Hikers mistake group members for suspicious followers
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Bedford County Sheriff and Police
02:23
00:00
I've got a suspicious in progress.
00:02
Sharp Top Mountain, (number withheld) Sheep Creek Road.
00:04
The caller is advising there's a group of two people following her friend and herself up the mountain.
00:10
They're being suspicious and still gathering further.
00:18
137, I'll head that way.
00:21
71.
00:27
137, have you advised that on the mountain?
00:30
10-4, that's correct.
00:32
You know if I park (name withheld), please.
00:41
Bedford, did they advise what they're doing to be suspicious?
00:47
She's advising they're just not sure that they're part of a group and they keep saying hi and that they're walking faster than them.
00:55
Advise them to stop and let them pass, and if they need to, they can meet our deputy at the parking lot.
01:00
10-4.
01:01
Bedford 137, 149.
01:03
I called Park Services.
01:05
They don't have a ranger on duty.
01:08
F1.
01:11
Were they able to let the other group pass?
01:15
They're still waiting.
01:16
They've stopped and going to the side of the trail.
01:24
113, 137, you can clear.
01:25
I'll go off there with them.
01:28
F1.
01:31
Bedford.
01:37
One forty-two, Bedford, you can put down the follow-up.
01:40
One
01:44
thirty-one, Bedford, on duty.
01:46
One thirty-six, Bedford, on duty.
01:51
One thirty-six, Bedford, on duty.
01:54
One
02:00
thirty-six, Bedford, on duty.
02:06
One 30 , Bedford.
02:07
If you are calling me, you keep cutting yourself off.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
Ten four. She made contact with them.
02:14
They're going to be part of her group coming to her because she's not feeling well.
02:17
Everything's ten four.
02:18
She's about to make a decision right now.
02:22
Ten four. You can clear everybody.