View Full Version : ALERT! Two Weird Guys on AT - Section 6 - Rocky Run Shelter
Man, had a weird experience the other day on the trail. I went out on a super ultra light trip to test my skills, I didn't even bring my pack I just wore my work coveralls and an orange fanny pack for my 10 essentials. I had a nice hike up to the Rocky Run Shelter but didn't get in until late. I didn't want to disturb the guys that were in the shelter so I just built a fire and sat in a chair to warm myself as I caught some Z's. This weird, paranoid guy in the shelter got all pissy and said "go easy on my firewood, man, that's for my morning fire..." and I was like "tough" but I was just joking of course I was gonna gather a bunch of wood before morning. In fact I wanted to surprise these dudes with some awesome fresh ground Ethiopian Dark Mocha I had bought at The Fresh Market before the trip.
It got weird though, one of the guys got up to pee and was clutching his knife, giving me weird looks and I heard them whispering about bear mace and stabbing something. It kinda freaked me out so I just stayed out by the fire all night. In the morning I was waiting for those guys to get up to make them a killer cup of java for letting me use their firewood but I dozed off and when I woke up they were gone.
The whole thing kinda freaked me out the way they acted towards me. Hope I never bump into those two dudes on the trail ever again.
Pedaling Fool
12-14-2011, 12:29
This has gotta be a joke.
Gray Blazer
12-14-2011, 12:33
Funniest thread ever!
Pedaling Fool
12-14-2011, 12:33
Damn, you got me:o
Lone Wolf
12-14-2011, 12:33
This has gotta be a joke.ya think?..........
Pedaling Fool
12-14-2011, 12:34
I'm a little slow:)
rocketsocks
12-14-2011, 12:34
Ya now TyTy these are troubled times we live in,don't be so quick to judge people.Perhalps the two men were talking about squirel hunting in order to get some protien for warmth.
Sarcasm the elf
12-14-2011, 12:40
I'm sorry to hear about your incident TyTy. Stories like his are why I never hike without two or three unleashed pitbulls ;-)BTW brilliant post!
Lone Wolf
12-14-2011, 12:45
I'm sorry to hear about your incident TyTy. Stories like his are why I never hike without two or three unleashed pitbulls ;-)BTW brilliant post!...and this http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_766343_-1_757767_757751_757751_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y
bamboo bob
12-14-2011, 12:55
When we were kids there was a story about a guy coming up to people on the golf course wearing only a jock strap. He asked. "has anyone seen the nude psycho?" I was ten and willing to believe anything anyone told me.
Noah Genda
12-14-2011, 13:09
A brilliant post? I don't think so...TyTy is a moron... as none of you were there, and maybe my words didn't exactly paint the best story, it's easy to laugh it off. I'm not amused in the least bit.
A brilliant post? I don't think so...TyTy is a moron... as none of you were there, and maybe my words didn't exactly paint the best story, it's easy to laugh it off. I'm not amused in the least bit.
Cool your jets, I was just joking. The dude did sound weird. My first thought was it sounded like he got in a fight with his old lady and stormed off to the woods to sleep and worry her or something. Either that or he was a serial killer looking for his next victim and you just didn't fit the profile.
Anyway, was just joking. Didn't mean to offend.
chiefiepoo
12-14-2011, 13:27
Do unto others, before they do it unto you.
max patch
12-14-2011, 14:03
Great post TyTy.
And your a noob too! Can't wait to see what else you come up with once you've been around this insane asylum a bit longer.
doritotex
12-14-2011, 14:34
John Gault heard the story on FOX news, so it has to be true!!
one of them was whispering ... " he sure gotta purty mouth"
Sierra Echo
12-14-2011, 15:06
You gotta a purdy mouth there, boy! Now squeal like a piggy!
fireneck
12-14-2011, 15:10
How many holes do I have drill in my gun to make it ultra light?
How many holes do I have drill in my gun to make it ultra light?
Make sure you drill them in the barrel. The holes in the metal save more weight than the wood. Also only carry one bullet to save weight.
atmilkman
12-14-2011, 16:39
Noah Genda, surely to God this couldn't have been the weirdest guy/person you have ever run into on the trail, a trail, any trail. Surely not.
daddytwosticks
12-14-2011, 16:45
Irony. :)
You gotta a purdy mouth there, boy! Now squeal like a piggy!
I fed Ned Beatty once at a golf event and almost died laughing thinking about that scene. I got hold of myself because if figured he would most likely kill me!
Maybe if I had spent more time on Group W benches I wouldn't find it so funny, but I thought it was a great post.
I think instead of a gun I'll just wear coveralls and an orange fanny pack.
rocketsocks
12-14-2011, 20:16
With all the father stabers?
Gee,thanks!My wife read this over my shoulder and now my weekend hike is over.Just what i needed,my wife thinking there are lunatics on the trail while im solo hiking????????NOT!
Maybe you shouldn't plan your winter hikes in the humour section. :-)
Sierra Echo
12-14-2011, 20:36
Gee,thanks!My wife read this over my shoulder and now my weekend hike is over.Just what i needed,my wife thinking there are lunatics on the trail while im solo hiking????????NOT!
