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"Mostly Harmless" Appalachian Trail Hiker Identified

Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:14 pm
Posted by BRtoATL
Bogota
Member since Aug 2009
232 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:14 pm
"At 5:30 the next morning, my phone rang. It was the same person who had first sent the tip in August. We have a name, he said: Vance John Rodriguez. He texted two new photographs that looked just like Mostly Harmless."

"I and others worked to confirm his identity, with the first press story about Rodriguez appearing in late December in Adventure Journal. The puzzle was formally solved today, when Othram confirmed that the DNA of the hiker matched that of Rodriguez’s mother."

The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108810 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:20 pm to
Post your login credentials so we can read the article
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
391 miles away from Tiger Stadium
Member since Mar 2012
5533 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:22 pm to
I attempted to post excerpts from this article like 6-8 months ago and it got removed. So good luck
Posted by Emteein
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
3894 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:46 pm to
Interesting story, everyone has their demons, and everyone tries to tame their demons differently. At least he didn't hurt anyone too bad, he abused some girlfriends, but ultimately he didn't do something like climbing a tower and shooting a bunch of people. dude went for a walk and died alone.

Mental health is a big issue in this country that doesn't get the attention it needs.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19587 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:53 pm to
Mostly Harmless

Posted by Cotten
Tennessee
Member since Jan 2018
1275 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:55 pm to
I’ve followed this story for a few years, he was identified a few months ago. To no one’s surprise, his prior GF stated he was identified because he didn’t want to be. He was a hermit and self secluded.

He worked in BR for awhile and graduated from Comeaux High in Lafayette.
Posted by PillPusher
Gulf Coast
Member since Oct 2009
5713 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:59 pm to
Why do we get a new thread on this guy every 3 months? He was a loner with no friends are family that even cared he was missing. Who cares? Might as well start posting every unidentified homeless man that dies because that’s essentially what this is equivalent to.
Posted by blackinthesaddle
Alabama
Member since Jan 2013
1732 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 3:04 pm to
Dude wanted to escape and even in death they hound him down and release all his private info. What a joke of a world we find ourselves in.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66543 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 3:33 pm to
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Posted by LT
The City of St. George
Member since May 2008
5151 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 6:14 pm to
Anybody heard from that dude wikitiger?
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