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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

How was the truck hiding the license plate? When it went 30' past them did it turn or something so they couldn't see it?

I really need to see those photographs. Find them. Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please...

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Believe me, when they are found I will post some of them. You would not believe the amount of effort everyone in my house underwent to locate them them in the last week, and so far they are really giving us the slip.

The off ramp wrapped around, and went beneath the freeway itself then went straight for a short bit past the area that the thicket was in,, and then curved to the left, flattening out against a dead end where you could flip around to go back under the freeway and get back on. He went ahead of them, and turned the truck at an angle against the dead end to size them up.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Yuck! Definitely a nest of some sort, I agree not good! I just started re-watching the X Files... Who knows, maybe one of those FBI folks followed up.

A Girl Scout camp that I went to as a kid, had some guy skulking around putting dolls up in weird ways... I think the person was caught, no one was hurt. The camp took down their nice signage from the main roads!

Lots of nutcases in the world though.

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Indeed there are.

Girl Scout camp? Did you hear about the girl scout camp murders that were never solved? They happened in 1977.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

No, I didn't! I was in (G.S.) Cadettes, maybe, at that time, too. Hmmm the Wikipedia entry does sound like it's pretty unclear what happened. I don't agree with the note where the camp staff were blamed for not understanding what was going on... Humans don't have good night vision -- I got lost at camp one night just getting to the latrines, those little lanterns and flashlights don't show a lot and you can't tell who is holding the flashlight unless you shine one at their face.

I bet they didn't want us kids to hear about that at the time! Media people back then were a lot different. Narratives were more controlled.

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I might do a post on it in the future. It is a pretty perplexing case.

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Nov 2, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Please do your best with cognitive empathy, if you do; the things that the criminal(s) did to the girls were very very awful, some of us are likely to have strong emotional responses. We can not read it of course, just saying.

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I will be quite respectful of the girls if I do so

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

That would be cool

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Appreciate the story share and the photo's you could include. Thinking that does all sound pretty odd. I think if I'd been in that sort of situation (as in having unexpectedly learned about something like that/reporting it to the FBI) I'd have felt pretty annoyed (at least) that nobody ever even came back to me with so much as a basic thanks for letting them know. Even if they couldn't do much, because of a lack of solid evidence for anything serious that might be going on, would imagine the photographs you sent them of what was seen would have been enough for them to see reason to monitor that area for at least some time after (though admittedly I don't have much clue on the ins and outs of how FBI procedures work).

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I found it rather surprising that they never contacted us. It seems like that might be part of their job.

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Nov 2, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

I know the Metropolitan Police here in greater London (in the UK) hire admin assistants. Part of their job would be handling incoming/outgoing correspondence demands (I've got some past work experience in that myself). I imagine that the FBI must do the same kind of thing out there in the US.

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Probably true

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Yoi!

Scared me here, reading this.

Thank you for sharing.

I will be creeped out all day, but the sun is shining, skies are azure, and Sir is crisp and sweet with the fragrance of departing foliage- so, I will manage!!😂🎃🍂

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

ooh very entertaining. what would you have done if so + so:bestfriend ended up being serial killed by this serial killer— i know you wouldn't feel literal guilt but would there be the "ah shiiiii... i probably should have warned them"?

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I knew that anyone coming across those two would have a hell of a fight on their hands, so I wasn't particularly concerned about it. I probably would have been surprised if someone had been able to take them down.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

fair enough

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Oh this is great. My reactions were first hair prickling up, then I grinned and wished I could have cajoled a posse of of my redneck friends to have come in the back side of the location probably on horseback and thoroughly tossed the entire area. Bonus if we'd come across Mr Black Truck.

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That would have definitely been interesting to do

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

That was cool! Being how you don't have the emotional fear, it's not surprising that you wouldn't think about their safety, and just go with the"I want what I want" thing.I am surprised that the feds had no interest though . It probably was some sicko's nest..

In fact I wouldn't have gotten you those pics, lol .

Good Halloween story, thanks for sharing👍

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I'm glad you enjoyed it

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Holy cannoli that is scary! I wonder if reporting it to the cold case unit in the area now might help.

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They didn't care to contact me back when I reported it, and now I can't find the pictures. It would be a report without evidence years after it happened. Unfortunately, I doubt there would be any movement now on it.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

I want to make sure I understand this correctly, you knew from the description your SO gave you on the phone that this was the nest of a serial killer? And you begged him to make a return visit to get you photos which he did possibly because he couldn’t put it past you to jump in your own car and motor on down to make a few pic snaps of your own. Holy cow, what if you had and met the serial killer!?!

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I was fairly certain that whatever it was, it wasn't normal, nor good. If I could have gone to get the photos myself I would have, but he wouldn't tell me where it was exactly for precisely the reason that I would do that. If I had met the serial killer, it certainly would have been interesting.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

If there'd been more than one male around though, with just you there, could have easily ended up very nasty for you. So there's a chance it really is just as well you didn't!

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Quite true

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

The second read through is even more creepy. I even heard strange sounds outside and had to go and lock the door. Oooooooh! Now you have me thinking about sexual sadist serial killers. So this was weird I was in communication this last summer with a guy who if he hadn’t already killed, was on his way to it. It’s hard for me to know, previous to this encounter I knew virtually nothing about the subject. Later I did look into it and found that fantasy plays a big part and that these bloody fantasies can go on for several years before they try to make them real. It was a very strange experience, I had no freaking idea about the sick, twisted things these guys do and I never wanted to know.

Drag marks? Hush! He just told you that to scare you. 😝

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No, they're in the photographs. I was the one that noticed them.

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Nov 5, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Even after years, I believe there is a good chance the bodies are there, don't you think? Bones?

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It is possible.

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Nov 3, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Did you mention the drag marks in the info you sent to the FBI? The fact that they didn't follow up with you -- "annoying" doesn't even begin to describe that.

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I did indeed. hey are hard to pick up, but there is definitely places in the ground cover that is clear heading off deeper into the trees.

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Nov 7, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Fascinating story, would have been interested to investigate as l am a curious person.

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Same, which is why he wouldn't tell me exactly where it was for a good while.

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