GILPIN COUNTY, Colo. -- A dirt biker is recovering after striking a large cable which was strung across a trail in Gilpin County, a stunt that some believe was meant to deter bikers to the area.

On the blog Thumpertalk.com an emergency room doctor told a blogger that he treated someone "who was severely injured dirt-biking. (Injured) by a wire that was strung across the trail at neck height, up near Gamble Gulch in the Rollinsville area."

According to the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office, the wire was a 1.5-inch thick cable. The cable slashed the victim's throat.

The sheriff's office said Tobin Michael Kohlhepp then drove himself to a hospital in Boulder.

Residents said there is a constant fight between land owners who live in Gamble Gulch and dirt bikers who often improperly use private trails.

The Gilpin County Sheriff is investigating whether that cable was put there intentionally.