![]() ![]() And while Garret soon found himself thriving, in charge of a farmer’s entire crop, by the time he set foot in Alderpoint the town was far from the hippie refuge it had once been in the ’70s. Poor cell service makes it difficult to communicate, which is why Garret’s father only heard from his son about once every two weeks. Newcomers are often exploited, we learn, especially those without connections in Humboldt who find themselves working on illegal farms. It seemed ideal, as it does to many “trimmigrants” who journey up to earn thousands for a month or two of work, then find themselves ensnared in a system more complex (and often more dangerous) than they bargained for. … Garret had intended to work long-range fishing jobs for the cash, until he heard of a faster way to make more money-by harvesting cannabis for farmers up north. We come to know Rodriguez through his kindly father, who speaks in even tones about the green-eyed boy he bonded with through fishing and surfing in the San Diego neighborhood of Ocean Beach. Through the search for clues in ]Garret’s] case-handled almost entirely by his family and a private investigator, in the face of an apathetic local police force-the series infiltrates the notoriously close-knit community of Alderpoint, shedding light on how this supposed Eden became a haven for criminality. Garret’s friends later in early February 2014 had a memorial service and a paddle-out for him in Ocean Beach.ĭaily Beast did a review of Murder Mountain, and here’s a portion: Then the bad news came around mid-December 2013: The Humboldt County Coroner had identified human remains located in a gravesite off of Jewett Ranch Road in Garberville, Humboldt County as those of Rodriguez. Even then it looked like he had been murdered. That December we published an update by Kemp – one year after his disappearance. A number of OBceans responded in comments that they recall seeing him around OB. The OB Rag had been following Garret’s disappearance since July 2013 when we reposted an article from Lost Coast Outpostby Kym Kemp. Yet apart from the beauty of the opening, the series is a tragic one – as it follows what happened to Garret Rodriguez, a 29-year old OB surfer – his trip up to northern California to cash in on the marijuana industry, his subsequent disappearance into Humboldt County and murder. Ocean Beach is in the very first scene of Murder Mountain – a new docuseries in 6 parts now streaming on Netflix – and we immediately view the iconic image of OB: the Ocean Beach Pier and surfers. ![]()
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