Protectwomenandgirls
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25 years ago i would go alone to kauai many times alone. I would hike places only helos would go. I was in my 20's and had this idea all locals were kind caring people. I trusted them all. Found out different later on in life during my travels there.
I was giving two locals rides back from a beach family picnick. Almost got out of the parking lot, saw a homeless guy i knew on a blanket in front of my car in grass. I stopped to say hi. The guy in back got mad. I got mad and barely got him out of my car. His buddy in front passenger seat local also said very calmly, you know he was going to bring you to the ranch and you would have never been found. Close call for me being a nice trusting person. I had a local attack the side of my car at night parked in a lot at night next to a beach.
I came close to being washed off a lava beach jutting out over ocean. Looking at sea turtles in crashing waves on a rocky lava beach. 1 second after walking back away from edge a very large wave broke over lava beach and it would have knocked me in. I would have drown.
No one around
I use to talk alot to guys that were not local that slept on beaches every night. They all told me that its very dangerous. There are locals that prey on them, beat them up and or steal whater they have. This is very common and is a risk every night on beach.
There are gang members on this island also. Some have branding burnt into there arm.
Most locals hate visitors. I never knew this when i was young. It is not really safe to stay there alone camping, getting picked up by anyone hitchhiking. The islands travel depts keep it quiet because they dont want it to stop tourism due to the money it brings in.
If you are attacked or victimized by local they know how to make sure your never found.
Was he naive about the crime that occurs there and alot are not friendly and see tourist that are alone as easy targets for crime?
Many locals ARE very kind and caring. Dont get me wrong.
I also jumped boulder to boulder all the way up the waterway in the wettest spot on earth for 5 hours each way. Mountains on each side of me with tops in the clouds all the way. Waterfalls extending all the way down. By myself. The jungle was so thick you couldnt walk through it. Only on boulders up the stream. Stupid of me. Broken ankle and i would have never gotton out and never found. Only life i saw whole time was helos with tourist flying over.
Many ways to be injured, killed or murdered there being solo and naive with a flower child mentality.
I think he ran into trouble if by accident or victimized.
Can confirm that living on the islands can be very dangerous if you're an outsider. I lived there for work for 6 months and definitely had some unsettling experiences