An injured hiker who made a late-night call to forest rangers seeking help from extra-terrestrial predators was rescued this week from the Catskill mountains. Responding officers didn’t find any evidence of alien hunters, but plenty of clues that drugs and alcohol might be behind the misadventure.
According to officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, rangers at Catskill Park in New York state received the call at 2:45 a.m on Monday. The 36-year-old hiker was on Mount Tremper and had injured his ankle. He also said he believed he was, “being hunted like in 'Predator," referring to the 1987 Hollywood blockbuster depicting a series of deadly encounters with a hostile, extra-terrestrial species known as the Yautja.
