I was going through some older threads thinking I’d refresh some of them, but I didn’t make it through a handful before I found little Randy here. (Very ironically, several weeks ago I put a PDF of Randy’s
Charley’s Project page in my “to look into later” folder on my Google Drive and had just finished labeling and sorting his and few others so I could find “later”.) Well, “later” came sooner than later! Anywho - getting to my point...
Initially I thought this was a bit of a reach but the more I read about Randy and the longer I looked at all the photos, the shorter the reach got.
Could Randy possibly be the unidentified hiker, “Denim”/“Mostly Harmless”/“Ben Bilemy”, round July 23, 2018 in Florida???
Unidentified, White, Male
Date Found: July 23,
2018
Location Found: Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County,
Florida
Estimated Time of Death: 2 days prior
Estimated Age: 35-50 years old (
49 years old)
Height: 5’8”-5’10”
Weight: 83 lbs
Hair Color: Brown with gray; full beard & mustache (
Brown)
Eye Color: Blue/Gray (
Blue)
Distinguishing Features: Small, faint linear scar to abdomen, teeth in excellent condition
The height, weight, and distinguishing characteristics are obviously going to be different. Eye color matches, hair color matches. Nose is very similar. Circumstances seem to match up...the more I read about Randy the more I thought there was a chance he had somehow made it out of those woods and possibly even Arizona that day. JMO. It’s possible.
There is something very kind about Randy’s eyes. Much like Denim’s. I don’t know...almost-40-years is a long time to account for but maybe that explains why no one has come forward recognizing “Denim”. (JMOs)