Beware the Shaman Promising Answers

Christine Lindsey Walters
Early in the morning of Nov. 12, 2008, Christine Walters frantically emerged from the woods outside Arcata, Calif.

The 23-year-old navigated the ground beneath her with bloodied feet, her naked body covered in scratches. She had always felt at home in the woods, but now she was terrified -- fearing she was being followed.

The petite red-head rushed towards the only home in sight. She knocked on the front door and a stranger answered. "Help, they're going to find me," she pled. The homeowner immediately called 911, and Christine was taken to a hospital in Eureka.

In the hospital Christine refused treatment; she would not submit to a blood test or rape kit. She told police she'd been running from something in the woods but would not say who, or what, had been chasing her.

A nurse helped Christine phone her parents in Wisconsin. Anita Walters said her daughter was disoriented and could not clearly explain what had happened to her. She knew they had to get their daughter home immediately.

The Walters put Christine up in a Red Lion Inn for the night while they made arrangements to get her back to Wisconsin. At the hotel, her mother said she continued to fear she was being followed. Christine kept repeating, "They're going to find me wherever I go."

The next day, Nov. 14, 2008, Christine's parents spoke with her on the phone -- ironing out the details of her return. This was the last conversation they had with Christine, because she disappeared from downtown Eureka, Calif., that afternoo