Danger in the Forest

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

NOT a suggestion, but if a budding young "dexter" wanted to learn his trade, this would be the place. LE has no interest nor resources to even investigate.



Edit: Based on the skull in the story, sounds like has already happened to some extent.

[NeedMoreAmmo]

I'm biting my tongue here as well. It's all been said and, sadly, it won't change. If a few vagrants destroying several homes won't do it, what will it take?

As usual, unless it is Hicks house that gets burned down, or some connected Dem critter's, little will happen on the state level. Grassroots and local enforcement routes are probably the only viable ones.

[Ah Pook]

As usual, unless it is Hicks house that gets burned down, or some connected Dem critter's, little will happen on the state level. Grassroots and local enforcement routes are probably the only viable ones.

Not a political problem but a perception problem. "It's the mountains, we can do what ever we want." Not just a transient problem either.

FS cries poor mouth and the Sheriff's dept says call if ya need anything. Lame response on both counts.

[kpp80202]

The story in this article makes me sick. I’ve been hiking and camping in Colorado for over 20 years and fortunately have never seen anything like this. (I typically get at least an hour west of metro Denver, though.)

Luckily, the worst thing that happened to me was camping with my family near Redcliff when at night I heard loud music thumping. I got out of my tent to investigate, and saw weird lights in the trees about a quarter to a half mile away. It turns out it was a rave for 4 guys turning 40 that summer. Maybe 30 people. They thought they were so far off the beaten path, and miles away from all campgrounds, they wouldn’t bother anyone. They did turn the music down a bit, and I felt kinda bad for them under the circumstances, but we worked it out. Plus, the next morning the women were skinny dipping in the river...

[OtterbatHellcat]

This is another group of posts in a thread that exemplify why I don't want to be in Colorado anymore.

Yes there are other reasons as well.

[Chaffee2]

Unfortunately it seems to be state wide. Here in Chaffee County and surrounding counties we are getting slammed with dopers, squatters and the rest. It is absolutely disgusting what this state has become. I don't know if its the feds, hickenlooper or who exactly is not letting law enforcement take care of these problems. In many areas around here it is getting out of control. I know several Leo's that are able and willing to take care of the dopers and the other problems but are not allowed to even talk to them not to mention to arrest or investigate them. The population explosion in the state isn't helping either. During the summer around here it is next to impossible to get away for a few hours and not have dozens or more people on every damn road and trail.

[Joe_K]

Strap all of them to the outside of the trucks filled with water going to California and send them along. All the volunteer helping hand folks can come down and pack them a sack lunch and give them a moving blanket and a tarp, slap on the ass and buh-bye Felicia!


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[jslo]

California now has legal weed and they'd probably like the milder winter climate plus all the extra benefits they could get.

[colorider]

We camp fairly often in the area around Buena Vista in the summer. Try and go every other weekend for 3-4 days. Ride dirt bikes, hike, target shoot safely, gold pan etc.
Last summer we saw a huge increase in vagrant camps, beater rvs off in the woods, trash everywhere. One spot actually had a damn bookcase full of crap set up outside their RV. Said RV had no door, a flat tire, painted windows. There was a scooter in the camp, a rear seat out of some sedan type of car, of course the book case, a bunch of junk, lawn chairs, a few tents set up. Trash everywhere. This particular camp was set up for the entire summer. Calls to the forest service, sheriff, and forest rangers obviously were ignored or they simply didn't approach the site. We called 3 times, all 2 weeks apart. The occupants would leave every day around 9am. Come back around 4am. Car was a complete beater with a trunk that would not close. Was bungee corded. The last 2 weekends we decided to send an "Unvitation" to the occupants. Not going to say what it was, but will say that we did not destroy any property or harm anybody (they were not there). It was the last few weekends we went so I don't know if they stayed around. I sure would have bailed.

[Irving]

California now has legal weed and they'd probably like the milder winter climate plus all the extra benefits they could get.

Not for $45 for three joints and up to 34% tax they won't.