A day of hiking turned into a spiritual experience for a trio of college students in Arizona who say that they had a 'miraculous' encounter while climbing a mountain. Sharing their remarkable story with a local TV station, Allisa Miller, Jen Vickman and Kassi Sanchez explained that their day had gotten off to a rocky start which left them uncertain if they even wanted to go for a hike. Yet, for some strange reason, Miller mused, the hike felt "like something we had to do."
During their ascent of Dreamy Draw Mountain near Phoenix, the women noticed that there appeared to be an oddly-clad man at the summit. "We just see a silhouette of this man," recalled Miller, "it looks like he has long hair and he's in a robe." The group marveled that the mysterious stranger looked like Jesus and, shortly thereafter, he simply vanished, much to their amazement. When they finally arrived at the mountaintop where the man had been, the hikers' tale took almost eerie turn.
According to the women, they found an envelope among some rocks and it read "do you believe in angels?" Contained in the envelope was a message ostensibly from the man that they had previously seen in which he talked about how special the mountain is to him as it is where he goes to "give our Heavenly Father all the glory." The note went on to extend blessings which seem to have been aimed specifically at the trio of hikers since the envelope also contained three $100 bills.
Whether one thinks the message was from some kind of angelic entity or merely a man with a kind heart likely depends on their own interpretation of the events. However, to the women, the strange encounter had a decidedly spiritual impact on them. "It was like a miracle," Miller marveled, "like the Lord just speaking to us." What's your take on the hikers' story?
