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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - He has eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, close to Zion National Park, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol, and coffee, stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods. His fingerprints match no one, and investigators are always a step behind the mysterious recluse. But the man who authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains. Like a yeti (
rakshasa) or Bigfoot, he has roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - He has eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, close to Zion National Park, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol, and coffee, stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods. His fingerprints match no one, and investigators are always a step behind the mysterious recluse. But the man who authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains. Like a yeti (rakshasa) or Bigfoot, he has roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter. More