Hikers want protection from armed ‘vigilante’ allegedly abusing them for walking their dogs off-leash

Police say they’ve identified the man but that the situation is “he said, she said.”

(Jaden Turner) This cell phone photograph shows an unidentified man brandishing a firearm and machete on a hike near Santa Clara, Dec. 5, 2022. Turner and others allege the man is harassing hikers with unleashed dogs.

Hikers want protection from armed ‘vigilante’ allegedly abusing them for walking their dogs off-leash

Police say they’ve identified the man but that the situation is “he said, she said.”

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