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Thank you very much. I hate to think of foul play, but there have been many things about this story that did not add up. It doesn't eliminate the possibility of an accident, but there are a lot of difficult details that point in another direction. Even in a stretch of imagination where an animal fou...

Would the fact that he was covered with brush indicate a possible cougar attack? http://ktla.com/2014/06/27/mike-herdman ... ody-found/ No, the fact that he was high up on a mountain covered in brush would explain that he was covered with brush. No way an animal is going to drag something that high...

The discovery of Herdman’s body in a “rugged cliff area” was announced at a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office news conference about 4 p.m. Friday at Camarillo Airport. They was no indication of foul play and it was not known if Herdman had fallen, Sheriff Geoff Dean said. Herdman was found partially ...

...Gene, I think I see it on the map: http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.20165,-11 ... rvoir%20CA Is that the one you're talking about? That area hasn't burned in a long time and is incredibly dense. I can imagine your misery. If anyone is interested, I'd like to hike all the way down Roberts Canyon fro...

The 1964 ANF map showed a trail off there that dropped into Roberts Canyon. In the late 60s I followed the trail until it vanished on a ridge above Roberts Canyon. I bushwhacked down the steep hill and was very very happy to get to the bottom. At that time it had been may years since the last fire. ...

Good morning, Aside from the massive multi-agency response (which the rest of us should never expect because we're not sacred cows, um, I meant firefighters), they used search dogs, scent dogs, helicopters and drones with FLIR, they even used a special animal rescue team from LA County. A ridiculou...

Just to confound things the news media often gets details incorrect. Even being there might not give the entire picture. I would be interested to know if they used any tracking dogs. They have foot prints and objects with the victim's scent so they should have a good scent trail to follow. Even if, ...

Story on finding the dog: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/06/ ... -fillmore/ It does say close to the trailhead, which is a two day hike right? Two days in and two days out? "Herdman, 36, vanished June 13 during a four-day hike with a fellow firefighter. " Source: http://www.latimes.c...

How far or fast could he have gone without shoes anyway? Yeah, I was kind of wondering that myself. Love triangle? Affair? Something ain't right here. HJ The news reports said they do not suspect foul play, however the story defies logic unless he fell into a nearby hole,mineshaft, ravine or crevic...

If things don't turn out well, sometimes the condors can lead you to the victim... This has happened on a few occasions in the Grand Canyon. See Michael P. Ghiglieri's book, Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon . (NOT trying to be insensitive...) Not unreasonable. It might be a good thing that ...

tpfishnfool wrote: ↑Is that area near sespe and lions camp ? Search party in action ?

In the link below I can see Sespe Creek nearby.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2 ... 1s0x0:0x0

According to the link below they searchers found human footprints in the area. They also found a marijuana grow nearby.

http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/2 ... ter-search

I like the mountain lion attack. Two days hike seems a little remote for a pot farm, but you never. They have been searching with helicopters and IR equipped drones. I seriously doubt there is a live person to be found in that area. Running off with no shoes is the puzzling part. If it wasn't a moun...

Wow. That's a scary one, the incident with the sleeping bag. :shock: I wonder what made the bear do that? Spilled food? Poor kid; he'll never want to go camping again. I wonder if pepper spray in any of those incidents would have helped? I have to admit that I'm not very afraid of bears. I mean I k...

I recall a bear death back in the 60s at Glenn Camp below Cogswell Dam. I was told by one of the Cogsewll Dam Operators two guys were camped there for several days. Fishing and eating fish. One night a bear came into the camp and crushed the unfortunate caper's head while he was still in his sleepin...

Another enjoyable read, thank you very much.

Hey, that thing with an eye wasn't here before, I better analyze/file all scents and check for anything dangerous.

Nice work!

I can't read bear expressions, but I'm guessing it says, "I smell shenanigans, human shenanigans!"

Thank you for sharing.

What a great Pop too.

I lived at San Gabriel Dam for nine years. We kept a log of all rattlesnake encounters. Most were in the warmer months, but every month of the year and at least one entry. Some of the cooler season occurrences involved moving wood or other objects temporarily left laying on the ground. While they we...

HikeUp wrote: ↑Thanks Augie & Son!

+1

Many years ago a buddy was duck hunting at Tule Lake. As he was returning from his hunt he saw a guy coming out of his camper with his spare gun, camera and other articles. Armed with his duck gun he asked him to stop. The guy ended up with a butt full of duck shot. Later that morning he was at the ...

I like the Zebralight H502. 260 max lm and it can also double as a hand held light. It does have modes, but one is a very low setting that is current regulated, not pulsed on and off like most LED lights. Light Output High: H1 260 Lm (0.9 hrs) or H2 160 Lm (1.9 hrs) / 100 Lm (3.3 hrs) / 4Hz Strobe M...

Taco wrote: ↑Damn squirrels.

Fluffy tailed rats.

Thanks for the link. I lived in the San Gabriel Mountains for almost 10 years. When I left 35 years ago there were just the occasional pot plants growing, but the murders, suicides, accidents and general craziness sounds about right. It was a very rare weekend we didn't hear ambulances and rescue ve...

Interesting story, thanks for sharing.

You might try the LA County Flood Control District.

http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wmd/dspFloodControlDist.cfm

They track runoff and keep storm reports.

Its been a l-o-n-g time since my botany days in college, so I can't be exact without a picture of the flower, but I'm pretty sure its a species of Coral Plant. It grows in leaf litter under a tree canopy, doesn't have chlorophyll of its own (teh reason for the red color), so it relies on a symbioti...

Interesting. I looked at a lot of California native plants but didn't see anything quite like that. There are some parasitic plants that grow in a row like these, but most pictures feature flowers not sprouts.

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/flora/

John Muir wrote about the San Gabriels in Steep Trails You can read it here: http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_wri ... er_11.html This is interesting too: http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exh ... er_10.aspx Not a book, an article about Kenyon DeVore has family lived and worked in the San Gabrie...