I was unaware that a website like this existed until a girlfriend of mine told me about it. I am sick reading all of these comments. He was assigned to be my shadow and he had been there for 13 months or something and was almost out of there but he was still the same person that arrived there just faking it to get out of there. What an awesome lady. My boyfriend was in Spring Creek Lodge for 10 months in 96 and 97. Please email me at clark.capehart.charles@gmail.com. HOWEVER I tramsferred to Tranquility Bay in Jamaica but returned to Thompson Falls in May of 04. Your own little Yellowstone in Big Sky, Montana on stunning 20 acres. Pants are dirty. Your email address will not be published. And a guy David Leech (is that Goofy?) Currently, Chaffin serves as administrator of Horizon Academy in La Verkin Utah Anyone who remembers me should get at me on facebook. Take care Spring Creek veterans. Ive known people who have done it. The counselor I was manated to see one time because I was new at the time told me about crazy mushroom picking he did with his girlfriend and started touching my legs and shit. We were just kids after all. The Seminars were where the True Fruit were, and of you went through them, and didnt see that, then you were Blind or you are Lying to Yourself. She always had that resting b#*!ch face. I told people to keep and eye on her. So many names seem familiar now but long forgotten since 1997. The surrounding mountain ranges and plains offer great hunting opportunities for healthy herds of elk, antelope, Whitetail and Mule deer. Places like this do not help kids. My life didnt really ever go anywhere to be honest. They practiced physical, mental, and emotional abuse. In fact, in order to even speak to Linderman, your parents needed to pay more. I was like most taken in the middle of the night from my bed in western washington over to Montana. 'Rust' to move to Montana when production resumes after Alec Baldwin I sort of learned how to play the game in my own way, but my friends had a much harder time than I did, I think. Do you remember me? We were the original group of kids that started that place. I think Sky View Christian Academy was open for maybe 5 years?.. I was at Spring Creek Lodge Academy from March 2001 till May 2003. I remember the car ride and the 4 months of nothing just sitting thinking Im going to wake up. Not a single person stayed at the campus after Survival/Challenger for more than a week except of course myself. Hell, I would bet just about everyone on this site is more qualified than these Utardssorry Utahns. My moms the only one but Ill never talk to her again. DePuy Spring Creek is considered by many to be one of the finest spring creeks on the planet. but there aint no 2 ways about it. I am writing this from a prison cell and it is being submitted on my behalf by another party who told me about this site. I am finally starting to forget this nightmare. At its peak it housed over 500 students. Those kids deserved that, they asked for it. Hope hes doing well. Hahaha Laurie, that was my counselor. How many photos are available for this home? Your kids likely do not need to be shipped off to get help. I was at the Camas ranch 18+. If you fail in life because you cant shake the memories, they win. Another side note- my reason for being there was because I did not like my step dad and argued with my parents constantly. I think I remember Chelsea. Age 13 hit the survival challenge program. Lorikinder24@gmail.com. spring creek montana stonehouse ranch | Fay Ranches I think the staff knew what I was doing and how I was making it bleed and so they wanted to put me in this position to make me stop. Oh, Randy was a different staff member with a cowboy hat and a small black dog? Josh was a fucking great guy in my opinion during the time I knew him. Brandy, from California. And just love them and support them as much as you can through it all.guide them try to understand what there going through. Looked like ex cops or FBI, something. Spring creeks offer the ultimate challenge in the fly fishing world. 510-666-5591. The futility of compliance with a nonsensical, arbitrary set of rules where years of confinement are worth more than good behavior led to daydreams or what they refer to as run plans. Home office. Im pretty sure you could have ate steak and went to the movies on your own free will whenever you wanted in the free world Im a lil dumbfounded by your explanation of this place. I visited Amazon to see if there was an audio version because its hard for me to make time to read, and I am trying to educate myself on different approaches to improving my husbands and my relationship with our 16 1/2 year-old daughter. So good to see this page is still active and I, like many others still think about that time in Montana. Ranches For Sale In Montana Under 500 000The 130 matching properties I didnt know they got shut down or about the lawsuits until now. but it was better than being a fake ass cheesy junior staff wasnt it. Dont look back, and dont try to lose yourself in some routinejust live. I think it was some off brand. Hey, I remember Danny, Gabe, Eugene, and several othersI was part of the first group (the Genesis family) in January 1996. It amazes me that I even still remember this shit. Everything was designed