Missing hiker (Monica Reza)

[Sean]

It has been decided by members not to publish certain information. That policy was stated most recently in Matthew's comment regarding the sign up for the hike. The comment on Reddit that I referenced would be in violation of that policy. Therefore, I decided not to link it.

I'm an admin here, and there is no policy against publishing "certain information." You are free to do what you like, especially with information relevant to this high-profile, ongoing mystery. I, or another admin, will let you know if you cross a line. But saying there's relevant shit on Reddit and not providing a link or quote, well, that's completely useless to me. I'm not going to spend time digging through the garbage piles on Reddit hunting for this alleged nugget. I don't like Reddit. That's why I'm here instead. Maybe you could PM me the link and quote, then I can post it myself.

[coloradohiker]

There were 9 people on the hike, not 3. Find it yourself. I'm out.

[SideQuestHiker]

The Reddit comment in question is at the bottom of the following r/socalhiking post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/socalhiking/s/3v1s0Hy20O

[Sean]

The Reddit comment in question is at the bottom of the following r/socalhiking post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/socalhiking/s/3v1s0Hy20O

Okay, here's the first part of the Reddit post:

I would look into Teralyn Dang. Why did she all of a sudden cancel the same hiking event Monica went to? Also, there were supposed to be 13 attendees, but only 9 went, including Monica. Tera has 3 guests coming along and cancelled, which is why there were 9 people on that same hiking trip. Why did the Media only mention Ashwin and Anjali when there were 9 people in total?

I'll give the Redditors points for actually naming the people they talk about. I hope they take their information and questions to the police. I, for one, don't know how many people were on the hike. I wasn't there, and I certainly wouldn't go by the Meetup RSVPs. If there's something suspicious about the attendees, the police are probably investigating it, and they're not going to blab to the world every little lead they follow, like the gossip-mongers here and elsewhere. Besides, we all know it was the Squatch monster.

[RH]

Check out the comment on Reddit posted an hour ago by PiaTequila...

Quote and link or it doesn't exist. Thanks.

It has been decided by members not to publish certain information. That policy was stated most recently in Matthew's comment regarding the sign up for the hike. The comment on Reddit that I referenced would be in violation of that policy. Therefore, I decided not to link it. However, if the comment on Reddit is true, and I don't know whether it's true or not, it would challenge almost everything that's been said or written about this case since June 22, 2025.

My brain hurts reading all the drivel on Reddit. People that never searched for her or anyone else in the wild, people who have never hiked that area, and/or people who are only thinking one way (trying to force things to fit their narrative). I'm open to sinister narratives regarding the case but you have to provide proof. Confirmation bias, correlation vs causation, etc. seem to be ruling the day when it comes to anything mysterious these days.

The comment on Reddit reveals several names that many of us already know. But it seems PiaTeq has not been on many group hikes or MeetUps. The organizers often have "guests" listed (Leader+2 Guests; John Doe+4 Guests, etc) in order to make the hike seem bigger or more interesting often because no one has signed up yet or very few have signed up. It is a way to try to promote it and get more people interested. Also, rarely do the number of people who signed up for MeetUp events actually show. The same three people PiaTeq mentions have also been known to create their own reviews (over and over again) for their business which artificially drives up their review count and rating. This is not cool but not a crime either. Again it can be argued that they do this trying to drum up business for a struggling company rather than being malevolent individuals... though some of the behavior exhibited by one of them does make us question things.

So none of this is some smoking gun that completely changes the narrative. Two of the people listed as going on that hike work closely with Hiker A and they had seven guests listed between the two of them. They may never have intended to go but just sign up on a regular basis to help promote the hikes. Did anyone check previous hikes to see if those same members and guests are listed on other hikes by the same group? So that's nine people that never went on the hike. Then you have Hiker A listed with two guests and that is the number of people that were on the hike.

Supposedly this was confirmed (date; time; and 3 hikers) by sheriff through multiple cameras on the carpool vehicle in Sentry Mode.