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Speaking of Ocala. In Feb of '94 when I was doing my first 100 in that forest
(the same year I got blown over by two Zoomies), I noticed all kinds of law
enforcement vehicles on the forest roads that night. The trail is in the
woods but crosses dirt forest roads. When I was coming to a road crossing
and saw headlights, I wait in the woods till they passed and since I was
riding a black horse I doubt if anyone saw me. I saw Forest Service trucks,
federal law enforcement trucks, the Sheriff's dept. and State Police cars
during that night. 

We find out later that they had found two people, one dead the other alive
tied to a tree late Friday night in the forest. The dead person had been
beaten to death. They were two college kids camping out in the forest. Of
course we had no idea that law enforcement was running around looking for
a killer:-( - until Sunday morning.

They caught the killers on that Sunday. The girl give a good description
of the killers and of the belt buckle they took off her boyfriend's body.
An off duty state cop was in an auto supply store in Ocala on Sunday and
recognized the belt buckle and called for back up and they got him. 

Truman


EquesB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 5/13/03 8:40:44
> PM Eastern Daylight Time, SquareRock@xxxxxxx writes: 
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> > What's the most interesting thing
> > you have come across in the woods? 
> >     
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> Never found a meth lab, but Rainbow people area regular thing in the Ocala
> National Forest, same forest where Truman rode under the bombing range marker.
>  In addition to all the mentioned furniture.  This past March when I did
> a CTR the trail went right past a boat, in the middle of the forest. Not
> some little dinghy, either, I would say about 24' cabin cruiser, fiberglass,
> pretty bad shape but a boat nonetheless.  No lake close by, had to be a real
> challenge just to get it there.  
>  
> Jackie Baker