Elizabeth Smart
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I remember asking him questions, but he'd always kind of shut me down.
He'd say something like, oh, I'm taking you hostage or all will be revealed in due course.
I'd say he was in and out.
Well, I asked him if he was going to rape and kill me.
You're like, what is this about?
We didn't have enemies.
Never started a feud or hurt anyone.
But you didn't recognize him?
Not immediately, but I did recognize him once we started getting up further into the mountains.
And I was like, why are you doing this?
My parents tried to help you.
It's not that different from here.
There are mountain lions, there are coyotes.
As a 14-year-old, I had a pretty active imagination.
I was like, oh my gosh, if we get far up here, these coyotes are...
Mountain lions are going to tear apart my body and then I'll just vanish and no one will ever find me, which it could have happened.
Just this last time I hiked up there, I saw some entrails on the way up and that was it.