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 ...

Long before he was identified as Lafayette native Vance Rodriguez, they called him Mostly Harmless. The hiker's body, discovered in the Florida Everglades in 2018, was unnaturally thin without ...

Hiker Brandon Dowell met Rodriguez ... chubby cheeks and friendly demeanor. He appeared mostly harmless. Investigators were stumped. But thousands of internet sleuths marched forward.

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 John Doe soon became known by his trail names — “Ben Bilemy” and “Mostly Harmless.” When police had no way to identify the hiker a group of amateur internet sleuths began working ...

The film “They Called Him Mostly Harmless” centers on a hiker found dead in his tent in Big Cypress National Preserve. The festival presents one more screening at 6 p.m. April 18 before it ...

The best and worst of the internet are on full display in They Called Him Mostly Harmless, director Patricia E. Gillespie’s documentary about online detectives’ quest to help law enforcement identify ...

Watch the full clip below: The hiker was ultimately identified as Vance John "Vaejor" Rodriguez, though he was better known by his trail names: "Mostly Harmless," Denim, and Ben Bilemy.

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 ...

The film, “They Called Him Mostly Harmless,” which had an advanced screening at last year’s Florida Film Festival, centers on a hiker found dead in his tent in Big Cypress National Preserve ...