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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 near

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his fire. And then as he's sitting there,

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he hears rustling coming from behind him.

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And he's pretty sure it's an animal, so he turns

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around and he doesn't see anything and he goes

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back eating his food and then a little while later

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he hears some more wrestling behind him and

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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

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away. And Matt kind of instinctively lowered

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his light but now he was too scared to raise

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it 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

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to sleep. He hadn't heard this guy again. He

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didn't see him again. And he figured, I need a

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little bit of sleep because tomorrow, he's

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gonna pack up his campsite and begin this

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epic journey back to his car. So

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he climbed 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 his 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

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he's 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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