Crime & Safety
Nude MA Man Arrested In White Mountains Hiking Hut Incident
The 35-year-old Worcester County man was threatening other hikers at the AMC hut, fish and game officials said.
BOYLSTON, MA — A Boylston man was arrested Saturday night in the White Mountains after stripping naked and threatening other hikers at a trailside shelter, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.
U.S. Forest Service officers hiked nearly 3 miles Saturday evening to the Zealand Falls Hut near Mt. Zealand after getting a report of a naked man at the shelter. When they arrived, the 35-year-old was standing on the roof of the AMC hut and was "agitated."
"The officers spent over an hour deescalating the situation and attempting to get the man down from the roof. Officers were eventually able to talk the man from the roof and then escort him back to the Zealand Trailhead parking lot, arriving at 10 p.m.," Fish and Game reported.
The Boylston man was arrested, but fish and game officials did not immediately say what charges he might face. No hikers at the Zealand hut were injured, police said.