HA!~ You need to get your balls out of your wife's purse and go hiking!
This hear trail don't go to 'Aintry'---you fellers done made a wrong turn-----
****i hear banjo's******
"Who's pickin' a banjo here?"
MuddyWaters
12-14-2011, 23:17
father rapers, mean and nasty and ugly.
And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest
father raper of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean 'n' ugly
'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me
and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay
$50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?"
And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench
there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I
said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand,
and we had a great time on the bench, talkin about crime, mother stabbing,
father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the
bench.
atmilkman
12-14-2011, 23:45
HA!~ You need to get your balls out of your wife's purse and go hiking!
Only you Sierra. Your one of the only women I know with enough "balls" to come up with and to say something like this. Touche!
Sierra Echo
12-14-2011, 23:47
Only you Sierra. Your one of the only women I know with enough "balls" to come up with and to say something like this. Touche!
I'm going to take that as a compliment! :D
Sierra would fit right in on any Group W bench.
atmilkman
12-14-2011, 23:54
I'm going to take that as a compliment! :D
Exactly how it was intended. Have a seat on the bench.
This hear trail don't go to 'Aintry'---you fellers done made a wrong turn-----Actor Bill McKinney, just passed away at 80:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/movies/bill-mckinney-actor-in-deliverance-dies-at-80.html?_r=1
Sierra Echo
12-15-2011, 00:20
Exactly how it was intended. Have a seat on the bench.
I shall change my trail name to Sierra W. Echo!!! Bwah hahahahhahahahhaaaa!!!!
chiefiepoo
12-15-2011, 01:00
For those who dare, there is some very good wilderness hiking along the upper Chattooga River trail sections followed with a run of Chattooga section 4 by raft that will give you the full "Deliverance" experience. Need a person to drive you up river? Stop in at one of the raft outfitters bunk house and hire one of the more sober guides to drive you up to 'Aintree (Burrels Ford) to start your hike. Try to find Ellicotts Rock down in the river bed if it hasn't been raining too hard. This is one of my favorite SE trails.
http://hikingsouth.com/chattooga.html
Wise Old Owl
12-15-2011, 11:43
14636 Found a pic of you're Weird guys.
Hairy Eyeball??? :) I think it is supposed to be Horrible. Gonna have to go listen...
Purse??She keeps them in her hand so she can squeeze them every now and again!
rocketsocks
12-15-2011, 22:11
just to keep you on your toes?:eek:
RossSFCA
12-15-2011, 22:20
TyTy, that is a hoot! I got the reference right away. :D
AND you have helped me realize I am on Whiteblaze.net too much... HA!
Wise Old Owl
12-16-2011, 01:03
TyTy, that is a hoot! I got the reference right away. :D
AND you have helped me realize I am on Whiteblaze.net too much... HA!
Uhh I have proprietary rights on all exclamations of Hoot, Hoo, Woo, and Hoosier..... Fundamental and in perpetuity and undeniably Non-Sequitor.:D
My compliments to the OP on his sense of irony. ;)
WingedMonkey
12-17-2011, 18:12
And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest
father raper of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean 'n' ugly
'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me
and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay
$50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?"
And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench
there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I
said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand,
and we had a great time on the bench, talkin about crime, mother stabbing,
father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the
bench.
14645
And it all gets better with the decades.
hikerboy57
12-17-2011, 18:35
there've been more than a few thru hikers that at first glance i would have found weird, but i recognized the smell right away,which ironically made me breathe easier.great post.
Bonnie86
12-19-2011, 19:49
I'm glad to see that my sense of humor may not completely alienate me when I finally manage to do my hike! Things that I would say without thought at work have got me disgusted looks and mutters of disgrace when in different company. Apparently exclaiming 'I'm sweating like a rapist' is not the done thing for a young woman who's just been for a run on a hot day in the middle of a packed park.
Perhapse the humor section is where I should post an ad for 'looking for a NOBO hiking partner in 2013' as anyone spending any amount of time with me most definitely needs a sense of humor!
MedicineWoman2012
01-16-2012, 21:47
I bet the squealin pig went WEEEE WEEEEE all the way home to explain to his wife its much easier to stay in the safety of his own home where he doesnt have to barter for firewood or ask for permission to come to bed? Ty ty that was truly funny and helped me to recognize I am "hiking" on white blaze way too often.
I'm glad ya'll got a kick out of it. It was a rare creative moment :)
milehighjohn
01-17-2012, 23:42
No telling what you will run into these days. Go by your intuitions either way, I have found. Haven't been on the AT this year, but have run into more wierd stuff this year than ever before here on our trails.
Sierra Echo
01-18-2012, 00:00
Are either of the weird guys looking for a date? I'm back on the market!
Gray Blazer
01-18-2012, 08:31
Are either of the weird guys looking for a date? I'm back on the market!
Are you wearing those pancake pantys?
Sierra Echo
01-18-2012, 15:43
Are you wearing those pancake pantys?
