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djg21
10-09-2017, 07:26 PM
Despite the fact that the U.S. Forest Service banned shooting there in 2014, Merrifield says gunshots are a constant at Mount Herman, which is near Monument and Palmer Lake. Once, near the drop into Limbaugh, he saw a man and his son shooting right next to a “no shooting” sign. He reminded them of the ban, but he says the father told him to “mind your own ****ing business.” Unarmed and alone, Merrifield simply moved on.

Other times, drivers have tried to run him off the road. And once, he “heard and felt [a] bullet go over my head.” It was, Merrifield says, in about the same area where the body of his friend was recently found.

Tim Watkins, 60, disappeared while riding his mountain bike in the Mount Herman area on Thursday, Sept. 14. Two days later, his shoe and bicycle were found, a day later his body was found. He had been shot.

https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/tim-watkins-was-shot-to-death-in-an-area-known-for-illegal-activity/Content?oid=7441765

Be careful out there. We literally do have targets on our backs.

Wilkinson4
10-09-2017, 09:30 PM
Holy stray bullet. I have ridden up that road and around many times but not on weekends. And I have heard gun shots ring out and thought about it and whether I should continue. I have not ridden up there in a while, maybe once this year... I guess that is another ride off my list. Running out of cool options down here.

More news

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/09/19/bicycle-shot-death-mount-herman-road/

I looked at the map and where they found Tim (RIP) is before the road even turns to dirt or where the illegal shooting takes place. It is basically still high end 'residential'. I don't think this was a stray... I've seen lots of road rage incidents down in that area but that road isn't congested on weekdays. prayers to his family.

Reading the rest of the story and in mentions a man with an axe. Damn, last time I rode up that road in March I had stopped for a break on the side of the road. There was a guy hiking up the road with a backpack and an axe in his hands. He walked right on by, didn't really acknowledge me. I figured he was a fire fighter in training or something but I thought it was weird. He was moving at quite a clip.


And more, I am not sure that is the guy I saw.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/09/27/hatchet-man-el-paso-county-indiana-daniel-nations/

Mike
Castle Rock, CO