Im not sure when. He had traveled without a phone or an ID. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? Horton said that His body was kind of twisted. I think it just hurts that he was capable of being this person with complete strangers, but when it came to us he couldn't even be a decent human being to treat me or my body with any dignity., As he traveled down the Appalachian Trail, Vance Rodriguez was unencumbered by obligations and flush with cash from his time in tech. The body of a hiker had been found in a tent in Florida in the summer of 2018, but scores of amateur detectives, and a few professional ones too, couldnt figure out who he was. David Hurm, a detective with the Collier County Sheriff's Office in Naples, Florida, said. Hed never seen snow before. Someone else met Mostly Harmless on the FT, near Paisley, Florida. He had long, dark hair almost down to his waist. His family wasnt in touch. Hes got to be missed. If he Truly starved to death and the cachexia was caused by an underlying condition? Hi, this is a crazy note to be sending but I believe I know who the hiker was. My correspondent had gone to high school with someone who looked like the hiker and whose name was something like Bilemy. I dont really understand any of it, but maybe someone else will be able to understand more: https://screeps.com/forum/topic/2937/a-strange-request-for-help, His picture looks like the man on The bridge seen walking towards abby and libby who were murdered, Ii was coming here to say the same thing!!! She would ask him if he wanted to travel, and he would respond that he didnt need to go anywhere because he could easily look at pictures online. Priceless. After Rodriguez was identified as the hiker, the womans mother commented on Facebook, This man was so abusive to my daughter, he changed her., His colleagues from that time, learning of his story now, seemed saddened. WebMostly Harmless reportedly told other hikers that he had previously worked in the tech industry and was trying to detox from his digital lifestyle. ", "I have," Teasley replied. Or Hospital Scapegoat? Just want to say, for everyone who has not followed CCSOs requests for his name and that of his family to not be released until they confirm through DNA and announce it officially, it is EXTREMELY inappropriate and harmful for anyone to reach out to this mans family. Maybe thats what hed been seeking. Had a beautiful smile. And about how long ago? He left his apartment in anger. Picture Limitless Creativity at Your Fingertips. In 2020, the sheriffs department had partnered with Othram, a private DNA lab in Texas, to identify the hiker through forensic genealogy. He also told her that he had some health issues and needed/wanted to do the trip while he still could. Yet somehow Mostly Harmless had escaped the digital dragnet. The sheriffs office had received hundreds of bad tips. We just dont know where he was from or who he really was. We're all humans and we all have really complicated pasts. Sadly looks like his name is out all over the web on sites regarding MH. The surgeries that followed were the cause of the scar that had so intrigued the Facebook group. Artificial intelligence can now make better art than most humans. Theres a sweet video on the grandfathers obit page referenced above. Get a grip. The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea. He had signed in at hostels as Ben Bilemy, which, with some creative effort, could be read in reverse as Why me, lib? And sometimes they just let their imaginations fly. Brandon Lawson The 911 call that led to a mysterious disappearance. Hed met a woman, whom Ill call K, in an online chat room. Rodriguez kept working remotely for Shoppers Choice for about a year, then quit and lived off his savings. The timeline of his last few months is unclear, but he appears to have been stuck and starving, maybe at the same campground where he was found on July 23, 2018. But his real name remained a mystery. So did other hikers. I published an article about Mostly Harmless the day before the presidential election. Soon, the team was able to pinpoint Assumption Parish as the mans area of origin. Reddit threads, Facebook groups, and online forums dedicated to solving cold cases popped up all over the internet. She is a trail angel- someone who helps thru-hikers by offering them showers and meals, or anything else they can for hikers. The eyes with dark circles around them. He reached out to Godso, who remembers worrying that Rodriguez would commit suicide. A kind of astral Tocqueville taking a long, long trip to get a sense of the people and the planet, and when he was done, he wasted away and went back to Alpha Centauri. Everyone knew that he had started walking south on the Appalachian Trail. I know a lot of us are always trying to figure out how to best get info about unidentified people out to the public and hopefully to someone who will recognize them. UPDATES- These have been added to the bottom of the blog. CCSO detectives first sent samples of Mostly Harmless DNA to the University of North Texas. None of this is surprising, except for the fact that, in the end, he died., I looked for Vance in mid-2017 to hire him to build an app for a client of mine, says another coworker from Shoppers Choice named David Blazier. And so, Teasley started The Kindness Project. Authorities did not consider that the campers cause of death was suspicious. It might be helpful to know what worked in this case. Rodriguez had not been reported as a missing