Missing Hiker: Windmills Matthew Walker

[dserum06]

Please contact his family if any information is known! - Last seen November 2nd, Larksville, PA. Please spread the word.

If anyone has seen or heard from Windmills please let his family know.

Friend said went on a small hike...last seen heading home after.

[starbright]

Has anyone heard more about him?

[Starchild]

I met Windmill around Salisbury Ct, walked with him a few miles and gave him a lift to town (Salisbury). He shared his blog page, I saw one update since I saw him. Hope his is OK and wondered if he completed the thru.

[HikerMom58]

Oh dear!!! I hope he will contact someone soon.....

[gizzy bear]

I met Windmill around Salisbury Ct, walked with hike a few miles and gave him a lift to town (Salisbury). He shared his blog page, I saw one update since I saw him. Hope his is OK and wondered if he completed the thru.

when was it that you saw him SC? have you contacted the authorities with your info? just womdering.... this is sad and scary!! i hope he is found safe and sound!!

[G-FOURce]

when was it that you saw him SC? have you contacted the authorities with your info? just womdering.... this is sad and scary!! i hope he is found safe and sound!!

yeah, this is a heartbreaker and i think we all hope this story ends well. i agree that Starchild should reach out to authorities with any info. it may or may not be relevant, but that seems like something they should decide.

will add Windmill to our prayer lists...

[Starchild]

It was way before Nov 2nd perhaps early Sept working on his NoBo so I don't think it would be relevant.

[gizzy bear]

It was way before Nov 2nd perhaps early Sept working on his NoBo so I don't think it would be relevant.

well, you could be right, but if i were his mom or dad...i would want the police to speak with ANYONE he had been on the trail with...maybe he said something that may not have seemed important to you, but may be a VERY important piece of info...i am certainly not implying ANYTHING here, just putting myself in his parents shoes....i would want EVERYTHING i could possibly find out...

[jakedatc]

well, you could be right, but if i were his mom or dad...i would want the police to speak with ANYONE he had been on the trail with...maybe he said something that may not have seemed important to you, but may be a VERY important piece of info...i am certainly not implying ANYTHING here, just putting myself in his parents shoes....i would want EVERYTHING i could possibly find out...

It won't do any good to have information from Sept when he was going north...already far north of where he seems to be section..whatever hiking.. separate hikes.

[HikerMom58]

We need to be better detectives here... was he seen by Starchild in CT in Sept? Then, he was last seen in PA in Nov.? If it was CT & then, PA he's not hiking north.... So ,there's not telling where he was hiking next....

[Spirit Bear]

Wasnt a thru hiker burned alive in gettysburg, PA this past summer? PA doesnt seem to be a trail friendly state.

[jakedatc]

Just pay attention a bit. Right now he was doing a SMALL hike. it sounds like he did a Thru hike earlier this year and was in CT going north.

[jakedatc]

It also shows that along with a few other missing hiker posts lately that the tried and true method of leaving an itinerary with family or friends before you go is being ignored. Even on small trips I tell my GF what trails i'm doing and when i'll be back.

[Starchild]

It seems Windmill went missing near his home. When I met him he was a bit behind the 'bubble' in his NoBo. It is possible that he skipped over his home area trying to get to Katadahn and went home to finish up there, but really I saw him on a separate (earlier) hike.

If anyone would like to see here is his blog site:
http://theslowmovers.com

Which seemed to lose some information.

[HikerMom58]

It seems Windmill went missing near his home. When I met him he was a bit behind the 'bubble' in his NoBo. It is possible that he skipped over his home area trying to get to Katadahn and went home to finish up there, but really I saw him on a separate (earlier) hike.

If anyone would like to see here is his blog site:
http://theslowmovers.com

Which seemed to lose some information.

jakedatc and Starchild.. I agree with both of u as to the reason he was in PA.... It's a shame he didn't ,as jakedatc said, leave someone the plan of where he was hiking and for how long. Because of that, it may not be a problem, as to where he is right now... do u understand what I'm saying?

[melaniebk]

Wasnt a thru hiker burned alive in gettysburg, PA this past summer? PA doesnt seem to be a trail friendly state.

I hadn't heard about this, and a google search directed me to this post on whiteblaze. Has anyone else seen this story anywhere?

[jus10kase]

Do hope he shows up. Hiked with him early on the thru hike.

[moytoy]

I hadn't heard about this, and a google search directed me to this post on whiteblaze. Has anyone else seen this story anywhere?

Some punks set him on fire but he was treated and released. It could happen anywhere. If I remember he was walking along a street at 2 AM.

[moytoy]

I hadn't heard about this, and a google search directed me to this post on whiteblaze. Has anyone else seen this story anywhere?

http://www.fox43.com/news/adams/wpmt...0,192144.story

[starbright]

Where is he from? I have a cousin with the same name and havent been able to get in touch with his parents.