Outlaw mountain men and extremists roam the Rockies

[Os Cangaceiros]

SALMON, Idaho — One is a loner who has eluded capture on Utah’s rugged Cedar Mountain for five years. Another is hiding out in the mountain forests of western Montana, wanted for attempted murder.

They are extreme versions of the self-reliant, independent-thinking frontiersmen who have long roamed the American West.

From wanted criminals to the more eccentric “Phantom Pooper” or “Dugout Dick,” a wide range of outlaws and drifters live off the land in the rugged Rocky Mountains, folk heroes to the militia movement and a source of chagrin for law enforcement.

Among the more storied is Troy James Knapp, 44, a loner wanted for burglaries of resort cabins near Zion National Park in Utah. In his five years in the wild, he has lived off land so rugged the average visitor stocks his four-wheel drive with emergency supplies.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Outlaw+mountain+extremists+roam+Rockies/6321786/story.html#ixzz1pXM782fq

hahaha the "phantom pooper" :lol::lol::lol:

That guy who has lived in the wild for five years though is pretty legendary, he's like the hillbilly "barefoot bandit".

[Prometeo liberado]

I guess there is a place for everyone on the planet. Just as long as they stay where they're at.

[Homo Songun]

White people crazy

[Franz Fanonipants]

those fuckers are actually pretty creepy

as someone who spends a fair amount of time alone in the southern rockies

[a rebel]

White people crazy

As a white person, I can confirm this....

[MarxSchmarx]

White people crazy

It's not just white people - Japanese soldiers stranded throughout the pacific, refused to believe the war was over well into the 70s

Hindu Holyman Prahnad Jani famously defied medical convention by surviving without food of water for extended periods of time and his altered physiology has resulted in academic papers.

[Libertador]

I love these folks; maybe even admire them.

[Ele'ill]

a handful of other back country drifters are folkloric figures to fiercely anti-authority loners and groups of the American West, and their hostility seems to centre on law enforcement officials.

In Cedar Mountain, the spectre of an armed loner who may harbour extremist views has stoked fear among seasonal residents and vacation homeowners from Las Vegas.

“This guy is not a folk hero, he’s a dangerous criminal,” said Jud Hendrickson, whose family getaway property is in the area where Knapp is known to roam. “People are going to get hurt before this is over.”


:lol:

[Klaatu]

I bet he hasn't even changed his underwear in five years :lol:

[Astarte]

So theoretically I can go live in a cave somewhere? Cool, seeya guys!

[Ocean Seal]

When they said extremist the first thing I thought was lolbertarian. This is essentially what I imagine the lolbertarians see themselves as.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I bet he hasn't even changed his underwear in five years :lol:

No way, he's been busy stealing rich people's underwear from their bougie resort cabins.

Know what that's called, right? Expropriation. :cool:

[Franz Fanonipants]

When they said extremist the first thing I thought was lolbertarian. This is essentially what I imagine the lolbertarians see themselves as.

most of these guys are basically libertarian/white supremacist militia men

[ParaRevolutionary]

So a revolution based in the mountains is a viable option.

[Luc]

When they said extremist the first thing I thought was lolbertarian. This is essentially what I imagine the lolbertarians see themselves as.

Like our local "rugged individualist"? :lol:

[dodger]

Like our local "rugged individualist"? :lol:



Is there room in them there hills for "wugged collectivists??"

The Wocky Mountains...just my cup of tea!!

[Lynx]

There may be some hiding out in Aroostook county, Maine.