> why the fuck did this retard go to pennsylvania? he went to college at upenn for 6-8yrs so he would have resided in the state and understood the lay of the land and had connections to some extent. altoona, where he was caught, is on the way to pittsburgh and it is at the foothills of the allegheny mountains. my guess is that he bought a ticket to pittsburgh from philadelphia and somehow obfuscated the purchase and the boarding, and then he also surreptiously got off at altoona. he probably figured that: a) he wasnt traced to buying a ticket to pittsburgh  b) he wasnt picked up on camera getting off the bus in altoona c) he would hide in the allegheny mountains and woods until at least spring he probably figured the unabomber hid out in the mountains and no one found him so he could probably do it too. stupid idea, but maybe he had some provisions stashed away up there to make it to spring where his appearance would be drastically different and the heat was off of him. i kinda doubt that because he shoulda headed directly towards his first waypoint instead of fucking around at mcdonalds. maybe he figured he did a good enough job hiding his face (it does seem he did a good job of that) and his image wouldnt be out there yet and just wanted one last warm meal before heading into the wild.  maybe we will find out maybe we wont. either way, he would have eventually been caught when he tried to re-provision or contact his old circle of friends for help.
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