The killings and body disposals are unfortunate but, in the larger picture, they are rare. However, he hasnt been seen in almost 3-years. I do a lot of GEOCACHING in the area including the ONF. It is also illegal to make your own trail with a jeep or 4 wheel drive vehicle, anywhere in the forest. My heart goes out to the victims but its like Most of yal said its dangerous everywhere. There have been times in my life I would have used a gun, if it had been on meand subsequently, might have wound up in jail for a very long time. Ive hiked entire days and never seen a single human. The first time I heard newscasters report on missing campers in the Ocala National Forest, I didn't hear their names, but I nevertheless offered a prayer for them and their families. 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Yule Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 07-10-1988 James Foley Pemigewasset Wilderness, 10-07-2013 Barnett D Zeldin Wharton Forest Park, 11-09-1940 Celsa Lucero Manzano Mountains 08-18-1956 Bobby Martinez Pecos Wilderness 03-17-1993 Gordon Vessels Manzano Mountains State Park 08-31-1998 Emma Frances Tresp Santa Fe National Forest 06-20-2002 Crystal Tuggle El Malpais National Monument 06-20-2002 James Chatman El Malpais National Monument 09-06-2009 Melvin Nadel Santa Fe National Forest 07-30-2014 Audrey Kaplan Pecos Wilderness 08-03-2017 Blake W Slaughter Gila Wilderness Area 07-07-2019 Stephen Edward Carey Dripping Springs Natural Area, 08-19-1962 Stephen Papol Hecksher State Park 04-12-1976 Steven Paul Thomas Mout Marcy 01-16-1987 Joseph David Helt Sams Point Ice Caves 08-27-1993 Earl Eric Dunckel Adirondack Forest Preserve 10-09-1993 Thomas James Carleton High Peaks Wilderness Area 04-21-2006 George James LaForest Jr. Siamese Ponds Wilderness 10-12-2008 Fred Gillingham Rock River Trail Head - Indian Lake 09-19-2012 Gregory M Mish Niagara Falls State Park 03-08-2013 Peter K Lipinoga Niagara Falls State Park 07-08-2014 Raymond Emilo Locascio Harriman State Park 01-31-2015 Ali Jamil Niagara Falls State Park 11-15-2015 Tom Messick Lake George Wild Forest 01-28-2016 Daniel Patrick Leslie Niagara Falls State Park 02-05-2020 Jerry P Zawacki Niagara Falls State Park, 09-25-1981 Thelma Pauline Melton Great Smoky Mt. Just dont be a fool, travel in pairs, and avoid extremely desolate parts of the forest if youre apprehensive. So, yes, the Guardian statement holds factual, documentable truths. So you and I can type whatever our pretty little hearts desire! Who will you depend on to save your ass if you need help? Its a shame people are allowed to abuse it the way they do. They are out there killing people who have families (Mothers, fathers, siblings, children and ect. She had long brown/blondish hair at the time of her disappearance and blue eyes. There are gators and bears and when sick or hungry can be a threat. We were 200 yards from the road and 50 yards from the trail, out of sight. I wonder how much migration there is (if they can) of homeless from the North (ie: Chicago, NYC, etc.) Between wildlife, and even tripping/potential fall, let alone undesirable humans lurking out in the middle of nowhere, I dont understand why this is a welcomed activity. She recently sold her property because she is done with FL as a place to live. However, you may want to take heed of the Florida Forest Service's warning and navigate a little further away from the shoals. It was next to a narrow, 2 rut vehicle trail. Which is not good forensic criminologist minded behavior for a law enforcement officer. According to her friend, she was last seen alive around 9pm, hours after the two started having car problems. I have also seen evidence of tents in some local towns on public land and even not far off of Hiway 441 close to Tavares behind some businesses. Cops are dangerous, often psychos get hired and they stay in their jobs committing crimes against citizens whether good or bad ones left and right, lying all the time, making things up. Chad Reynolds was reported missing by his mother after he did not return home from watching the Super Bowl on February 2, 2009. After his arrest for the slayings of the Fort Lauderdale girls, police found the belongings of nine other missing women in his room at his mother's Fort Lauderdale home. Again, one of them was the white truck we first encountered. Federal National Mortgage Association to Hess Nicholas Patrick, $370,000. If you can't handle it then it's simple, stay home. I've hiked and camped in the ONF for over 25 years. I immediately got in my car, locked the door and drove off. )There is no logic to your story. I've been taking the forest for granted as my safe haven to escape from society and get away for some "me time" photographing wildlife and hiking. The 12-member Cold Case Review Board requested old documents from St. Lucie County, where Schaefer was convicted of the other killings, and discovered the confession. Urban Woodswalker, thanks for your comments. From street and road map to high-resolution satellite imagery of Ocala National Forest. Ocala National Forest - 03-05-2011 - Roger Sawyer - Everglades National Park - 12-27 . you think theyre going to do it in walmart lmao.very interesting to read, thanks for posting it. 4) Big Shoals State Forest - White Springs. And if you want to live in a crime free place, you might as well die now because the only place your going to find that is in heaven. Its a