NC - Female hiker, 64, found tied to tree, Buncombe County, 12 May 2016

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http://wlos.com/news/local/missing-hiker-was-tied-to-tree-emergency-radio-calls-revael

A missing hiker rescuers found off a trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway had been tied to a tree, according to emergency radio calls.

A firefighter with Reems Creek Volunteer Fire Department tells a dispatcher at Buncombe County Emergency Operations Center the 64-year-old woman was alive...

National Park Service Rangers are investigating the incident as a possible assault.

http://fox6now.com/2016/05/13/missing-64-year-old-female-hiker-found-tied-to-a-tree/

The hiker was found near Potato Fields Gap, which is less than four miles from the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center...

The woman was taken to Mission Hospital. Her condition is not known.
 
http://wncn.com/2016/05/13/missing-...tree-near-blue-ridge-parkway-radio-calls-say/

The possible suspect is described as a a white male, approximately 50-years-old, with salt and pepper hair. He’s believed to have partially grown in facial hair and wearing a light or faded grey, short-sleeve T-shirt, baggy blue pants that appear to be old and faded, and a dark pair of tennis shoes.

They added that the possible suspect may appear and smell of a musty odor of being unwashed in several days, WLOS reported.
 
Missing 64-year-old female hiker found tied to a tree
http://kdvr.com/2016/05/13/missing-64-year-old-female-hiker-found-tied-to-a-tree/

"BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — A missing hiker found off a trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buncombe County Thursday had been tied to a tree, according to emergency radio call recordings obtained by WLOS.

In the recordings, a firefighter with the Reems Creek Volunteer Fire Department tells a dispatcher the 64-year-old woman is alive."
 
Wtf? Who in the world would do that?

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http://abc11.com/news/missing-hiker-found-tied-to-a-tree-near-asheville/1338550/

The 64-year-old woman was reported missing in Buncombe County Friday afternoon. A woman who called 911 identified herself as a caregiver for woman. The caller said she was receiving texts from the woman who authorities found and took to a hospital.

Wait, what? Texting? While she was tied to the tree? Or while she was in the process of being tied to the tree? Or before she met up with the "white man about 50"? Or was he the one texting on her phone? And why is a 64-year-old who needs a caregiver hiking in the woods?

Makes no sense with such limited info.
 
http://abc11.com/news/missing-hiker-found-tied-to-a-tree-near-asheville/1338550/



Wait, what? Texting? While she was tied to the tree? Or while she was in the process of being tied to the tree? Or before she met up with the "white man about 50"? Or was he the one texting on her phone? And why is a 64-year-old who needs a caregiver hiking in the woods?

Makes no sense with such limited info.

A strange story indeed. Why is someone in need of caregiver hiking alone?
 
sounds like a lazy caregiver left her tied up while they did something. then couldn't find her
 

The quote I kept reading was just so oddly stated:
"She’s not deceased at this time,” a rescue worker at the scene told a dispatcher. “She is tied to a tree. This is the one they were looking for.”

There was/is very little info out there despite being one of the trending stories on FB for the past few days. Just reaaly odd.....
 
"Caregiver" may be there to take care of the house/property?
 
Such a strange and unusual story, I am glad the woman is alive.

IMOO.
 
Have to mention this perp. who tied victims to trees, assaulted but thankfully, left alive- he was described as scruffy, dirty and stinky.
Although these cold case attacks occurred in Ontario, Canada, it is speculated that he might well be from out of town.
Speculation, fwiw..

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...n-Ontario-1992-1995&highlight=woodland+rapist
Canada - The Woodland Rapist of Southern Ontario, 1992-1995
 
There HAS to be more to this story. When exactly was the victim texting? Maybe as she was hiking? And then she stopped texting, which concerned the caregiver? Maybe the caregiver worried that the victim had had a seizure? In that case, was it okay for the victim to be hiking alone?
 
If this victim needed a caregiver, then she should not have been hiking alone. A person usually has a caregiver if they have some type of disability.
 

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