Wow. That is a scary story - getting lost just a few yard from the trail!
Did you get the number off the F-4 just in case?
It’s a well known crash site, on a popular motorcycle off road trail. The pilot bailed out and survived.
The forests up here are no joke. A few years back a guy against better judgement tried to forge ahead near White Pass Washington on the PCT trail, in an effort to reach Canada. The weather became very soupy, foggy... it’s a white out. I’ve been in that area with dirt bikes and you cannot see more than a few feet in front of your face.
The guy probably made a weather shelter using branches then froze to death. They have searched the trail, about 30 miles area I’d guess and have signs up. Gone without a trace.
“Wow. That is a scary story - getting lost just a few yard from the trail!”
I was at my brothers house in upstate MI walking my dog in the woods behind his house. So thick with bush and trees cannot see more than 15 feet in front of you. I was maybe 1 /2 mile in and lost track of direction. Total silence- no road traffic to catch my bearings.
Slight panic set in and I have been walking in woods for 30 years.
After walking around for a while understood how people can get lost so easily.