After a season in which the forests of Coastal B.C. have been found laced with an unusual number of tripwires, obstacles and outright booby traps, the region’s outdoor class are taking to the woods with a keen eye for the handiwork of saboteurs.
“At this point, we’re telling hikers and runners to be extra-vigilant,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP.
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Last Tuesday, 52-year-old hiker Chris Beveridge was running along a Grouse Mountain trail in North Vancouver when her leg became caught in a wire tied to a tree.
The incident occurred within two kilometres of the spot where, in late May, a labradoodle was injured when it bit into a set of barbed hooks baited by cow kidneys and suspended from a tree.
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Elsewhere on the Pacific Coast, an Oregon psychiatrist was recently handed a 30-day jail sentence for stringing nylon ropes along national forest trails and booby-trapping trailside trees with small nails.
Dr. Jackson Dempsey, who has since been relieved of his job at the local Jackson County Health Clinic, apparently took issue with mountain bikers interrupting his dog walks.
