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Woman Lost 9 Days in Arizona Forest Saved After Writing ‘Help’ in Sticks
National Post ^ | April 13, 2016

Posted on 04/14/2016 11:03:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A woman lost in an Arizona forest for nine days survived by drinking pond water, eating plants and spelling out “help” on the ground with sticks, authorities said Tuesday.

The sign helped lead rescuers to Ann Rodgers, 72, in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona earlier this month, the state Department of Public Safety said. Rodgers declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press.

However, Rodgers told a Tucson TV station on Tuesday that she had food and water in her car but ran out after several days and turned to survival mode.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arizona
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1 posted on 04/14/2016 11:03:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 04/14/2016 11:06:07 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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"'Help' in Sticks" or "'Help' with Sticks"???
3 posted on 04/14/2016 11:06:16 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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She was nuts to leave her car. Plus, if I drove in the desert, I would keep several gallons of water in the trunk. Food is immaterial in short-term survival situations of ten days or less. Exposure will kill you first - possibly within hours, then thirst within days. Only way lack of food kills in that timeframe is if one is diabetic or has some other medical condition.


4 posted on 04/14/2016 11:08:46 AM PDT by dirtboy
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She was in the sticks....


5 posted on 04/14/2016 11:13:55 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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Looks like a beautiful place in which to have a “walkabout” - only one would want to be a bit more prepared than she was.

A map indicates there is really only one major road to Phoenix through that area. Why did she get off the road?


6 posted on 04/14/2016 11:13:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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She was in the sticks. If she hadn’t been in the sticks, she wouldn’t have been lost.

A depressing piece of prose.


7 posted on 04/14/2016 11:14:49 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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Actually the original title is correct. She wrote help with sticks in the sand
8 posted on 04/14/2016 11:17:32 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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She probably doesn’t want to hear this, but at her age, this Lady should stop going that far into the dry Arizona forest unless there is another person (not just a dog!) with her.
She is very lucky her body held out, and that none of the plants eaten were poisonous.


9 posted on 04/14/2016 11:20:20 AM PDT by lee martell
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Sounds like she may have had some cognitive issues prior to getting lost and those issues caused her to become lost.

For example, she was way off course from her intended trip, ran out of gas, and abandoned her car.


10 posted on 04/14/2016 11:22:15 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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She also abandoned the area she wrote HELP in. She is very lucky to be alive after making so many mistakes.


11 posted on 04/14/2016 11:28:14 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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She got Dennis DeYoung from Styx to belt out help. They were rescued by Mr. Roboto. Domo arigato.....


12 posted on 04/14/2016 11:29:51 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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I am amazed she found a forest in Arizona. Some relatives moved to Phoenix area and there were no trees there!


13 posted on 04/14/2016 11:40:07 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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She had too much time on her hands...


14 posted on 04/14/2016 11:42:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Blood of Tyrants; Timpanagos1

“G-d watches out for fools and little children.”


15 posted on 04/14/2016 11:45:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Blood of Tyrants; Timpanagos1

“G-d watches out for fools and little children.”


16 posted on 04/14/2016 11:45:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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She looks like aunt Edna from the National Lampoon Vacation movie.
ping
17 posted on 04/14/2016 11:46:53 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Just saw a similar thing 2 days ago:

https://www.rt.com/viral/339336-castaways-rescued-help-beach/


18 posted on 04/14/2016 11:47:41 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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Some relatives moved to Phoenix area and there were no trees there!

Drive north on I-17 for about 30 minutes. You'll find them. Eastern AZ has a lot of forest, too. It's just that most folks settled in Phoenix and Tucson, where the trees aren't.

19 posted on 04/14/2016 11:51:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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Nice elk skull and antlers.

Wonder if anybody picked ‘em up.


20 posted on 04/14/2016 11:52:56 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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