Eschen wrote. McGillvary, 36, known as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker,” shot to viral fame in 2013 after using a hatchet to stop an attack in Fresno, California — punctuated by his ...

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, the 24-year-old viral-video ... but he remains guarded at a local hospital. Kai, as the free spirit is known in his “Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” star turn, was ...