magical place. Sure, it could happen, but it could happen anywhere. Im only 15, so please help me out :(. My husband had camped out there in the past and asked me if I wanted to camp there. stop to get gas but it's not really a place you want to stay at. I take my daughter whenever I can, and am trying to help arrange a camping trip for her and her friends.Over the years the Forest has changed, as have the people in and around it. Its a magical place. I think you need to visit the larger cities of this country to get a more rounded viewpoint of just how many gun carrying folks are diverse.in mental and emotional mindsets. See you seen. I do try not to judge them. Deputies told . SOZO Kids helps kids living in the ONF. The forest has many secluded trails, swamps, and endless acreage where a person could get in and get out undetected. Idk the area.Good luck unknown and keep protection near by. Susan Leichner-Schonder of Tampa has often grasped a patchwork quilt woven by her late sister, yearning for the day when someone would be brought to justice for her slaying. take care and be safe near the forest! Especially when most of our communities out here are poor people. Turn yourself in. Or mass shooters. I have a decal on my truck that says it all.. Off to the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. Missing Persons. Schaefer was 20 at the time of the pair's disappearance. FishBones' gourmet cuisine is prepared on a custom-built pit over a Florida citrus and oak wood burning fire at . Bad things do happen here but I will never blame the forest. Its doesnt matter if they happen elsewhere in cities, or wherever. Florida. Its a scary thing to see a kid no more than 12 or 13 walking down the dirt paths packing semi automatic rifles and hiding in the tree's carrying guns that you usually only see in the movies. We had to stop and go back to the trees multiple times because now there were 6 trucks! 1. Phone: (352) 669-0078 Camping Fee: $31 per night. Absolutely, more bodies, killings, and suicides have occurred in the National Forest since this article was first written. You don't carry the kinds of high powered automatic rifles they carry to hunt for sport. While I worked within the justice system, I was never an enforcement officer. But, I am not afraid to live out herebecause I am armed and dangerous in my own home, I have a right to defend it and my person.Evil is everywhere, there is no escaping it.Do not let this story stop you from coming to the Ocala National Forest. OCALA, Fla., None An annual gathering of a group of campers commonly referred to as "rainbow people" is causing problems for local businesses near the Ocala National Forest. But you are. Unidentified bodies are regularly discovered in remote corners of the wilderness. When shown a picture of Schaefer last year, Hoover said he was certain he saw Schaefer following the two girls before they were abducted. Have seen the bad n the good of people. Such as with the DC shooing rampage-at their Naval shipyard, just this week. The trick is to know your surroundings. I have spent decades in the woods hiking alone, as a single female. Anything can happen anywhere. Now, the comments above calling the author names and using a very tired old argument that its safe in the woods, or that there is crime everywhere are plain stupid. Hotels near Ocala National Forest: (0.43 mi) Olde Mill Stream RV Resort (9.99 mi) Adora Inn (8.97 mi) Hampton Inn Mount Dora (1.41 mi) Fox Den Country Inn (5.15 mi) Encore Southern Palms; View all hotels near Ocala National Forest on Tripadvisor I'm glad I read this article and the following comments. If you're looking for trouble. Most people ive met out here over the years do tend to be convicts or fugitives though. If ever it did. This is the home of A Florida man. And theres alot of them. Just camped out there a few weeks ago. I seriously have to laugh when I read the comments on this blog. Rainier National Park 06-20-2006 Stephen Mason Olympic National Park 07-05-2005 Gregory R. Brown Alpine Lake Wilderness 06-24-2006 Gilbert Mark Gilman Olympic National Park 07-01-2010 Eric Lewis Mt. For Leichner's sister, the pain still lingers, but she has found some sense of closure. It is not just the Ocala National Forest. Also just the fact that "some" members of society carry a firearm, everyone benefits when criminals know they may encounter someone trained and licensed to carry a firearm.I am sure there will be some that feel better knowing that when the visit the ONF. Does that make you feel good? No matter the cause, our responders, officers, and special agents are the subject-matter experts for inland search-and-rescue (SAR) operations and missing person investigations, from urban parks to wilderness areas of the National Park System. Park Description. Missing runaway teen . Nunerous crime cases have been reopened over the last 100 yrs because of csmpers, and hunters coming across skeletal bones or decomposed bodies. No matter where you are, you should always be concerned with personal safety. (Yet, you're going to use two murders from 1966 as a reason to avoid the springs? Local News. If you look back at the statistics of murders that occurred in the forest, say 20 years worth, that number is practically nothing compared to murders that have happened in Ocala over the same period. I keep doing stupid, what are the odds that stupid will not eventually turn out badly? Have