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The Blue Mountains Hitchhiker: A Chilling True Crime Tale

How One Man's Escape from a Serial Killer Unraveled a Murder Mystery

By Lily💜 Published about a year ago 12 min read

It's January month, 1982, Australia. 21-year-old Colin Povis from the UK was hitchhiking to a wild area called the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Hitchhiking means going to a specific destination without taking your own vehicle.

Instead, hitchhiking is to take a lift to the destination by some cars or trucks that go that way. Hitchhiking is to take a lift to the destination by some cars or trucks that go that way. It may sound weird, but trekking in the wild is a very popular adventure.

Hitchhiking is also a very famous adventurous activity there. Colin, who came from the UK to Australia, was hitchhiking to the wild area called the Blue Mountains. He hitchhiked to the wild area called the Blue Mountains to pick up a lot of strange fruits.

At that time, Colin Povis, who was eagerly waiting for a vehicle to come that way in the town of Cobour, did not find any vehicle even after waiting there for about 30 minutes. Colin, who was very tired, closed his eyes, bowed his head and blessed a little. At that time, he heard a slight horn sound.

Colin, who was surprised, saw a pickup truck coming from a distance with a bright headlight. Colin, who was very happy, stopped the truck and asked the driver of the truck to drop him off in the forest nearby. The driver agreed and took Colin in his car and both started leaving the place.

As they were going a little further, the truck, which was supposed to go straight to the forest, suddenly turned into a mud road on the left side. Colin, who noticed this, was a little confused and asked the driver why he was turning to the left. The driver said, Don't you know the thing? If we had gone that way, we would not have been responsible for our lives.

Because it is such a dangerous place. Colin, who asked this, is starting to get a little scared now. Colin, why are you saying that? To ask if there is any dangerous animal there? No, I don't know that.

As you ask, it may be a huge animal. Or it may be a creature other than a human being. The next minute after the pickup driver said that, Colin was shaking all over and sweating from head to toe in fear.

Because it's a very new place for Colin. Also, he has come alone without taking anyone with him. Perhaps, he is afraid that his life will go there by getting stuck somewhere in that wild forest.

So now Colin, who was in great fear, I don't know what he thought. He asked the pickup truck to stop immediately and got out of it. He is starting to pick up all his backpacks in a hurry.

Seeing this, the driver did not understand anything. When he went near to ask what happened to Colin, Colin, at an unexpected time, Without telling him, he took all his backpacks and started running fast from there. The driver was a little confused when he saw this and told him to go safely.

He also took his pickup truck and started leaving from there. But Colin did not even thank the driver who dropped him. Why should you run so fast? And as the pickup driver said, What is there in that forest and the place around it? Not only that, To know what happened to Colin who ran away, To know everything about this mysterious thing, Let's find out it clearly.

New South Wales is in Australia. It is a forest area made up of pine trees. There is nothing else.

Colin Povies planned to go hitchhiking. It is the same Belanglo State Forest. This huge forest with an area of 3800 hectares is a man-made.

That is, a forest created by the government of that country. So, to pick up some special fruits there, And to trek to that forest, Australian people and other tourists can say that this place is an all-time favorite spot. But at a time like this, Suspiciously, Since 1989, Many missing complaints are coming to the police.

That too, specifically, Hitchhiking to this Belanglo State Forest. The missing complaints of many tourists are increasing. The police are also starting to pay attention to this.

In the beginning, this would have been an accidental death. Or the police thought that they would have been surrounded by wild animals. Only then, Some information begins to get to the point where the heart beats.

September 19, 1992 On that day, as usual, some tourists While trekking in the same Belanglo State Forest, On the way they are walking, They see the dead bodies of two women. As soon as they saw it, they were terrified. Without even a second's delay, They inform the New South Wales Police.

In the next few minutes, The police also come to the crime scene and start investigating. Only then, these two women who died, 21-year-old Carolyn and 22-year-old Jovanna, Also, as the police thought, Their missing complaints were already registered. So when you look at that complaint, In April 1992, They left their mother country, Britain, And came hitchhiking to Australia.

