Crime & Safety
Hiker Thought He Was 'Being Hunted Like In Predator': DEC
Officials said drugs and alcohol were part of the equation.
SHANDAKEN, NY — Forest rangers had to search for two hikers in the overnight hours of Monday when one of them twisted his ankle after he thought he was being hunted like prey.
New York Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers were called around 2:45 a.m. Monday about an injured person on Mount Tremper.
Shortly after 3 a.m., the ranger was able to make phone contact with a 36-year-old man from Connecticut who claimed he got into a fight with his hiking companion and believed he was “being hunted like in Predator.”
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Rangers said the hiker twisted his ankle while escaping.
Three other rangers responded with a six-wheeler and found the Connecticut man at 5:50 a.m. He was asleep off the trail.
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His hiking companion — a 31-year-old from Beacon — was found in the Mount Tremper lean-to.
Officials said that interviews with both hikers indicated there was significant drug and alcohol impairment.
They were both examined by Shandaken EMS.
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