With an OP having only 4 posts... It sure sounds like you've been TROLLED!!!

Either that or perhaps this guy didn't have a permit... After all, if anyone with any authority asks to see your permit, the proper response for someone hiking legal would be to show the permit, not complain if the person technically has authority over permits or not... And the fact he is complaining about having to give his legal name doesn't lend much credibility to the notion he was hiking legal.