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Simplepowa
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Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers
#18693127 - 08/11/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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If you get lost in the woods while making meth in the the middle of the night, it's probably not the best idea to call the police for help.
And if you do call the cops, you probably shouldn't tell them that you, along with your two friends, were out hunting for ghosts. Alas, this is just what a man in North Carolina decided to do earlier this week, a decision that landed him and his two meth-making/ghost-hunting partners in jail.
According to the Caldwell County Sheriff's department, Sonny Hyatt and his two friends/business partners, Thomas Imler and Eric Schmidt, were wandering the woods near Lenoir, North Carolina, looking for a place to cook meth. An argument ensued after a failed attempt to set up their equipment, and Imler and Schmidt left Hyatt, taking the meth supplies with them.
Hyatt called 911, and told the dispatcher that he was lost in the woods. Using coordinates from the GPS on his phone, deputies from the sheriff's department rescued Hyatt. Later, when asked why he was in the woods in the middle of the night, Hyatt told deputies he was hunting for ghosts.
Perhaps because the idea of three grown men wandering through the woods in the middle of the night hunting for ghosts is ridiculous, the deputies interrogated Hyatt, eventually getting him to confess that he'd been using methamphetamine. Hyatt gave deputies permission to search his apartment, where officers found a small meth-lab and chemicals use to manufacture the drug. Also discovered in the apartment: Hyatt's buddies-in-crime, Imler and Schmidt, who'd made their way from the woods via a carride from a friend.
Apparently, this is what happened leading up to the three becoming lost, from the Hickory Record:
Quote: The [sheriff's office] release said the three men had gathered all the necessary ingredients to cook meth and, fearful of being caught doing it at the apartment, decided to go into the woods off Goat Farm Road. Hyatt drove them using Schmidt’s car, and they walked deep into the woods during the night looking for a place to start the process.
“The suspects, being fairly inexperienced, caused the cook to fail and got into an argument over it,” the release said. “They went their separate ways with Imler and Schmidt taking what was left of the lab and equipment with them.” All three suspects were charged with one count of felony manufacture of methamphetamine and on count of felony possession of methamphetamine precursor chemicals and are being held on a $50,000 bond.
“You hear every excuse imaginable,” said Caldwell Sheriff Alan C. Jones told the Hickory Record. “These criminals would have us believe they were looking for paranormal activity in the woods at night and simply got lost. We didn’t fall for that story at all."
Taylor Berman Gawker August 8, 2013 http://gawker.com/lost-ghost-hunters-turn-out-to-be-lost-meth-makers-1070750217
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: Simplepowa] 5
#18693177 - 08/11/13 09:18 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Damn, the article doesn't mention whether they found any ghosts.
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: something cool]
#18693296 - 08/11/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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they can look forward to "ghost" pokes in the night from their new celly's stick.. or the guards... not sayin its right, but its gonna happen, unless they roll
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: DAVID_ALLAN_CEO]
#18693304 - 08/11/13 09:45 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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They probably found some 'shadow people'
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: junchieve]
#18693465 - 08/11/13 10:20 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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the deputies interrogated Hyatt, eventually getting him to confess that he'd been using methamphetamine. Hyatt gave deputies permission to search his apartment
 Everything would have been fine if he had just kept his moth shut. Even after confessing to using meth, it probably stil would have been fine if he hadn't given up his rights and allowed them to search his home. Dumb move, although he was probably coerced...
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: greencrush420]
#18693631 - 08/11/13 10:58 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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This. You just know the cops told him, "were gunna get a warrant to search your home anyway. So if you come clean right now it will be better for you and we might be able to help you out. If you don't give us consent, we can't help you and your gunna be way worse off." And of course they told him this when he was handcuffed, thinking he was going to jail. Know your rights people. Make the pigs actually work. Don't just hand them your freedom on a silver platter..
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: Simplepowa]
#18693768 - 08/11/13 11:27 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ha ha haaa, my hometown.....meth & pills. all there is around the place. I import my weed from outta area. get high, sit back and watch the meth heads wander around and chase shadows, lol.
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: huffinglue]
#18694679 - 08/12/13 08:43 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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huffinglue said: This. You just know the cops told him, "were gunna get a warrant to search your home anyway. So if you come clean right now it will be better for you and we might be able to help you out. If you don't give us consent, we can't help you and your gunna be way worse off." And of course they told him this when he was handcuffed, thinking he was going to jail. Know your rights people. Make the pigs actually work. Don't just hand them your freedom on a silver platter..
yeah for real. what a dipshit
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18697262 - 08/12/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Whst a fucking tard.
1). If i went with the story that i was looking for ghost, i would of stuck with it. There was no need for him to tell them that he was making meth 2). He had a GPS so why did he need the cops?
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: xbloodwhipx]
#18697284 - 08/12/13 08:29 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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xbloodwhipx said: 2). He had a GPS so why did he need the cops?
Because people on meth don't think logically sometimes. At least as far as I've seen in documentaries. I've never actually been around someone doing it alot.
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18699491 - 08/13/13 12:02 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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rbalzer said:
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xbloodwhipx said: 2). He had a GPS so why did he need the cops?
Because people on meth don't think logically sometimes. At least as far as I've seen in documentaries. I've never actually been around someone doing it alot.
There is very little value in stereotyping users of any one particular drug. Would it be fair to say everyone that smokes pot doesn't think logically and lounges around on their moms couch all day playing games and eating junk food? There are productive meth heads just as there are productive stoners.
The bottom line is idiots have access to the same drugs smarter people do. The ones who are too stupid to avoid getting caught end up on the Shroomery news service but we never hear about all the responsible users who stay under the radar. It's hardly fair to lump all users of meth into the same category when the real world proves there is a vast difference among its users.
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: SuperD]
#18699675 - 08/13/13 01:11 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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SuperD said:
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rbalzer said:
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xbloodwhipx said: 2). He had a GPS so why did he need the cops?
Because people on meth don't think logically sometimes. At least as far as I've seen in documentaries. I've never actually been around someone doing it alot.
There is very little value in stereotyping users of any one particular drug. Would it be fair to say everyone that smokes pot doesn't think logically and lounges around on their moms couch all day playing games and eating junk food? There are productive meth heads just as there are productive stoners.
The bottom line is idiots have access to the same drugs smarter people do. The ones who are too stupid to avoid getting caught end up on the Shroomery news service but we never hear about all the responsible users who stay under the radar. It's hardly fair to lump all users of meth into the same category when the real world proves there is a vast difference among its users.
You're right about generalizations. But meth seems to give people paranoid delusions. Like it actually has slightly hallucinogenic effects but only for paranoid delusions.
that could have been distracting him or effecting his behavior significantly.
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Re: Lost Ghost Hunters Turn Out to Be Lost Meth Makers [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18699984 - 08/13/13 02:42 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I agree with both of you. But come on. Meth makes people act way more out there than pot, generally. There are stereotypes for a reason, ya know?
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