Somehow, we’re supposed to believe that the men missed seeing this sign.

Somebody’s not telling the truth.

In response to the previous post, Fitzgerald’s Fit: Man Leads Work Crew To Wreck Montecito Hot Springs, Dave Docherty commented:

Eagle Demolition was not hired to do this! This is Disturbing to say the least. Eagle Demolition is a reputable company and we do not work for people that would do this. This is Public Land! The man in the video went to the labor line on Monday, Memorial Day and offered some guys cash to come move rocks on his property. The men in the video were wearing our Company work gear, but this was outside of work hours, and they were paid cash by the man in the video that told them they were going up behind his house to move rocks on his property. Once they were up there, they realized something was wrong! They also said there was a phone call and the man told them we have to leave now.

David Docherty / Owner

Eagle Demolition

That sounds good. One wonders if Eagle Demolition is in the habit of allowing employees to hire out on the side while wearing company apparel.

Yet, this bit strikes us as particularly odd:

Once they were up there, they realized something was wrong!

This isn’t believable, because it doesn’t make simple sense.

Damage was done to the springs. We know this from witnesses. I saw traces of it myself the day after, before hearing of the incident and receiving the videos. I knew at first sight that somebody had been up there laboring to pry up and move rocks in destructive ways, not typical of the usual constructive work by our friend, Driven, who himself has single-handedly built and rebuilt the place over the course of years. 

So, there was manual labor done before the men turned away and left. Work that took quite some time and effort. 

The men did not get up there, realize something was wrong, then leave without doing any harm. They got up there, worked and did damage, and then left.

Furthermore, to reach the springs a person must pass, after a 20 to 30 minute hike, the rather large, torso-sized, glaring sign show above, which the trail passes immediately in front of.

The Montecito Water Company sign applies to private property near the public hot springs, but should have been more than sufficient to give pause to the men.

Proceeding further along the trail, the men would have arrived at the spring and run headlong into this stack of signs, which Docherty wants us to believe they also somehow missed entirely:

We don’t believe the men were so stupid and dense and unobservant that they did not know they were on public land.

They all thought they were on private land working for the owner? Somehow they missed all the signs, literal and figurative? 

Come on, Docherty. Nonsense. This is far fetched garbage. We’re not idiots out here.

This idea is also unbelievable:

The men at once were apparently suddenly hit with a bolt of clear thinking out of the blue and finally realized what they were doing was wrong at the very same moment Brian D. Fitzgerald took a call and told them they had to leave.

We believe that the men left only after a warning call came in. Docherty tells us:

They also said there was a phone call and the man told them we have to leave now.

This is plausible. On the morning in question the lady featured below was seen standing with phone in hand on Hot Springs Trail, below the springs.

This is a screenshot from the video:

What’s her name? Does she have any relation to Brian D. Fitzgerald? We’ve been told that she does. We’re not revealing all we know.

I recognize her, but do not know her name. I have seen her numerous times in the canyon before. Next time I see her I will ask a few questions. I’ll be looking. Private eyes will be watching.

On the morning of May 28 she said that she had seen a mountain lion and was calling somebody. This is not unplausible as lions are seen in the canyon.

I recognize the section of trail where she is standing. I don’t think, on this particular morning at this particular time, that it’s a coincidence that where she is standing affords her a rather long view downhill over the trail.

It’s a place easy to see hikers coming up the trail from afar, while remaining unseen  yourself. It’s also a place where people naturally stop at the top of a hill and so somewhere it would not be strange to see a person just standing around in the forest doing nothing.

It’s a great place to stand watch to call from and warn of people coming. And it would provide plenty of warning time, as the unsuspecting hiker then continued on up the trail some distance before reaching the spring.

Did this lady make the warning call to Fitzgerald to let him know that the person who ended up filming the videos on the morning of May 28 was hiking up the trail?