A local news station (ABC 13) is reporting that a young man was confronted at gun point by a man claiming to be a NC Wildlife Officer.

A hunter claims he was hassled and handcuffed by a man pretending to be a wildlife officer. Daniel Pittman, 19, says he was hunting on land off Zion road in Rutherford County on Saturday, when a man dressed as a wildlife officer approached him. The man allegedly pointed a gun at him, handcuffed him and placed him in the back of his jeep. Pittman says he saw stains on the seats that resembled blood. Pittman says he was scared for his safety, before the man finally let him go unharmed. The hunter filed a report with the North Carolina Wildlife Commission. They say the man wasn’t an officer and are now looking for a white male in his mid-twenties, 180-190 lbs with brown hair in a military style buzz cut. The man was reportedly driving a 1996 dark Jeep Grand Cherokee. Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Wildlife Officer Impersonator.

Six and a half feet tall maybe seven feet? Sure does limit your suspect pool significantly. I’ll admit I got some serious questions about this story and wonder if it’s true. I sure hope know one would make up a story like this besides the height and weight that makes me wonder who when confronted by an officer at gun point would remove and reinsert their rifle magazine? The last thing I want to do is do anything that an officer could view as dangerous.
We don’t know what is going on but to be on the safe side make sure if you encounter someone claiming to be a Wildlife officer that you see some ID.

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