Would you, or anyone here, remember what
@Awsi Dooger once said about the place of attack? Something like there was another bridge in/near Delphi that he thought would be a more logical choice for a random attack. What was it?
I don’t remember the name of the bridge (still know very little about Delphi) but it would be interesting to see if that bridge had hits in Chicago area around the same days as MHB. The perp was either looking for a good place, or there was something too specific about MHB.
I looked for “how not to leave your DNA”, but it had too many hits, lol. People are busy…
I don't think I mentioned another bridge. You are probably referring to Moyer Gould Woods. That was easily the creepiest trail I walked in Delphi. I walked many of them because I wanted to get a feel for the area instead of heading directly to the bridge. I arrived in Delphi late Friday afternoon then didn't head to Monon High Bridge Trail until Sunday at noon. Of course, most of Saturday was devoted to the Purdue/Nebraska game since that is what brought me to the area in the first place. But after the game I did return to Delphi and walk Moyer Gould Woods before traipsing around downtown Delphi then heading to the Dairy Queen for a couple of hours to eat and watch college football.
Moyer Gould Woods is a bit out of town to the northwest. Very difficult to find. Small parking area amidst a ring of trees. I was the only one there. It is a rather unkept trail that heads innocently toward the woods and then disappears into them. I was not nervous at all at Monon High. But a day earlier at Moyer Gould Woods it was giving me the creeps and mostly I wanted out of there. I did the full trek to a river's edge. I'm not sure what river that was. Might have been Deer Creek but I doubt it. Wider and more placid. I tried to follow the trail. There was one sign near the river. But it was not well laid out or obvious. I walked mostly in circles near the river then returned to my car. During the entirety I was thinking this trail could just as easily been the site of a tragedy. Nobody's going to see or hear anything.
However, it is definitely less traveled than Monon High. More of a waste of time for an aspiring perpetrator, who needs some traffic then a dependable lull. That's the handicapper in me.
The only two times I got the creeps on that trip were at Moyer Gould Woods and also during the entirety of the visit to Locklair Road in South Carolina, 1976 murder site of the Sumter County Does.
Actually I amend that. I also got spooked at Monon High while trying to find a way out of there when I ran into the Tree of Shoes. That shocked the heck out of me. I had never heard of it. I was having trouble crossing the creek so I took a path leading away from the creek. I stopped to rest and contemplate. Then I look up and there are shoes draped throughout the tree over my head, plus a wooden sign that said Maple Street. I took one quick photo and dashed out of there, back toward the creek.
Later I learned the Tree of Shoes is a tribute by a homeowner to a son who died young.
On Sunday before heading to Monon High I walked several trails leading from Trailhead Park. There was a bridge on those trails that contained prominent graffiti while walking underneath. It read, "Legends are made in shallow graves..."
Obviously I wondered if it was a reference to Abby and Libby. I was surprised nobody had mentioned it previously. It made me realize that guys like Greeno don't actually know Delphi very well or walk the other trails. Otherwise it's absolutely guaranteed he would have filmed that graffiti and tried to exploit it in a camera shaking video.
For whatever reason that graffiti didn't bother me too much. The remainder of the trails in that area are primarily back and forth through tree lined areas and overgrown brush. Not especially scenic or interesting. There is no question Monon High was overall the best trail I saw in Delphi.
