bettiepageturner
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Sorry to double post, but my newsfeed is filled with news about this (lots of friend-of-a-friend situations) and it reminded me about my last time running in the marsh. The deeper I went down the crude trail the more I realized I wasn't seeing any turn offs, so I had to decide between staying on and seeing where it ended or turning around while I still remembered which way I took on two forks. I turned around and as I came out where I entered, a man was entering the trail. I blame my freaked out mood for even thinking he looked out of place (the only other people anywhere in the park was a group of kids fishing by the park entrance, probably because it was 95 degrees or so..). He was shirtless and in khaki pants + non-athletic shoes and wasn't carrying anything for hiking/whatever. I jogged past him through the sand and he just looked at me, but then proceeded to hurry back into the marsh.
I'm not sharing that because I think it's valuable information for this case or anything, but if I had stayed on the trail for even a few minutes longer he and I would have crossed paths and his appearance would have scared the CRAP out of me. And I probably would have scared him!
Of course, if he had any ill intent it would've been so easy for him to see it through at that point. Zero visibility, zero people. Completely silent save for buzzing insects. A whole (separate) park full of people who see you entering the isolated section alone. I feel stupid for ever going there, especially since I've gotten lost while trail running in the past. The first link is to this location showing how dense it is, even though if you move the map even a little you're right back in crowded Brooklyn. The next link is showing the distance between the two parks. Though outside of homeless people who apparently live on these beaches, "cross borough marsh lurker" would be pretty specific for anyone else.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/M...16df6812ed4851!8m2!3d40.6119911!4d-73.9330429
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mar...3b614b0b51c16e!2m2!1d-73.8429989!2d40.6571222
I'm not sharing that because I think it's valuable information for this case or anything, but if I had stayed on the trail for even a few minutes longer he and I would have crossed paths and his appearance would have scared the CRAP out of me. And I probably would have scared him!
Of course, if he had any ill intent it would've been so easy for him to see it through at that point. Zero visibility, zero people. Completely silent save for buzzing insects. A whole (separate) park full of people who see you entering the isolated section alone. I feel stupid for ever going there, especially since I've gotten lost while trail running in the past. The first link is to this location showing how dense it is, even though if you move the map even a little you're right back in crowded Brooklyn. The next link is showing the distance between the two parks. Though outside of homeless people who apparently live on these beaches, "cross borough marsh lurker" would be pretty specific for anyone else.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/M...16df6812ed4851!8m2!3d40.6119911!4d-73.9330429
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mar...3b614b0b51c16e!2m2!1d-73.8429989!2d40.6571222