you had any bad experiences there? You cannot ignore these thingsunless you are policing the smallest rural town, and dont watch national news. They brew up gallons of meth out there daily. You are a coward, who just wants to commit very bad crimes? Thank you for sharing your story. In addition to human safety I am concerned for the protection of the wildlife I hope they have no hunting zones or something out there. . Though I do agree with the distaste toward the rainbow people they are filthy dirty, and need to wake up and get in rehab and get a job and stop infesting the damn walmart in silver springs begging for things. During his incarceration, Schaefer told Charles Sizelove, a fellow inmate at Avon Park Correctional Facility, that he took Leichner and Nater by gun and knifepoint at Alexander Springs park and killed them. Violence happens in wilderness areas because there is no one around to witness it. Yes, I've heard guns going off at night and some hunters wait by small ponds in the forest and use night-vision scopes to hunt. Now, three Central Florida detectives are committed to finding out the truth about why . We like living in the forest versus the city of Ocala. "His multiple admissions and the nature of his prior crimes are more than enough to convince a reasonable person that he was solely responsible.". I have also run across vehicles that are homes to some unfortunate persons. Should I report this to the county sheriff? article . Missing in U.S. National Parks and Forests is a centralized database listing those who have gone missing in National Parks and Forests. The forest has abundant natural resources, including plants and animals that are rarely found anywhere . MISSING PERSONS. Im sure hundreds of people have read this article.And to those who dont like Its called Freedom of speech. I did run into an old woman hiking alone along the Ocklawaha River. The Ocala National Forest is a land of squatters, fugitives, dopers, and ne'er-do-wells. In 1983, Schaefer wrote a letter to dozens of state law-enforcement agencies asking if he was a suspect in any murder or disappearance of women. What is truly the forest is not the towns mentioned previously. Hunting by spotlight at night is illegal. . Ashamedly, naive of most of these stories. The Rainbow Family of Living Light gathers to eat and listen to music after a chili cook-off Saturday in Ocala National Forest. They came to you on a boat ramp looking for a few bucks and you sent them on there way.Stay in Ocala, Please for our safety and yours. He stopped a couple of hundred yards past to smoke a cigarette.About 30 minutes later, we heard a gunshot.Knowing of stories where hikers have been murdered in the Ocala National Forest, we became very uncomfortable and decided to leave and hike the rest of the way to Clearwater Lake in the dark. Seminole Ranger District 40929 State Road 19 She was last seen with Terry McDowell, a friend of hers who claims they were driving in the Ocala National Forest around 3pm and there car was having problems on Railroad Grade Road, south of Forest Road 14, in Altoona, Florida. Even carrying a gun doesnt make one safe all the time. It's true though, when you're out there in the wild, you feel a complete sense of peace and tranquility amonst life in its purest form. In order to keep your same standard of living your salary can vary greatly. Warren Ward, 11, Everglades National Park, 2015 . "Rainbow people" might have information on missing Oregon teen . Christine Blackburn-Wiles went missing in 2007. I would imagine that even in your Forest, some areas are more safer than others, and thats usually where people all get the notion that its all safe. Because I will most likely make sure you are one of those bodies that is found in the forest. It wasnt a question. I have been out in the forest since 1962. I have seen people shoot and kill each other right before my eyes. I keep hearing (from many sources) how the National forests are becoming these places of severe poverty, drug use, and havens for serial killers, criminals, thieves, and drunken rowdy rednecks. Officials have confirmed that the remains found in Sam Houston National Forest are those of missing person Felicia Johnson. And if you really care, and know about it; why don't you try to stop them? I hear guns going off in the forests near my home too, and I am thinking what animal is being illegally poached, or what human is being killed? "As time went by, I started to think nothing was going to happen," Leichner-Schonder said Tuesday. I agree to all of the above, nature, animals, very peaceful. A random truck came down the road and saw us. lol and if theres anything i'm afraid its the animals not the humans because I see humans everyday I know their patterns animals are unpredictable, but amazing to see. The two thirty-something men looked over to us and announced that if we heard gunfire, not to worry, they were going turkey hunting soon. But I must say when you post information from the Guardian that says you are more likely to be shot if you have a gun, along with the other anecdotal evidence that supposedly proves their point, you are doing a serious disservice to people that may be considering getting a firearm.I'm sure you can find plenty of people in your field that disagree with that notion. You sound more like one of the killers trying to get people agitated. Its full of "rainbow people" doing