Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Well, at the moment the most interesting thing going on around here is a manhunt for a ‘militia’ figure who, after having traded bullets with the police, calmly took his gun and fanny pack from his vehicle, walked into the woods, and disappeared. Speculation is that he had cached supplies for just this sort of situation.

This guy is one of the ‘Project 7′ dudes from a few years back. The usual ‘lets start the revolution today’ crowd that still seems to have some voice these days. Not to be confused with the other assorted organized and unorganized groups of dissatisfied customers that live here.

I was talking to the wife yesterday about this guy and said that I would bet he’s got everything he needs stashed away and that he’d probably make it outside the police cordon pretty easily.

Much like the Robert Rudolph episode, I’d be very curious to know, when this is all over, how this guy evaded capture and what he had stashed away. He’s not the first guy to do this sort of thing. The Four Corners guys did it but their plan imploded almost immediately and the last body was only found in the desert just a year or so ago.

In addition to being a ‘militia type’ this fella is also described as a ’survivalist’. :::Eyeroll::: Its getting to the stage where anyone who feels comfortable out in the sticks and owns a gun is tagged with that moniker.

Should be interesting to see what shakes out over the next few days. The 1990’s were the heyday of organizations like these and many of them quietly faded away or disbanded as the realities of real-life became more pressing than the need to ‘overthrow’ or ‘restore’ the government….but there are still quite a few true believers running around. A couple organized groups too, I’m sure.