Not all the information I have on the capture of Rudolph came from John Walsh lol. I don't even watch the program if you want to know what a "fan" of Walsh I am and exxagerating
facts is still stating
facts.
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A "small minority of the population" in a small town is pretty much everyone, even
you know that.
I grew up in a small rural town surrounded by thickly wooded areas and I live in one right now so I know very well the "small town mentality" of everyone knowing who and where everyone else is as well as thier business
even when they are in hiding in the woods (which from the looks of Rudoplh, he wasn't very often
).
So even if the full population wasn't "informed" as to Rudolph's whereabouts and movements,
people there knew and they let him remain "in hiding" for years! That's downright shameful and as good as the capture of Rudoplh was, you shouldn't try to sell Murphy, NC as something its not.
Fanatical communities exist in the U.S., it is a fact that cannot be denied. The town I grew up in, although twice the size of Murphy was
very much like it.
But even as fanatical as the town I grew up in was, they would have never stood in the street, waved rebel flags and refused to cooperate with authorities if one of their own had commited the type of crimes that Rudolph did. They have those events on tape and on record. You can't deny it.
At least the small town I live in now has an evolved population. People are allowed to be who they are so long as they aren't drug dealers, murdering terrorists or law breakers in general, no matter their religious or moral codes.