Topanga Resident Thinks Suspicious Hiker Was Arrested After Confrontation

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The suspicious hiker who gave some bizarre answers to a concerned Topanga resident was questioned and arrested by police ... at least according to the guy who confronted him.

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00:00When you shut down the camera, the phone, did you walk up to him?

00:08Did you have an interaction with him?

00:09How did it evolve once you stopped shooting?

00:14I had my three children with me.

00:15We were just on an evening hike to go look at the Burns car, make sure there wasn't any,

00:20you know, hot spots popping up so we could go to bed and feel safe.

00:25And where I was standing, that was my property.

00:27He was coming up a fire road.

00:29To answer your question, no, nothing else really happened.

00:32After that point, I asked him some more questions, you know, and then he asked me for directions.

00:37I pointed him in the direction of the firefighters' ex Phil down Mulholland, Dirt Mulholland,

00:43and they, you know, and I was hoping that they would pick him up at that point.

00:48But he was definitely suspicious.

00:51Nothing else happened.

00:52There's nothing I could do with my three kids.

00:53They're my priority in life, and I just can't put them in harm's way.

00:57But everything about the conversation and the person not having any directional sense

01:03or names of streets or canyons or anything was very suspicious to me.

01:08I did make a police report.

01:09I called the sheriff, the Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, and I made a police report there.

01:13And because I know that is the process to get things started, you know, they need a

01:16report to get moving.

01:18So I did that, and that's kind of, that was it.

01:22When you asked him what's in the backpack, and out of, unprompted, he says lighter fluid.

01:28He said no lighter.

01:29I don't have lighter fluid.

01:30Yeah, not like I have lighter fluid.

01:33That had to set off all sorts of alarms for you, no?

01:37Yes.

01:38Yes.

01:39And I, my kids were hiding behind a bush, actually doing what I asked them to for once,

01:43which is great.

01:45But they, you know, they were really quiet and hidden away.

01:49But again, I don't know.

01:50I can't risk, I just can't put my kids in danger.

01:55You know, otherwise, it was probably a blessing that my kids were there, for both of us.

01:59It honestly turned out as best as it could, because what I've, the information I have

02:02is that he has been arrested and in question, which tells me there was enough evidence to,

02:08you know, at least detain him.

02:10Where he is now, I don't know.

02:12But I have a friend that has, you know, friends in law enforcement, and that's what I've been

02:17told.

02:18I have no confirmation.

02:19I can't confirm that.

02:20It's okay to ask questions.

02:21You know, it really is.

02:23It's okay to ask questions, you know, do it in a polite, nice way, and it's okay.

02:30It's all right.

02:31But, you know, this is, it is a tight-knit community up here.

02:35There's 13 homes, and you know, we know everybody.

02:37So I know, if I see a dog coming up the trail, I know who's coming up after the dog.

02:40I know, we know who's here, and he did not belong here.

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