According to the property owner, other hikers had occasionally mentioned seeing a person near the waterfall. He explained that the reports were unusual because that particular side of the rocks was difficult to reach. He did not claim to know exactly what people had seen, and he offered no dramatic explanation. However, he strongly advised the women not to return to the waterfall alone, especially later in the day or near sunset.
His warning stayed with them. The friends had already felt uneasy after studying the photographs, but hearing that other visitors had apparently reported similar sightings made the experience harder to dismiss. They began replaying the afternoon in their minds, trying to remember whether they had heard footsteps, noticed movement in the trees, or sensed anything unusual while they were in the water. Neither could recall a clear sign that someone else had been present.