Ivy Mike Wrote:
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> I am a pretty ready and adventurous hiker, and
> there is no way I would head anywhere backcountry
> up that way. Have had one too many friends get
> shot at and / or run across razor wire or bear
> traps left by the pot growers. And even with
> legalization, plenty of nutty, off the grid and
> territorial growers and other types back there.
> I've had one encounter myself on cleared, marked
> public trail with a "sovereign citizen" who run me
> off with a shotgun. That is an encounter I do not
> wish to repeat.


Wow. I always thought the stories were more urban legend than real, but you have changed my mind! No kayaking trip down the Eel for me!

Why doesn't the Humboldt County Sheriff work with the National Guard to clean that element out of the woods?