to turn you into a shell of a human so you would be grateful when they let you have butter in your oatmeal, or ketchup on your burger. I havent found his name anywhere here, but I havent researched it much either. Eternity 1998!! She looked at me and she looked away. My father has worked in two different homes since the closing of this school. Mia was in Morava and I believe your son, Zach, is mentioned. Hey. Trust Live Water Properties to list ranches for sale in Montana that suit every sporting passion. Then not long after the school shutdown like I mentioned in the beginning. O'Dell Spring Creek | Rainbow Valley Lodge Remarks: This Montana property borders BLM land and a large ranch with a small spring creek tu. But when I quickly realized that wasnt going to work I played the game so to speak so I could get what I wanted, which was go home. I was admitted in to University because of her hard, fast work. FAX 406-222-0744. Options include unique fishing lodges, exclusive ranch stays, riverside vacation rentals, and affordable hotel packages. yours might be my favorite comment on here lol i totally relate, Nick I think I remember you i.was.in honor around the same time do remember the fight with dignity. Everyday for a year and a half. what a buncha suckers our parents are for dishing out the cash they did. Attn: Julie I hope you are all healing. It eventually became clear that they had become almost as brainwashed as some of my peers. YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! That place made spring creek look like the Hyatt. Now one thing begs to question for me. Soon (I hope) most you will (or have) grown up and witnessed your self that things arent just handed to you and no one is just going to give you what you want when you want it.. Life is Hell out there but you have to make it a livable one maybe even a happy one. I knew Joah at Sprimg Creek. Hanover Homestead At Spring Creek Junction - Western Ranch Brokers Reflections is terrible and I hate Mickey Manning. Break you down, and then build you into who they wanted you to be. Central Montana has a wide variety of outdoor recreation. I think these people were a blessing in my life. I remember you and can remember your love of old classic muscle cars. After that, I was sent back to scl for my last year (17-18). All the brainwashed nitwits tattling on family moms who broke the rules and were just trying to make our time a little more pleasurable. I remember a few weeks in once it REALLY sank in I lost it. And that one person is the reason I got to go home 7 months before I turned 18!I will never forget that person. If you are the same person doing the same thing with the same bad attitude as before you qent to the program wake up! Fishing on Armstrong is good all year round. Hell Yeah. My name is Nick Theriault. I was gonna go back this year for closure of some sort. But Thirteen was the wrong move. Im not really sure Why other then I get to eat some extra food and go watch a movie for a reward, because thats what they tell me to do. But not without respect and an open heart to others. Were you a student there Diana? I like Cyndi Lauper Time after time makes me think of good times, but still cant pass true colors on the radio without thinking of seminars and Cat 2s. Mike was my therapist for over 2 years. I dont know I saw it as kids on a power trip but not really at fault of there own. Brandon, I was always in intervention. I hope you feel the same. And thats at a bare minimum, giving him the probably-unwarranted benefit of the doubt and assuming he never actually abused anyone himself. You Tom, sound like a prick. I called my sister and told her that some people are here and I dont know where Im going. I am sure since our moms hit it off and we kept in contact for a while after getting out. And to think she used to be my favorite cousinshame shame. It was attached to another dorm by a door, but we werent allowed to talk to the girls living there. I did survival challenger in Montana. We were denied simple foods and forced to build snares to catch rodents for food. Mad respect always Cleveland National Forest - Wikipedia I personaly never got beaten but fot caught up in all the games played there. Im sorry to hear of his problems and I hope he will finally get the mental hell he needs. I was going to Spring Creek in Montana and it was really hard having everything taken away from you and then you grow close to your people who are surviving this shit with you and then you find out that everyone is being split up. Armstrong Spring Creek is a world class spring creek and a mecca for catch and release fly fishing in Montana. The seminars were terrible. You can only understand if you have been there. What I went through in Jamaica is so similar. Jr. staff starting arriving from Samoa to work at Spring Creek, and after seeing me and other kids getting mangled by grown adults, two kids Jake and Eugene, made a run for it. Until I got stampeded by junior staff. i hope i contributed to the worst family reputationhaha. Find out when to come, what equipment to bring, browse blog articles, and more. You are a testament to the endurance of a restless spirit haha. More than likely there are some things that you can do or change to help the situation. I could write a book about this and