what cults do. A beautiful magical place? August 13, 2015. Rainier National Park 12-22-2014 James Griffin Olympic National Park 09-17-2015 Glen Austin Oldfield II Gifford Pinchot National Forest 06-29-2017 Wilford Ray Johnson Pinchot National Forest 09-27-2017 Carol Marlene Ferguson Olympic National Forest 10-08-2020 Alexander Pisch North Cascades National Park 10-12-2020 Sam Dubal - Mt. we said we were stuck and he said oh okay and just turned around left. Our high school group meet every six months at a restaurant in Wesley Chapel. Maybe you need to read my comment several times so you can get it! There are even a couple good restaurants out there. It is a haul for groceries unless there has been a store opened that area. Feel safe. Rainier National Park 07-08-1999 Joseph Wood Jr. Mt. Rainier National Park, 09-28-2013 Kristopher Zitzewitz Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 04-28-2014 Donna Vanzandt Olympic National Forest, 01-12-2021 Christopher Jarman North Cascades National Park, 07-24-1997 Amy Bechtel - Shoshone National Forest, 10-20-2018 Terry Meador Pine Mountain, 06-12-2021 Cian McLaughlin Grand Teton National Park. Sounds like you have something in common with the Murders. I had a bad feeling about it, so I said "no".Abd we didn't go. There are ways to get involved if you're interested. Her case is heavy on my heart since I became aqare of it. Most don't hunt for sport. Physical Description: Lacey a Caucasian female, 5feet, weighing approximately 90-pounds. He could of turned out to be crazy, or he might of thought we were. Here's hoping you have a long and happy life but a lot of us morons will not go back there.Robert A. If anything, the greater tragedy is all the trash left behind in the forest by careless humans.I must respond to the commenter who stated that, "wild animals are unpredictable". I agree with you. Alerts. Hicks said the family had a residence in the Ocala National Forest, where they spent weekends. We decided to stop there for the night since it was almost sunset, and then we would hike the remaining 6 miles to Clearwater Lake the next morning. And of course they are lacking in empathy, heart, and considerations. The two had . Greysuit, it sounds like you condone (or at least accept) illegal activities in the forest at night. If you come up missing and the police are even nice enough to search for you your lucky! He was wanted by the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office and the Conneaut Police . Considering the forest is 673 sq miles, I think a body count of 12 in 42 years is extremely low. You should have reported him to the police that night. Clearwater Lake Campground, 24511 Co Rd 42, Paisley, FL 32767. It is a very beautiful place. Ocala is the arm pit f Florida! 2017 Marion County Sheriff's Office Physical Address: 692 NW 30th Ave Ocala, FL 34475 (352) 732-8181, Mailing Address: PO Box 1987, Ocala, FL 34478 , 2017 Marion County Jail 3290 NW 10th St Ocala, FL 34475 (352) 351-8077, For an emergency call 911; for the non-emergency line call (352) 732-9111. Keith was last seen by a family member the morning of November 19, 2013 in the area of the Derby Downs in Silver Shores. Accept that as it is fact. Visited 2 winters ago and made a point to go through, and hike in, the forest. Humans, on the other hand, present false facades quite frequently. To deny that murders do happen in wilderness areas, and national forestsas some folks do here in the commentsis just plain ridiculously naive. Google murders in the OF, you . ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. After hearing the news, Sondra London, who dated Schaefer for about a year starting in 1964 when they were high-school students in Broward County, told the Orlando Sentinel that Schaefer once wrote her a letter from prison that included a cryptic confession to the forest slayings. Marion . OCALA NATIONAL FOREST - A family's search for a missing daughter ended Saturday, when they discovered her body and that of her companion at a remote campsite in the Ocala National Forest. Rainier National Park 10-19-2021 Duane Miles Olympic National Park, 05-27-2011 Michael Camilletti Cranberry Wilderness 03-12-2021 Cassie Renee Sheetz Monongahela National Forest 10-03-2021 Ona (OJ) Hovatter Monongahela National Forest, 06-20-2003 Andrew Robert Bliss Nicolet National Forest, 07-30-1900 J.R. 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All the people are so defensive and say what a perfect place the Forest is and how people are just paranoid but they always make sure to say they themselves are well armed always when they go to the Forest. . Michele left her father's house at 16611 NE 141 Street in Fort McCoy for the bus stop on the morning of May 7, 1998. For more information on the Ocala National Forest pet policy please call the Lake George Ranger District Office at (352 . Call the police because there is an investigation going on in Florida with a guy with that name. Yea, right! Memories I have are positive and the people I have encountered were all friendly. Stop denying it. Cutting-edge sushi and fresh oysters round out the menu at this "local favorite" restaurant. You must be a moron, to write crap like this.The Forest like any place else in this world has crime, but then if you look into Ocala, well there crime rate is much higher.So whats the difference?Nothing, nada. 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