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The unsettling truth of the story behind "Mostly Harmless", the hiker whose mysterious death fascinated the internet

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Tags: usa.fl, mysteries, mostly harmless, hiking, appalachian trail, missing persons, author.nicholas thompson, source.wired, long read, paywall
https://www.wired.com/story/unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker/

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Title
The Unsettling Truth About the 'Mostly Harmless' Hiker
Authors
Nicholas Thompson
Word count
4225 words

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    Good_Apollo
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    The story is unsurprising to me. I don’t think happy healthy people die alone in a tent in the woods and hardly seem to be missed by anyone, leaving no obvious trails of who they are.

    The story is unsurprising to me. I don’t think happy healthy people die alone in a tent in the woods and hardly seem to be missed by anyone, leaving no obvious trails of who they are.

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    1. alex11
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      To this day people are still uncertain of Chris McCandless's psychological makeup

      To this day people are still uncertain of Chris McCandless's psychological makeup