I first learned of the man called Mostly Harmless this past August. A WIRED reader sent a note to my tip line: The body of a hiker had been found in a tent in Florida in the summer of 2018 ...

So did other hikers. Some caught him on video. When asked his name, the hiker introduced himself as "Mostly Harmless." That's what he called himself when he was on the trail, and off the grid.

The case of Vance John Rodriguez, known as "Mostly Harmless" by the hiking community, is being examined in a new Max documentary, "They Called Him Mostly Harmless," by Emmy Award-winning director ...

Whatever the meaning of that ethereal feeling, plenty of people seem to have experienced it through their interactions with a hiker many knew as Mostly Harmless between 2017 and 2018. Just as ...

Max’s latest true-crime doc, “They Called Him Mostly Harmless,” tells the story of a lonely hiker’s mysterious death—and the secrets he left behind. Entertainment Critic The best and ...

Though the deceased hiker — who was known on trail as “Mostly Harmless” — had food and a “considerable amount of cash,” he was skinny and had no credit cards, cell phone or ID.

The man, known solely by hiker monikers 'Denim' and 'Mostly Harmless', has been identified by the Collier County Sheriff's Office as Vance Rodriguez, ending more than two years of investigation ...

Several hikers recalled encountering him within the eight months before his death — he was handsome — but they knew him only by his trail name, Mostly Harmless. Mostly Harmless did not want to ...

A hiker known along the Appalachian Trail by the nickname Mostly Harmless was found dead in 2018 – setting off a desperate search to ID him by law enforcement, online sleuths and the close-knit ...