LMAO! That made salsa come out of my nose! oh it burns!!!!!!!
so your hiking, wearing coveralls and an orange fanny pack with no other gear and the two people in the shelter are the wierdos? I think i would consider stabbing you if I were chillin in a shelter with my friend and some a-hole with no gear comes along and piles my wood on the fire without asking then doesnt converse but just sits outside by the fire all night long. seriously ur the shelter creep.
so your hiking, wearing coveralls and an orange fanny pack with no other gear and the two people in the shelter are the wierdos? I think i would consider stabbing you if I were chillin in a shelter with my friend and some a-hole with no gear comes along and piles my wood on the fire without asking then doesnt converse but just sits outside by the fire all night long. seriously ur the shelter creep.
it gets even worse! the two friends from the shelter started a thread warning people about said nut-nut and then this joker gets on here and starts this thread to make fun of them for doing a public service. ****ed up, i tell ya.
i gotta see what they had to say can you shortcut the thread the two guys put up
found it!
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?79188-ALERT!-Weird-Guy-on-AT-Section-6-Rocky-Run-Shelter&highlight=alert (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?79188-ALERT%21-Weird-Guy-on-AT-Section-6-Rocky-Run-Shelter&highlight=alert)
Hiked out to Rocky Run...some dude showed up after midnight - then he started making a fire with the scarce wood I'd collected for my morning fire. I said to him, "go easy on my firewood, man, that's for my morning fire..." to which he replied "tough," and threw down the piece of wood he was holding. He was a tall *****er...as tall as me...no back pack, just a orange-looking fanny pack. He was wearing those dingy yellow coveralls construction guys use. Had a hoodie sweatshirt on underneath - couldn't see his face, but he was about 38, stood about 6'-2", around 250 lbs, and lightly bearded. What the hell was he doing out there at that hour? He sat in the wrought iron chair all night long next to the fire - stoking the flames, continuing to burn the wood I'd collected. John (another hiker I met up with) got up to pee around 2, thought it was me when he started talking to him...was surprised to see the guy. He was freakin' weird, man. John (he's 62) said he had his knife handy because he freaked him out, too, but my knife and mace canister were in my backpack outside the shelter.
We got up at around 6, and promptly just started packing our *****. Didn't say a word to the weird guy. We were ready to stab him if we had to! That was my first time to ever use a shelter - always stay in my tent away from the shelters...now I know why I'll never use another shelter again!
John said he'll make a report with MD Rangers on his way out...we talked about the logbook in the shelter that spoke about a weird guy...we're thinking we ran into him...but now have a description to give the cops.
I get creeped out from time to time when I'm on the trails - Saturday night (12/10/2011) was the creepiest. Sure didn't sleep much. It was 28 degrees, but didn't feel too cold with sleeping bag and what not. I am going to buy a pistol...start packin' special heat to help me sleep when the nights are cold, and even when they're not!
amazing this reminds me of that public service commercial where theres a white guy and black guy walking down the street toward eachother the white guy is all like man what does he want with me, and the black guy is all he better not eff with me. and really both parties are just as scared as the other. I have to side with the two who were in the shelter first. I mean who does mr fanny pack think he is, if i were going out dressed like that i would expect someone to think i was some sort of runaway lunatic. The leason here is people are just people, they shouldnt make you nervous. (regina spektor)
This is hilarious! We just got a lesson about judging a book by its cover I think from both parties LOL
daddytwosticks
01-19-2012, 08:17
I think some folks were late to the party and missed the joke...:)
fins1838
01-19-2012, 08:31
I like turtles
fins1838
01-19-2012, 08:32
Is that liason or lesson?
Old Hiker
01-19-2012, 13:16
I like turtles
Fried or fricassee?
actually its lesion lol so whats the joke here is this whole story doctored or sumtin?
Deer Hunter
01-19-2012, 20:38
Click on the link in Kanga's post, lunchbx. It will make sense to you then.
Click on the link in Kanga's post, lunchbx. It will make sense to you then.
i'm not real sure that's gonna help...
so your hiking, wearing coveralls and an orange fanny pack with no other gear and the two people in the shelter are the wierdos? I think i would consider stabbing you if I were chillin in a shelter with my friend and some a-hole with no gear comes along and piles my wood on the fire without asking then doesnt converse but just sits outside by the fire all night long. seriously ur the shelter creep.
it gets even worse! the two friends from the shelter started a thread warning people about said nut-nut and then this joker gets on here and starts this thread to make fun of them for doing a public service. ****ed up, i tell ya.
i gotta see what they had to say can you shortcut the thread the two guys put up
found it!
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?79188-ALERT!-Weird-Guy-on-AT-Section-6-Rocky-Run-Shelter&highlight=alert (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?79188-ALERT%21-Weird-Guy-on-AT-Section-6-Rocky-Run-Shelter&highlight=alert)
actually its lesion lol so whats the joke here is this whole story doctored or sumtin?
Wise Old Owl
01-19-2012, 22:04
Are either of the weird guys looking for a date? I'm back on the market!
:rolleyes: Glad to hear you are back on the market.... Sorry Owls can't Drool.
Click on the link in Kanga's post, lunchbx. It will make sense to you then. Yea good luck with that.:cool: