It’s all going to burn:' Man accused of setting Holy fire was a well-known troublemaker, neighbors say
By JACLYN COSGROVE , ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE and ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN
AUG 13, 2018 | 7:10 AM
Raw clips from the Holy fire, which began Monday in Orange County and burned more than 10,236 acres through the Cleveland National Forest and into Riverside County.
Mike Milligan had poor reception in the Holy Jim canyons and foothills when his phone buzzed with a confusing text message: “911 call sheriff.”
The sender was a longtime Trabuco Canyon resident named Forrest Gordon Clark, an eccentric figure well-known in the tight-knit community as a troublemaker with a temper who had long clashed with his family and neighbors.
Concerned, the chief of the Holy Jim Volunteer Fire Department dialed Clark’s number, but the call failed.
Moments later, Milligan said, another text from Clark came through: “It’s all going to burn like you planned.”
Nearly three weeks later, Clark, 51, was taken into custody on a charge of arson, accused of setting the blaze now known as the Holy fire.
Authorities quickly concluded that the fire was an act of arson. Flames spread so rapidly and intensely — fed by what Milligan called a substantial accelerant — that fire crews were forced to initially retreat, unable to save a handful of cabins near where it ignited.
Then, about a half-mile away, the cabin of a neighbor with whom Clark had long feuded caught fire, Milligan said. There was no wind, Milligan said, so it couldn’t have been a flying ember.
You'll notice that he constantly refuses to answer my questions.
He sent Jem777 a picture of a Jeffery Dahmer victim in the same Arch of Hysteria pose seen in the Pedosta's art collection and claims it wasn't a death threat. Now she is dead, murdered for invesigating the Clintons.
AWS was awfully silent on the day of her death and consistently refuses to talk, even though he could EASILY prove his innocence by comoing clean.
Does an innocent man have a legit reason to not come clean? Looks like a significant number of people heres suspiscions must be correct. AWS had involvement in Jem's death.
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notagame ago
Doesn't it strike anyone that: if a man posts about Q and pizzagate, he's immediately connected to setting Calfornia fires.
But if a celebrity or politician posts about child rape and murder, they're not connected with having committed the crimes.
A conundrum to be sure.
Are_we_sure ago
This is crazy. How many people in CA post about Q or Pizzagate? And how many were arrested for arson? Just this guy. Why?
Because they did start with his posting about Q. They started with him threatening arson. And when they investigated, they found this fire was arson and arrested him weeks later. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-holy-fire-arson-suspect-20180812-story.html#
It’s all going to burn:' Man accused of setting Holy fire was a well-known troublemaker, neighbors say
By JACLYN COSGROVE , ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE and ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN AUG 13, 2018 | 7:10 AM
Raw clips from the Holy fire, which began Monday in Orange County and burned more than 10,236 acres through the Cleveland National Forest and into Riverside County.
Mike Milligan had poor reception in the Holy Jim canyons and foothills when his phone buzzed with a confusing text message: “911 call sheriff.”
The sender was a longtime Trabuco Canyon resident named Forrest Gordon Clark, an eccentric figure well-known in the tight-knit community as a troublemaker with a temper who had long clashed with his family and neighbors. Concerned, the chief of the Holy Jim Volunteer Fire Department dialed Clark’s number, but the call failed.
Moments later, Milligan said, another text from Clark came through: “It’s all going to burn like you planned.”
Nearly three weeks later, Clark, 51, was taken into custody on a charge of arson, accused of setting the blaze now known as the Holy fire.
Authorities quickly concluded that the fire was an act of arson. Flames spread so rapidly and intensely — fed by what Milligan called a substantial accelerant — that fire crews were forced to initially retreat, unable to save a handful of cabins near where it ignited.
Then, about a half-mile away, the cabin of a neighbor with whom Clark had long feuded caught fire, Milligan said. There was no wind, Milligan said, so it couldn’t have been a flying ember.
notagame ago
You missed the entire point I was making, but I'm not surprised.
Thanks for the blah, blah, blah that I didn't read.
Are_we_sure ago
I was refuting it.
Of course, you didn't read it, you don't care about the facts, you'd rather believe your own story and the facts get in the way of that.
notagame ago
Congrats. You're blocked.
darkknight111 ago
You'll notice that he constantly refuses to answer my questions.
He sent Jem777 a picture of a Jeffery Dahmer victim in the same Arch of Hysteria pose seen in the Pedosta's art collection and claims it wasn't a death threat. Now she is dead, murdered for invesigating the Clintons.
AWS was awfully silent on the day of her death and consistently refuses to talk, even though he could EASILY prove his innocence by comoing clean.
Does an innocent man have a legit reason to not come clean? Looks like a significant number of people heres suspiscions must be correct. AWS had involvement in Jem's death.
notagame ago
Not cool at all. I'll be interested to hear what Thomas Paine has to say about what they were investigating.
darkknight111 ago
Answer the questions. Come clean.
Only the guilty have something to hide you worthless piece of shit.