[desertsolitaire]

I have read in the past, about hikers unwittingly stumbling upon secret marijuana grow operations by cartels and others, often to bad outcomes. They evidently sometimes guard these illegal operations with armed sentries and booby traps and woe to those who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Federal or federal jurisdiction; semi-autonomous tribal lands.

[budj]

"...Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road..."
-Steve Earl