person. He ended up becoming one of the biggest drug dealers on the dark web. I dont immediately recall anything strikingly unique. They were walking a flooded trail when they came up on Mostly Harmless who was walking southbound. First thing investigators did was look into matching his fingerprints to any through various databases, such as criminal or military, which all came back no match. After the case was solved, and after some of the dark things about Rodriguez had come to light, I corresponded with Sahar Bigdeli, the woman whod tried to get his teeth analyzed. It was easy to map a gentle story onto his past. It's a postscript to the strange story of Mostly Harmless: an effort to give names to the nameless. It might have some clues of technologies he worked with or something like that which could be helpful. When she asked him if he was using the Florida Trail (FT) Guide app, he said no because he didnt have a phone since he was wanting to disconnect. Marie, who works in IT, told me, He was a crazy good coder. ", "He just had a really kind aura about him, and he was joking and laughing with me. Because he, like myself recognize his picture. The group grew to more than 6,000 members. There is some speculation that his knees may have given out on him effectively trapping him and causing him to starve, He was known to wear braces on both knees and carry an excessively heavy pack. He also told her that he had some health issues and needed/wanted to do the trip while he still could. Then, in an epiphany, he had decided to hike the Appalachian Trail, despite never having pitched a tent before. I never found him.. The hiker said that he was looking thin, but nowhere near 83 pounds. Occasionally they would go out and party; one friend of Rodriguezs wrote that she remembers him coming to her dorm and playing Nothing Else Matters by Metallica on the piano. We stand in the vastness of nature, remember how small we are, and everything slows down. Sheriff's detectives searched databases using his face and fingerprints: nothing. That search didn't pan out. Someone would have to tell all the people who missed him. "I saw a man walking on the side of the road," said Kelly Fairbanks, a so-called "trail angel" offering help to weary hikers. In the middle of December, photographs of Mostly Harmless found their way to a group of friends in Baton Rouge, one of whom called the Collier County Sheriffs Office. He said that they were the only two there so they talked pretty late into the evening, and the conversation got pretty deep. The scar resembles the scar from MOAS surgery, used to treat appendix cancer. The man called himself Mostly Harmless because it was said he enjoyed the work of Sci-Fi Writer Douglas Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. A man was able to disappear in no small part because no one was looking for him. Rodriguez, according to his roommate, had cut off all contact with his family. And then, as he traversed the mountains, walking through sugar maple and oak, hickory and poplar, stepping over roots and rocks, he tamed his demons too. The deceased weighed just 83 pounds, with signs of profound starvation. WebOver the following weeks and months, tons of fellow hikers and trail angels came forward with pictures and stories about the kind, quiet man they knew as Mostly Harmless, who It was only 4 months before he would be discovered deceased. Mostly Harmless was in good spirits at this time, and he seemed to be enjoying his hike. Id love to know what kind of person he was, what was his life like. He also declined her offer to a shower and a place to stay. Notebook was pseudocode for a MUD, multi user dungeon, we both played on them a lot. Two women who were hiking the FT encountered Mostly Harmless. He pulled out a piece of paper with a map of Florida on it and a line drawn where the trail should be. That wasn't the only time he locked me out., On a Saturday night in September 2016, K was injured when a terrorist set off a bomb on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. On July 23, 2018, at 8.27 pm, hikers, Nichalaus Horton and Logan Buehl, found a male body in a yellow Brooke-Range 2-person tent. Lucy Letby- Killer Nurse? Police were able to confirm that the unidentified man had used the alias Ben Bilemy to register at several hostels while hiking. Which can be lonely when you share a 500-square-foot apartment, she says. Rodriguez was born in 1976 and was an IT worker in New York with roots in I detached myself as a person to Vance, in that I didn't want to get too attached to a dead stranger. Are the contents of the code notebook public? Sometimes the most alluring stories we tell are the ones with the details left out. However, there was nothing in his possession that would reveal who he was. And he hasnt stopped hiking since. Kelly said she was worried about Mostly Harmless because he seemed new to hiking, not having a phone and carrying an unnecessarily enormous tent were rookie mistakes. According to the worker who sold him the maps, he paid in cash so there was no way to track down any information on the man who bought them. They said he was doing the trails without the GPS or even a detailed map so they exchanged trail information- making sure to go into greater detail than usual to help him out the best they could. Tyler Lewis can you send me facebook link to this page for MH ? On July 23, 2018, two day hikers in Big Cypress National Preserve discovered the body of a hiker whose identity would confound investigators