there are many many crazy situations that were just sick in the head that I could tell you about. Rem me? Do you have any idea where they could have taken her? To anyone who would like to reconnect with me or even just have another Spring Creek friend.Im at pressurecooker19@hotmail.com. Im just glad I saw through the BS. Whenever we went outside we had to march around heel-toe and in sync in lines. All this while having this crackpot therapy shoved down our throats whether we liked it or not. Read about the seasonal patterns in our fisheries. Support Staff beating the shit out of teenagers and jr staff getting thier jollys off fucking with lower levels. DePuy Spring Creek LLC PO Box 1184 Livingston, MT 59047 Please reply if you were there around that time. I was employed there from 2001-2004. I enjoyed reading through all of these comments because it has been a long time since I have connected with the memories of this place. there are no flowers Basho Yeah, Hey I was there from 1998 to 2001 Asian kid who dont speak much English at time, anyone remembers me ? Its productive waters located in the heart of Paradise Valley draw anglers from far and wide. thus the difficulty. What the hell kinda sick shit was that! Lol being on the PR committee got to go to baseball games and fairs. Sending everyone love and healing from all this awful shit. I hope everyone is doing alright out there. but if you find out somting in this manner and confront him with it before hes ready it might backfire. Some one on one mentorships while your walking those beautiful grounds. I returned with dreads and a weird tan and I smelled like crap and had to shower like 5 times (Thats 15 minutes in total, woohoo). ONLY ENTER RIG LENGTH All sites will accommodate tow/towed vehicles. You can do this anonymously if you choose. The surrounding porches provide ideal places to enjoy long summer evenings. Montana has to pass a law that says, hey, you cant have sex with patients!! and yes im aware they were shut down. I came Here looking for a Place that does the Seminars so I can send my Daughter through them, and all I see are Comments from Unaccountable People. They need you! Many allegations of abuse, as well as Social Services complaints and lawsuits have been leveled at Chaffin Pullan and his brother Cameron Pullan. Any idea who these sponsors are? Something like an automatic twelve points a day, minus twenty-five points per consequence, and one-hundred-and-fifty points to get to level two. I am going to be 34 soon and my PTSD is only getting stronger. The Paradise Valley spring creeks offer some of the most challenging fly fishing conditions for wild trout in the world. At first they gave us snowshoes and marched us up and over mountains in the Rockies. Phillips Realty | Central Montana Farm and Ranch Properties for Sale Book Now Erics story, 1997 I been in prison now and still this place was the worst place I have ever been. Hi, I was in Serenity 2001-2003 as well. I pulled in wanting to talk to Brandy and they were very rude not friendly at all. Mike the counselor got punched in the face while I was there. Finally after building up enough negative points I pretty much spent my days in worksheets or the hobbit where in the former u were forced to sit on a wooden box all day in a stall and the latter was basically a makeshift Guantanamo cell with a bloody carpeted piece of plywood to sleep on and two meals of a kidney bean burrito each day. They told me not to run. My son was facing prison so I felt that I had no choice. And I wished they would of just let me get through that part of my life whether I would of gotten arrested and had to do some jail time. I was introduced to levels and a complicated point system. I tried to comply once against my better judgment. Its on the left as you are heading West. Not to mention whats his name who ran the seminars that guy was a damn psycho. I awoke to one fondling and kissing me in the middle of the night. It was fucking crazy but I actually preferred it over being locked in Sky View Academy. All data about Spring Creek Inn: corporate office address, support phones, working hours, customer complaints, etc. One of the worst times, I was quietly sitting on my bunk during hygiene time painting with toothpaste and pen ink (did what I could with what I had). Jake was the guy that told me: uh you wont make it if you run unless you want to hide under a truck for six months. I remember him singing Good morning, good morning, its time to get up or its a warning. At least, he was the most unlike the other staff members like the cowboy with the mustache who was obsessed with his walkie talkie (that guy was so weird), or Rusty and his older brother strange people, clearly not qualified to help kids. E thats just his name and he cant hang you got to get out the game!!!! I had already downloaded the Kindle version from our local public librarys website and had started reading it. Im even getting a psych degree in six months. And same day I dislocated Bills shoulder from him and tmac restraining me. Would she be pushed and prodded to say what they want. I couldnt take it. I lost my fear of consequences, rules, or really even death in the real world because none of it seemed to compare in measure to the pain I had already witnessed and experienced.