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The Wrong Trailhead: Boot, Clock, and a 14-Mile Alibi

The Wrong Trailhead: Boot, Clock, and a 14-Mile Alibi

A single hiking boot, upright on a flat rock with laces double-knotted and no trail within a quarter mile, halted a county surveyor and redirected a weeks-long missing-person search. Troy Hunt was photographed buying coffee at 7:49 a.m. eight miles from the trail Sorrell later reported-creating an impossible 18-minute, 14-mile gap that sent volunteers into the wrong mountains. Where was Troy really, and how did that lone boot end up balanced on a rock thirteen days later?

In this episode, you’ll hear how routine habits, surveillance…

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