On January 10, 2023, Netflix released the documentary The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, chronicling McGillvary's story, including interviews with Reisbeck, members of Jimmy Kimmel's staff, McGillvary's family, and law enforcement figures involved in his case. Even the parts of my hitchhiking experiences that felt like surrender still had some of this stoicism, this idea that I was going to always try harder, that I was going to do it on my own. That was until we got just outside of Santa Cruz where he was heading east and I needed to keep going south. I was about to run into the station, but he opened his window and yelled to me, waving something in his hand. We figured the wilderness is a much better place for an adventure than the staff accommodation block.

What I should have done is stayed outside of town, and waited until I got a ride going all the way through to the other side.At that time, he was 24 years old and homeless when he was offered a ride by an odd man, who later hit a bystander and attacked a woman. So to all those who are planning to hitch, stay safe, watch out for biker gangs and beautiful girls…oh and yeah, happy hitching! But he couldn't help it, it wasn't his fault that his boss wanted to talk about sport, when it obviously were over his work hours, and now he's two hours late. Transgender people have faced severe adversity within the community and outside of it; only becoming included within the “ LGB ” acronym during the late 90s. After being dropped off by a kind elderly couple at a gas station, I stood near the entrance ready to ask people if they were heading my direction as they pulled up.

The two traveling companions begin to explore each other in various ways, and in the end Tommy takes a much bigger ride than he ever expected. The next morning, we found ourselves on a bus to the prison, full of inmate’s wives, which was pretty rare, as were the bewildered looks they gave us, probably wondering what two backpackers were doing visiting a prison in central Spain. It doesn’t do any good to think, damn, what’s wrong with these people, and why aren’t they stopping? But I watched him for a while, and he looked harmless enough, so I picked him up and asked him for his story. Like your true destination, you don’t tell a hitchhiker your real orientation until you’re certain you want to go all the way with him.Her reporting has won several national honors, including two AAAS/Kavli Science Journalism Awards, the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism, and two finalist nods in the National Academies Communication Awards. After a minute or two, he quietly said, "I think I better let you out here," and hit the button to open the locks.