemia if he was nearer the lower end of the range.

I wonder how long it would take for someone to go from a healthy weight to approaching skeletal, whether due to terminal illness or starvation.

If you recall Into the Wild, Chris McCandless survived just over 3 months in Alaska, he started with a 10 lb bag of rice, and was able to shoot squirrels and such, but weighed 67 lbs when he died. There's some controversy about whether he ate poisonous plants, but I don't know whether that really made a difference. Once he realized he couldn't survive off the land, he tried to retrace his steps to the highway but found the river he'd easily crossed in early spring was swollen with summer melt and he had no maps/strength to explore for an alternate route out.

 

[Satchie]

How is it that there are so many pictures of this guy yet no one knows his real name?

It's part of long distance trail hiking culture, people are very friendly when they meet up, but then just say 'bye' and move on, hiking at different speeds. They use trail names that are more memorable than real names. Talk is all about life on the trail, or life in general, no one cares about who someone was/will be once they go back to normal life.

 

[Kristen6786]

I saw some MostlyHarmless user posts on a for survival equipment.
...and a pot. - ETS Forums

Going to make a login to see more on the user profile ( last posting, etc)

I still haven’t been able to access the other posts. It is possible that he was in Norway in 2009 on a vacation. Or studying there.

 

[Satchie]

I still haven’t been able to access the other posts. It is possible that he was in Norway in 2009 on a vacation. Or studying there.

It's possible that was another (Norwegian) person, who also liked the book. It appears the first trail name the unid'd victim used was Denim, then he later chose Mostly Harmless.

 

[carbuff]

He could be submitted to Roush's Namus.

I did a side by side with one of the photos that are thought to be him. There are a lot of similarities but the nose doesn't look right. Could be the angle though.

p.s. I don't think Morgan resembles him much at all.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

If you recall Into the Wild, Chris McCandless survived just over 3 months in Alaska, he started with a 10 lb bag of rice, and was able to shoot squirrels and such, but weighed 67 lbs when he died. There's some controversy about whether he ate poisonous plants, but I don't know whether that really made a difference. Once he realized he couldn't survive off the land, he tried to retrace his steps to the highway but found the river he'd easily crossed in early spring was swollen with summer melt and he had no maps/strength to explore for an alternate route out.

Thanks. I haven't see the programme.

 

[Bethan]

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[Bit of hope]

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?? I don't see a post. Something went wrong?

 

[bestill]

First time reading through this. There is an update on the Collier County fb page identifying him as "Harmless" aka "Denim" Collier County Sheriff's Office