It is known that such people have been found dead in four months. Now, exactly one year after the discovery of the bodies of these two women, That is, October 5, 1993 On the same day, a man who went trekking there, After setting up his camp, That night, for his campfire, To remove some branches and twigs, He was walking a little far from the campsite he had set up. Then he saw that scene.

Can I camp here tonight? Or can I leave everything and run away? Because he saw In that area, in a very bad way, Two human bones were in a very bad condition. The man who was scared to see this, Immediately informs the police The police also come to the crime scene and start checking the bones.

As soon as he saw those bones, The police understand that these are bones that have been dead for more than 2-3 years. So the police, based on this, Before the last 2-3 years, Before the last 2-3 years, They start checking what missing complaints have come. As the police thought, Correctly, two missing complaints are also obtained.

Then further, when you check it, The two bones found, The same 23-year-old Gibson from Australia, And 21-year-old Everest, It is confirmed that it belongs to a couple. The four people reported to the police as missing, Because they were murdered in such a brutal way, Because they were murdered in such a brutal way, The people around there started getting scared. The police are also starting to be alert now.

So immediately, on October 7, 1993, That is, just two days after the body remains of Gibson and Everest were found, In the Belanglo forest where the incident took place, To thoroughly check if there are any other bodies or remains, An intensive police search team is launched. At the same time, When the forensic team examined the four bodies that were recovered, The four people who died, In their method of murder, They see that there are many similarities. How is that? The four people have a severe blow to their head and back.

And the dead clerk, It is also known that his head has been shot more than 10 times. And at the same time, Doctors who did an autopsy on his body, Doctors said that the clerk must have been shot after his death. This was very different for the police.

So maybe that killer, The dead body of the clerk, It could have been used for gun shooting practice, The police said. But more than all this, At the end of the autopsy, A very creepy thing, The four bodies are found. In fact, with this similarity, It is certain that the four people were killed by the same person, Or could it be one or more killers? The police come to a conclusion.

That is, Only when the four people were alive, They have been turned into invertebrates. Which means Everyone has a broken spine, They can't even move a little bit, They are buried in a terrible way. And this is definitely the victims, Just because they shouldn't escape anywhere, Specifically, The police thought it should have been broken with a motive.

This is going one way, At the same time, Parallel, Another police team, Inside that forest, Is there any other body found? They started searching, Didn't they say? So that's when, As expected by the police After two months of searching November 1, 1993, On that day, From the area where these four bodies were found, In a place five kilometers away, Fifth, Twenty-one-year-old, A woman named Sumit, They find the dead body. In the next two days, A man and a woman from Germany, They find the body of a ship. And just as the police thought, The first four people they found, In what kind of way, Were they buried and killed? In the same pattern, Now, These three bodies they found, They find that they have been buried in a terrible way.

They confirm it. In this way, Next to each other, In the Belanglo forest, Since the bodies were found, That too, As I said, Since everyone was a hitchhiker, All over Australia, This matter, Begins to become a sensational news. The people who learned about this matter, Everyone is starting to get scared.

To close this case quickly, The pressure is increasing. The one who did this, It must definitely be a serial killer. But who is the killer? Can't you get any clue? Can't you get any evidence for that? When the police were thinking, Some of the killer's clues, The dead bodies that the police found, When we look at the condition of those seven bodies, Definitely, Killer, In using various guns, Very much, The police thought, It could only be the one who got the approval.

Why is that? From the killed bodies, Various guns, The bullets were found. Not only that, Each bullet, Very sharply, Without even a small crack, It was shot in a perfect way. So, As such shocking news updates come out, This case is starting to get a lot of hype.

At one point, To find the killer somehow, For those who give any clues and information about this case, From 1 lakh dollars, To 5 lakh dollars, The reward is announced. This case, People are trying to link it. But as the police thought, Any information useful for the case, Or any evidence, They didn't get it then.

Gradually, In this case Without any lead, Without any progress, Without any change, When the case was about to close, For the first time, In this case, A breakthrough is found. That is, On May 5, 1994, On that day, On a very ordinary day, For the New South Wales Police Station, One person, With his backpack and luggage in his hand, To sweat and sweat, He started running towards the station. As soon as he saw him running, From the airport, To the police station, He started running.

That person, Who was running so fast, The people at the station, Were looking at him differently. As he was looking, That person, Entered the police station. Then, Only one police officer went to him, Sir, Who are you? What happened to you? Where have you come from? The officer, Who was continuously asking questions, He seemed to shut his mouth.

That person said, An answer, That is, I know something about the serial killer, That you are looking for. Maybe, It will be useful for you. The next minute, The police station, Was silent for a minute.

The police, Started inquiring the person, That person, Also introduced himself, As his name was, Paul Onions. I am from the British. Next, The police, Asked him, What he knew about the serial killer.

Paul, Also started telling him, The police, Who listened to everything, Based on the details he said, They easily traced, Who the serial killer was. Not only that, They found the killer, Kept him at home, And arrested him. What, You are saying so casually, What did Paul, Confess to the police? With what, The police easily, Arrested the killer at home? If you ask me, If you ask me, What is this friends? Do you think, This case will end so soon? Wait a minute, As you think, This case is not over yet.

I will tell you, What happened next. Listen to that too. After the police, The 7 hitchhikers, Who went missing, This news, Started spreading, Media, News channels, And newspapers, This news, Started becoming headlines.

This is not enough, In many popular magazines, The latest updates, Of this case, Were telecasted live. So, This news, Was going viral, A guy, Sitting on his sofa, Was watching this news, On TV, In a state of shock, Yes , Everyone is shocked, Because, The serial killer, Is now caught, Is a breaking news, Right? The whole town, Is talking about it, But, If you ask, Why are you specifically, Talking about him? There is a reason for that. Now, A guy, Was watching TV, In shock, Right? He came to the police station, And said, I know, The serial killer, Paul Onions, Was the main reason, For finding the killer, In this case, Right? Now, In his house, This guy, Sitting on his sofa, Was watching TV, Who else, Could it be? Before, All of this, Happened, In 1982, Hitchhiking, Came to Australia, And asked for a lift, In a pick-up truck, When he was going, Hearing what the driver, Said, In fear, He got down, And ran away, That is, Colin Povich, Ok , Now, Why is he, Watching this news, In such a shock? Maybe, Many years ago In the forest, Where he went, So many, Hitchhikers, Were murdered, Was he shocked? If you ask, Yes, That is also a reason, But, We cannot say, That is the only reason, For that, There are two reasons, One, Paul Onions, Confessed to the police, Some of the things, And, Police arrested, With a gun in his hand, Looking at the camera, Smiling strangely, That killer, Why, Colin, In 1982, In a pick-up truck, When he was going, Hearing what the driver, Said, In fear, He got down, And ran away, And ran away, That is, Maybe, That day, Colin, Did not get down, From the pick-up truck, Now, He is watching on TV, That bad, Serial killer, He would have been, The first victim, Because, That driver, Did not go straight, Suddenly, On the mud road, When he went back, He asked, Why are you going like this? To Colin, If we had gone straight, There would have been, A creature, That driver said, Hearing that,Colin did not run in fear, That driver was saying, That animal, He is the one, After knowing that, Colin, Very efficiently, Yes,Those seven people, Who killed Colin, So brutally, Was that serial killer, No one else, The one who dropped Colin, Was that pick-up driver, He was no one else, Just like how, Ted Bundy, Was a hero to the country, Like that, He also, Made Australia, Crazed, Backpack serial killer, Was very popularly called, The foolish, Murderer, Ivan Millet, Ok, By which, That driver, Is dangerous in some way, Colin found out that day.

If you ask if Ivan tried to kill Colin, No, definitely not. In fact, the killer's finger did not even touch Colin. Then how did Colin sense that the situation was wrong and run away from there? Okay, let's leave all this.

If he was the first victim of the killer, Knowing that many people have died there for so many years, Why did Colin not report to the police that such an encounter had occurred to him? Beyond all this, Paul Onions, who was close to the case, What would he have told the police? With that, how would the police have traced the killer so easily? You would have known when so many questions came up. A new chapter will be created there. Friends, keep these questions to yourself.

In part 2 ,

A chilling serial killer story is also waiting for you. So dear friends, If you like this , don't forget to like this story. Also, don't forget to comment your opinions about this below.

I will meet you in a chilling part 2 .

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