B.C. hikers told to beware of booby traps
Posted Jul 24, 2013 6:33 am.
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Authorities in British Columbia are warning hikers about peril on the trails, after numerous close calls with tripwires and booby traps.
A 52-year-old hiker was running along Grouse Mountain trail in North Vancouver last Tuesday, when police say her leg became caught in a wire tied to a tree.
The National Post reports in late June, a mountain biker sliced his throat on a rusty wire strung along a popular forest trail in Victoria.
A month earlier, a Labradoodle was seriously injured after it came across a set of barbed hooks suspended from a tree.
Some suspect the traps may have been set up by people who don’t want dogs along the trails.
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