Was the Hillary hiking in the woods photo staged? Woman in the picture first met Clinton at a fundraiser her family hosted for ex-candidate
- Margot Gerster was hiking with her daughter through the woods near Clinton's New York home on Wednesday
- She took a photo smiling alongside Clinton in the Chappaqua area
- This is not Gerster's first time meeting Clinton, as her mother held a fundraiser for the senator at Crabtree's Kittle House in the 2000s
- Gerster posed for a photo with her sister and Clinton at that event years ago and shared it to her Facebook page before taking it down this week
The chance encounter a mother hiking with her daughter had with Hillary Clinton the day after losing the election may not be what it has been made out to seem.
Margot Gerster was out hiking with her daughter when she ran into Hillary and Bill Clinton in the upstate New York town of Chappaqua, where the Clintons have a home.
She took a photo with the former first lady who beamed from ear to ear, appearing to have had the weight of the world lifted from her shoulders as she stood next to Gerster.
Clinton was said to have been out walking her dogs with former president Bill Clinton, when Gerster spotted them.
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Chance encounter?: The chance encounter Margot Gerster, a mother hiking with her daughter, had with Hillary Clinton (above) the day after losing the election may not be what it has been made out to seem
Some critics allege that their meeting while hiking was staged and not random at all. When Gerster was in high school, her mother held a fundraiser for Clinton in Chappaqua where they took a photo together (above) at the event
The chance encounter Gerster had with Clinton gained national media attention as it was the first time Clinton had been photographed after losing the election.
However, some critics allege that their meeting while hiking was staged and not random at all.
Adding more fuel to those claims is the fact that it's actually not the first time they've met.
When Gerster was in high school, her mother held a fundraiser for Clinton at Crabtree’s Kittle House in Chappaqua.
Gerster and her sister posed for a photo with Clinton inside the restaurant which happens to be one of the politician's favorites, as the siblings smiled next to a beaming Clinton.
The fundraiser their family hosted may have been during the period of time Clinton was running for senator or when she served as senator for New York.
The caption Gerster wrote for the most recent photo of her with Clinton this week said that she was 'so heartbroken' after the Democrat's stunning loss.
'I've been feeling so heartbroken since yesterday's election and decided what better way to relax than take my girls hiking,' Gerster wrote.
'So I decided to take them to one of favorite places in Chappaqua. We were the only ones there and it was so beautiful and relaxing.
'As we were leaving, I heard a bit of rustling coming towards me and as I stepped into the clearing there she was, Hillary Clinton and Bill with their dogs doing exactly the same thing as I was.
'I got to hug her and talk to her and tell her that one of my most proudest moments as a mother was taking Phoebe with me to vote for her.
'She hugged me and thanked me and we exchanged some sweet pleasantries and then I let them continue their walk.'
Gerster has since removed both photos from her profile on Facebook.
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