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Hey
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listeners, it's me, Tracy Patton.
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asked her how she survived, She simply
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said a friend helped her. She described
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today. Matt
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didn't have a planned route, instead had
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a map and a compass, He began just kind
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of wandering in the forest, kind of exploring
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wherever he wanted to go. And over the
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next two days, he covered at least ten,
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maybe fifteen miles in kind of random
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zigzag directions. He found a nice
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clearing and he set up another campsite. That
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night, he set up fire and he was eating some food
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near his fire. And then as he's sitting
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there, he hears rustling coming from behind
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him. And he's pretty sure it's an animal, so he
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turns around and he doesn't see anything and he
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goes back eating his food and then a little while
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later he hears some more wrestling behind him
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and this time he can't really just write it off. clearly
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there is something behind him that's moving around.
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And so he stood up, turned around, and remained
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motionless, and just listened expecting
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to see maybe a deer come out of the woods. But
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instead, he hears a man's voice
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come out of the darkness that says,
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do you know how to go to Bill's
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Canyon? And
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Matt's heart starts racing. He knows
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knows that even though he can't see him, it
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has to be the same guy he saw two
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days ago. Because they are in the middle of
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nowhere, he hasn't seen any other hikers
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or campers or anyone and clearly
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this guy has the ability to sneak
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up on him and so he's thinking what does
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this guy want just spent the past
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two days hiking in random
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directions for fifteen miles
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and he must have followed me.
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And so Matt, not knowing Wells to do, just
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says, I don't know where Bell's Canyon is.
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And
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then there's silence. And
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Matt, one part of him is thinking, I hope
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this guy does not come into the light. hope
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he just goes away. The other part of
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him is thinking, well, you know, maybe this
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is a different person that is lost
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and they're looking for this place called bells canyon
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and they'll come into the light, it'll be a big relief.
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I'll send them on their merry way and everything will
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be fine. But as Matt is having this
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wishful thinking, The from
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the shadows does not come any closer, but
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instead asks the same question a
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bit more forcefully this time. Do you know
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how to get to Bell's canyon? This
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time Matt did not Now he was
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scared. This is not some friendly hiker
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looking for directions. There's something wrong.
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And so Matt knowing he's all alone out
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here, he knew he had to do something to
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try to take control of this situation.
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And so he took a deep breath, he reached down
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and grabbed his flat flight, In one
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swift motion, he lifted his light up and shined
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it in the direction of this guy's voice.
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And what he saw was this guy
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from two days ago looking out from
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behind a tree right in Matt's direction,
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he was hiding from him. And when the light hit
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him, the man barked at Matt to aim it away.
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And Matt kind of instinctively lowered his
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light but now he was too scared to raise it
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again and now he knows it's
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the same guy. This guy
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has been following me for two days.
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And so for several minutes, Matt
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just stood there absolutely terrified.
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And this guy, he just stayed out there,
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Matt didn't hear a move. It was just a complete standstill.
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And then the silence was broken yet again
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by this voice, except somehow he
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had moved even closer to Matt.
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And when he came through asking the same question
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Do you know how to get to Bell's Canyon?
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His voice was so close to Matt that Matt
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got scared and raised his light up and the man
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was standing just a few feet away from
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him. And this time, the man's eyes got
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wide like they did the first time they saw Matt
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and he turned around and he ran into
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the forest again. Matt, not knowing
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any better, just began running after him,
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but he only ran for about thirty seconds
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before he realized, the terrain out
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here is so rough. He's gonna fall,
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get hurt, he's gonna get lost, and this
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guy's already long gone. He somehow managed
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to run immediately so far away.
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And so Matt just goes back to his campsite
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and he's thinking to himself, what do I
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do? I have no cell phone service.
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I'm at least three days away
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from my car, and I'm in the middle of
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nowhere. No one even knows where I am because I
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didn't chart a course. I didn't tell anyone
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where I was gonna be. And so Matt
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just grabbed his knife and stood in the middle
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of the campsite and for hours and
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hours he just kept looking around expecting
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his guy to just show up again or start
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speaking to him from somewhere out in the darkness.
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It was absolutely horrifying. Finally,
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by about three in the morning, Matt was
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so tired that he had to go to
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sleep. He hadn't heard this guy again. He didn't
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see him again. And he figured, I need a little
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bit of sleep because tomorrow, he's gonna
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pack up his campsite and begin this epic
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journey back to his car. So he climbed
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in his tent and he had a very restless
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next couple of hours and the sun came up,
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Matt jumped out of his tent, packed up his
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stuff and began practically running in the
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direction of his car. All day,
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as he was hiking, Matt kept looking
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over his shoulder expecting to see this
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guy because clearly he had followed him
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for multiple days over fifteen
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miles, and so the likelihood that he's
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still following him was really
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high. And so all day, Matt just felt like
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he was being watched, he was totally terrified,
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and then the sun started to go down, and
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Matt knew he would have to camp out again.
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And so he found a clearing in the trees, he
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set up his campsite, and he was
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so tired from running basically
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all day and being so mentally sauced
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from this experience that he just got in
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his tent and fell asleep very quickly.
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But several hours later, he woke up to the
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sound of somebody walking around his
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tent. and he knew it had to be
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this guy. He's still in the middle of nowhere.
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He's not even close to the parking lot
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yet. And so this guy is still following
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him. And so Matt sat up in his
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tent. He clutched his knife and for hours
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and hours and hours all night,
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this guy just walked around to camp
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sites. And then around four or five in the morning,
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he scampered off. When the sun
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finally came up, Matt leaped out of his
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tent, packed up his stuff, and literally
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just began running in the direct of his
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car hoping that maybe he could get
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there before needing to camp out one more
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night. And unfortunately, as the sun
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was setting, he knew he was not gonna be able
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to make it to his car. He was just too far away.
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And so at some point when it got too dark
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to keep moving, he had to find a clearing
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and set up his tent again. And so once
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his tent was set up, he just climbed inside,
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grabbed his knife, and sat there
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knowing this guy was somewhere
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out there. And so Matt climbed inside of
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his tent. He sifted up behind him. He grabbed
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his knife and he sat there expecting
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to hear this guy come walking around.
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But after several hours, he didn't hear
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him. And Matt started to wonder, maybe this
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guy has left me alone finally. maybe
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he's not following me anymore. And so
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Matt who was totally exhausted laid
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down to go to sleep, and then as he's
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laying there from somewhere out in the woods, Do
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you know how to get to Bell's Canyon?
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