Suspicious truck found abandoned near Chickamauga Battlefield, Fort Oglethorpe GA
Motor Vehicle TheftA truck with a damaged steering column was found abandoned and stuck in the woods near the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. The vehicle showed signs of forced entry and may be stolen. The person connected to the truck is missing and armed. Alcohol named Mad Dog 20/20 was found nearby. Law enforcement is monitoring the vehicle, possibly waiting for the suspect to return.
Audio|Source: The Lookout Mountain Amateur Radio Community Repeater System
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Transcript:
00:00
I got a call or might be investigating something.
00:04
Yeah, that truck, it was there Friday, we informed the officials it was off the horse trail.
00:12
And then they informed us, that guy was missing and armed and dangerous.
00:18
So I'm wondering if it, and the truck was still there yesterday is what I'm getting at, Dave.
00:24
And then we found the Mad Dog 20.
00:27
so I could see why the truck was up in the woods.
00:31
Where was that?
00:34
He had been drinking that stuff, it'll make you crazy.
00:37
But I wonder if they left the truck there for the...
00:41
I'd like to see him get the thing out of the situation because it's up in the woods.
00:45
But anyways, the...
00:48
I wonder if they left the truck there so they can...
00:51
Looking for the guy or something.
00:52
Open the guy and come back and get his truck or something.
00:55
They don't normally leave their vehicles down on that long when they're stuts.
01:01
I wanted for leaving that one, just hoping the guy comes back to it or something, I don't know.
01:07
Jeff,
01:11
looking at the way that truck is stuck, they're going to need some kind of off-road vehicle with winches to get it out.
01:22
Yeah,
01:24
get some winches and rigging and stuff.
01:27
There ain't a way to get a wrecker up in there where it's at.
01:29
Well, I guess he got up in there.
01:31
I guess you can get a wrecker up.
01:35
He was in there good.
01:38
The truck got...
01:39
The picture don't do it justice as damage to the truck.
01:45
All right.
01:47
I'm thinking, wow.
01:48
Then I saw that mad dog 2020.
01:50
yesterday and I thought, well, that'll put you in places like that.
01:54
That's what that's good for.
01:57
Into YY.
02:06
Well, they're probably waiting because it was the weekend and knowing people are in the parking hall and don't want to start a whole thing and just keep everything natural, they'll probably go in there today with some type of vehicle and braking and try to get it out of there.
02:30
I'm sure there's some officers just waiting in the areas that are not seen, that are watching it.
02:44
I figured he was watching it somehow or another.
02:47
I thought it was approaching it cautiously when we took a few pictures.
02:54
I had to get a closer look.
02:55
I figured he was gone by now, so I didn't think it was unsafe.
03:01
Oh, goodness.
03:04
Yeah, that's a mess.
03:05
He had been down the other horse trails.
03:10
We come down yesterday.
03:13
You can see trees been over in skint and sides of four-wheel drive being in there.
03:20
You know what trees look like that's run over by a truck? He'd been way down them trails.
03:25
I don't know if his one he was thinking, but he was on Mad Dog so he wasn't thinking.
03:32
He had been all out in the woods trying to hide for them cops, I guess.
03:38
I don't know. We kind of wondered was it a stolen truck? or something that, because the steering columns all busted up where the key stuff is and all, and all that up under there.
03:49
So it kind of wondered if he stole the truck, or what's going on, because it looks stolen, but not by a professional.
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Location mentioned:
Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, 3370 Lafayette Rd, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
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