for Mountain Home 27 Sept 2017 Hiker (MJO) met up with Denim while hiking the AT in Bland County, VA near the Helveys Mill It was only 4 months before he would be discovered deceased. He checked into Top of Georgia Hostel & Hiking Center under the name Ben Bilemy, which was more than likely an alias since hikers were not allowed to check in under their trail names. Eerie and beautiful at the same time. They had been lighting candles in an effort to bring someone back to his familyonly to learn that he had completely cut himself off from them. Please, for the love of god, do not contact, hassle, or share information about/and or to his poor family. It will take about 12 weeks to sequence Mostly Harmless DNA a process much different than that done by the University of North Texas before a genealogist will use the sequence to build out a family tree using a public database. Why were his bowels full? ", "It's not really a difference; it's a difference in when you're talking to him,'"he replied. He checked out the next days since the hostel was closed for Thanksgiving on the 23rd. Even if he was in remission, perhaps he didnt want to ever go through that again and figured hed go out, living his best life! We have decided to not release anything further. She knew him as Mostly Harmless, his trail name. WebA hiker found dead in a tent in Big Cypress National Preserve has been identified after more than two years and much interest from the public. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. 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K, who asked for anonymity because of the public obsession about the hiker, was then finishing college in upstate New York. It wasn't entirely the answer that the people who'd been working on his case wanted to hear. In April of 2017, Rodriguez left his New York apartment for the last time and spent the next 15 months hiking south. Everyone had a story they wanted to be true: He was trying to escape modern society. I do believe Mostly Harmless is Vance. In this particular case, you know, there was so much pent-up interest in the case that we crowdfunded it, in the truest sense of the word, in about, I think, like, eight days, which was really quick. Godso said. After years of investigation by authorities and amateur online sleuths, the identity of the deceased Appalachian Trail hiker known by the trail name Mostly Harmless has been uncovered. Help Identify This AT Hiker Found Deceased On Florida Trail! You can email truecrimesociety@gmail.com if you would prefer. Identification In July 2020, it was announced that the But by far the most enticing tip came from a man in Virginia who persuaded me, briefly, that he had known the hiker and that his name was Daryl McKenzie. Teasley said, "My hope is that it doesn't end here, that every single person who was impacted by the story in some way will at least carry away with the knowledge of, like, care about it. His sister wrote back, My family has no comment., After graduating from high school, Rodriguez enrolled at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He appeared to suffer from some mental health issues, but, according to Marie, he refused conventional medicine. No phone, no ID, no credit cards; there was his hiking gear, a notebook, and $3,640 in cash. Before he left, he bought that 2-person tent he was found in. I was not aware of how many missing people there are in our country.". Also, his trekking poles. Fairbanks took a few pictures of him. His death was not suspicious, and he likely died a few days before. His body was kind of twisted. After all, he did leave everything, abandon everyone, and go off into the woods. Gill is a former Naples Daily News reporter and current media relations specialist for the Collier County Sheriff's office. It was interesting to note that he discolouration and abrasion of the shaft and glans of the penis in addition to wasting (cachexia). The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. Both these pictures were taken by Kristin Ernst Vanpelt and posted in the comments section of the Collier County Sheriffs Office post. If this is the case, why does a photo show only $66.00 in evidence? Doubtful. To me, it seems he starved himself to death. He had no ID, but had almost $4,000 in cash. Trail Correspondents 2023: Apply to Join the Team! ", The Sheriff's Office put out a sketch. A WIRED reader sent a note to my tip line: The body of a hiker had been found in a tent in Florida in the summer A picture was taken of Mostly Harmless at Mountain Crossings. CCSO knows the proper steps to take and will do so. I hope you have many good memories. "I'll give you a reason not to like me, Rodriguez had written on Slack, describing a kind of move in Screeps, two months before he went into the woods. By the time two hikers stumbled upon his tent, his body weighed just 83 pounds. There was nothing there that gave us a hint at the time. They also talked about Sci-Fi, specifically Doctor Who. Ad Choices, The Unsettling Truth About the Mostly Harmless Hiker. That scar is consistent with an exploratory laparotomy, usually for trauma (see self-inflicted gunshot wound comment below). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. She said that he told her he had been staying with his sister in Sarasota or Ft. Meyers FL area before starting the FT. She said he told her about working in the tech field. All attempts to identify this man failed. A comment on the Mountain Crossings post has a comment made that Mostly Harmless had made it to Springer. To learn more, please visit the About This Site page. "I do a lot of hiking and things like that, And that's part of the agreement we all know that we look out for each other. The mystery of Mostly Harmless captivated and inspired thousands of people. His name shouldnt even be on this page. Mostly Harmless was found deceased in his tent by two hikers, Nichalaus Horton and Logan Buehl, at Nobles Camp in Big Cypress National Preserve. 7th - 8th Oct 2017 A hiker (KEV) met him in Virginia and knew him as Denim. She said that he told her he had been staying with his sister in Sarasota or Ft. Meyers FL area before starting the FT. She said he told her about working in the tech field. They talked about bringing him home. They scoured every missing-persons database. But, she adds, I truly dug his imperfectly perfect solitary singular self., During this time in Baton Rouge Rodriguez started a relationship that would last for five years. Drop me an email so we can dialogue. Maybe Rodriguezs story is similar to Codys. KEV said his pack was 53 1/2 pounds in Damascus, VA -- she took a photo of it on the scales because it was so heavy she almost toppled over trying it on. This guy is missing out of Vancouver..Terence Atherton Case number 2018052811..Could this be him, Why do you think that? Want the latest on tech, science, and more? They all knew his trail name, but no one could figure out his real one. Launched in 2018, Othram is a relatively new lab whose goal has been to partner with law enforcement agencies to solve cold case crimes and unidentified persons cases. Collier County Sheriff's Office Fairbanks was sure it was Mostly Harmless. Collier County Sheriffs Office Fairbanks was sure it was Mostly Harmless. He attended Dragon Con. He had perfect teeth, which suggested good dental care as a child. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. And there, in the woods, he figured out how to tame his demons. Can you say that much? He must have been smart. Around this time, according to K, Rodriguez also made a threat that was both terrifying because of his skills and ironic because of the anonymity he was about to seek: He threatened to dox K if she ever left him. Featured image via Collier County Sheriffs Office. He appeared to have been kind. But it ended quite badly. The mystery of the identity of Mostly Harmless was finally solved in January 2021, thanks to a combination of DNA testing, crowdfunding, and public outreach. Scan this QR code to download the app now. The hiker said that he was looking thin, but nowhere near 83 pounds. Ex-girlfriends also described a pattern of abuse and emotional instability from Rodriguez, who would often detach from his problems by shutting down emotionally and physically. A WIRED reader sent a note to my tip line: The body of a hiker had been found in a tent in Florida in the summer of 2018, but scores of amateur detectives, and a few professional ones too, couldnt figure out who he was. The boy who raised his hand to get help from a passing truckand whose body still bore the scar of that Louisiana fieldhad grown into the man who didnt seek help as he died in a Florida swamp. On the trail, Mostly Harmless had carried a notebook full of ideas for Screeps, an online strategy game for programmers. He was always very introverted, kept to himself. Typed out and pictures of each page in his notebook, I did just a bit of searching after seeing the transcriptions of the notebooks. At 17, with the consent of his parents, Rodriguez was emancipated by a Lafayette, Louisiana, court. The effort eventually reached a former colleague, who recognized a local called Vance Rodriguez and reached out to the Collier County Sheriffs Office. How sure are you that its the same guy? Maybe thats what hed been seeking. Read more about what went into identifying Mostly Harmless and the life of Vance Rodriguez in Adventure Journal and Wired. However, his identity was a complete mystery. He was trying to escape a medical diagnosis. No real cause of death but it seems like he had died from malnutrition as he was only 83 lbs when he was found. What city did you guys live it at the time? Scroll down past handwritten notes and youll find the transcribed pages. The other question is harder: Why did he go into the woods to begin with? Everyone liked him. But eventually he would snap out of it. Like Rodriguez, Cody had struggled in his twenties and thirties. A camper at Pine Log State Forest said she met Mostly Harmless at the Sand Pond Campground. WebI first learned of the man called Mostly Harmless this past August. I know the author has no ill will intent thats not my concern. "He said, 'I'm not using a cell phone,'" Fairbanks recalled. Investigators began to receive tips as soon as posting the bulletin. Six months after that, in southern Florida, hikers made a terrible discovery at the Big Cypress National Preserve, in Florida's Alligator Alley: A dead body had been found curled up in a yellow tent at a camp site. They became off-and-on roommates for the next five years. Fairbanks was sure it was Mostly Harmless. It's courageous and reminds me a bit of myself as I made some brash decisions in life too, she wrote. He and K went out maybe once a month, she recalls. She is a trail angel- someone who helps thru-hikers by offering them showers and meals, or anything else they can for hikers. Youre about to get bombarded so prepare. I asked her if she was disappointed that Rodriguez had such a dark side. The big questions were, how did he starve