Mont. Authorities Say Hitchhiker Shot Himself

[Ptah]

Source: ABC News

A West Virginia man who claimed to be a victim of a drive-by shooting along a
rural Montana highway while working on a memoir called "Kindness in America"
has confessed to shooting himself, authorities said Friday.

Ray Dolin of Julian, W. Va., 39, made the acknowledgement Thursday night, said Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier.

The case remains under investigation and charges are possible, though none have been filed.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mont-authorities-hitchhiker-shot-16577716#.T9tp7FK8h-w

[hlthe2b]

1. WTF? Why on earth?

[Ptah]

2. Baffling indeed.

[kestrel91316]

5. To add a little excitement to his memoir.

[flamingdem]

7. Note that we all know about his memoir now!

It's conversation at parties.. he should have paid someone to do it right.

[4th law of robotics]

16. Compare the number of times you heard about his book before this

to the number of times you heard about it after and it makes pretty good sense.

Getting caught was stupid. Letting someone be picked up by the cops for it was evil. But the plan wasn't necessarily bad. Just the execution was flawed.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Here's a link to the thread earlier this week about the shooting.

Clearly, this changes things.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014140925
‘Kindness of America' author shot by stranger while hitchhiking

[Ptah]

4. Thanks for the link to an interesting thread.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. De nada

You're quite welcome. Anytime.

[bluedigger]

6. Your link doesn't open for me.

Too much traffic?

This one works: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/central/view/20120615mont_authorities_say_alleged_kindness_hitchhiker_shot_himself/srvc=home&position=recent

[The Northerner]

9. I think this should serve as a reminder for why we should always reserve judgement

[LiberalLoner]

10. I'm actually relieved to hear this because it made me sad to think that

something this awful happened in my home state. I mean, yeah, other bad things have happened there, but I always thought of Montana as being the kind of place where you could hitchhike safely.

[librechik]

11. the things a writer has to do to get published nowadays! n/t

[grantcart]

12. Perhaps the name of Dolin's business led police to the truth

Dolin runs a photography business called OneShot Impressions, which has as its logo the cross-hairs of a rifle scope.

[sendero]

13. I remember thinking...

.. that story was awfully strange. At the very least parts were left out.

Oh well, if you are going to pull a stunt like that you have to have the grit to stick to the lie no matter what.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. These days huge lies are often accepted and the liars are celebrated

Telling a lie is just a self promotion modality. Truth is irrelevant, really, as is being found out in the end, the lie is all about getting that one moment in which you get to proclaim a falsehood and to after other people's money or reputations on that basis. What happens after that does not really matter.
A liar is the worst sort of person that exists. The liar holds others in utter contempt, not just some others, all others.

[PavePusher]

15. Well said. n/t

[Historic NY]

17. There goes that book deal....

Dolin runs a photography business called OneShot Impressions, which has as its logo the cross-hairs of a rifle scope.

Besides who take a bus from W. Va. to Montana if they plan on hitchhiking. Dolin will be cooling his heals for sometime.