to death in his tent and who was he? It was the same person who had first sent the tip in August. He told Kelly that he had started in New York and was heading down to Key West. A camper at Pine Log State Forest said she met Mostly Harmless at the Sand Pond Campground. He raised his hand weakly and a passing truck saw him and pulled over. Within minutes, fellow thru-hikers had sent dozens of photos of Mostly Harmless and reported meeting This was answered in January 2021 when the remains were identified as Vance Rodriguez. Want the best tools to get healthy? He would not talk about his parents except to say fuck them, Marie recalls. My correspondent told a moving story of befriending the man in a Newport News bowling alley and hearing that Daryl had terminal cancer and planned to hike to his death. I cant help but agree with the theory he had a bowel obstruction In the late stages it would explain the empty stomach as eating would have caused nausea and faecal vomiting.. His disease progression likely led to multi organ failure including the kidneys and potential urinary retention which would explain the full bladder.. Care about who these people are and that they have friends and family. KEV took a selfie and several other photos of him in Damascus. We know what he looks like. Or, 'Could it be that person?'" This summer, with help from online crowdfunding, investigators were able to hire an outside DNA analysis company who determined that Mostly Harmless had Creole ancestry. Mostly Harmless checked into Top of Georgia Hostel & Hiking Center under the name Ben Bilemy, which was more than likely an alias since hikers were not allowed to check in under their trail names. As soon as I seen it, I knew who it was. But he would also turn off and be in a bad mood, and the trail people never saw that, because if he decided he wasn't going to talk to anyone, he literally just would not talk to anyone. They believe he started out in New York and hiked the Appalachian Trail to Florida, and he may have stopped in Virginia and Georgia on his way. The companys codebase is still filled with notations of VR, for code that Rodriguez wrote. I felt awful. The photos in my story didnt look at all like her friend, who was indeed a hiker but who was alive and well in Los Angeles. If you dont mind sharing Im just wondering if the recent DNA analysis and the news about that was what led to you finding his picture/case, or if it was pure happenstance via fb, etc. Kelly Fairbanks, 47, was the first person to match the composite sketch to a hiker she had met in Florida on January 24, 2018. A man was harmed and maybe harmful. We'd all been telling ourselves stories about his life. His bowels were unremarkable, as were his kidneys. Everyone knew that he had started walking south on the Appalachian Trail from New York a year and a half before. He was a long time friend, roommate ans travel companion who we had lost contact with. Is it to do with the game No Mans Sky, I know that sounds random but it has been suggested to us. Dr James Craig poisoned his wife Angela to death with cyanide (allegedly), Reagan Hancock (22) has died after her friend Taylor Morton cut her baby from her womb, The unsolved murder of 'Crimewatch' host Jill Dando. He indeed grew up in Louisiana, and he moved to New York in his 30s. Thanks for your support! I could be quiet around him, she wrote, and it never felt awkward., Godso and Rodriguez were both computer nerds, with Rodriguez taking it to the extreme. People sent me theories about who he could have been or what he might have been doing. There have been rumors about his name circulating for the last few weeks, but this is the first official confirmation I've seen. I cant wait to see what they could be. "What we do is, we capture tens of thousands of markers to hundreds of thousands of markers," said Mittelman. I know it cant be easy to process all of this. "We just typically don't see people go to that length. No, she said. I needed a mind-altering jolt. The family then agreed to provide a DNA sample for comparison.. Everyone assumed he would show back up., When I wrote about the mysterious hiker in November, I ended the story with two questions: Why did Mostly Harmless walk into the woods? To go through the trail blind was naive, I thought that was a bad decision. A few hours after the story went live, I got my first ID via DM. He carried cash and couldnt be tracked by credit card receipts. Meanwhile, the dedicated Facebook hunters kept going. The Collier County Sheriffs Office even released a podcast on the mystery in an effort to bring more attention to the case. AlphaBay was the largest online drug bazaar in history, run by a technological mastermind who seemed untouchableuntil his tech was turned against him. Does anyone know if the notes about food towards the top of the notes list have to do with the game hes describing? Mostly Harmless, a hiker found in the Big Cypress National Preserve has been identified after two years of speculation about who the man could be. It was located at a campsite called Nobles Camp in Big Cypress National Preserve (Collier County, Florida). Outside was between the car and the building., According to Godso, Rodriguez didnt graduate. They were walking a flooded trail when they came upon Mostly Harmless who was walking southbound. But then again, maybe these are all just stories Im telling myself about Vance Rodriguez because I still dont actually know what happened. 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