Posted on 10/26/2021 7:08:30 AM PDT by billorites
A Colorado hiker who had wandered off the trail and got lost ignored repeated phone calls from rescuers because the hiker didn’t recognize the number, officials said.
The person started hiking Mount Elbert from the South Trailhead on October 18 around 9 a.m., Lake County Search and Rescue said. The hiker did not return by evening. Five LCSAR members searched for the hiker until early the next morning but were unsuccessful.
The missing hiker finally showed up at their place of lodging around 9:30 a.m. and the search was called off, LCSAR said.
The hiker told rescue officials they had wandered off the trail around nightfall and could not find their way back. They said they spent the night searching for the trail, and once located, bounced around onto different trails trying to locate the proper trailhead – all while not realizing that a rescue team was out looking for them.
LCSAR said the subject ignored "repeated phone calls" because they simply didn’t recognize the number.
LCSAR has now left other hikers with some advice: "If you’re overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone."
Fox News has reached out to LCSAR for additional comment.
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Saw that too! I’m like WTF? Mangles the language totally
One of the things we were taught in class is that some people when lost in the wilds become fearful of the searchers and will evade them. They are afraid they will be hunted down and punished.
It is a very odd syndrome and it happens every year to people you would never expect. And they rarely will admit it afterwards, if they survive.
I have heard these stories from many different Search-and-Rescue people over the years.
Doesnt sound like he was very lost. I wonder who flips the bill for the false alarm?
Send a text or leave a message.
Yes, and I think that Strunk and White would have a problem with this too.
“Omit unnecessary words.”
Its really gotten bad when the robocall is in SPANISH !!!
Even the live person spoke 100% in spanish.
Damn you politicians that won’t fix this — all cause the POLITICIANS WANT TO BE ABLE TO HASSLE US at election time.
He’s an idiot, so he must be a Democrat.
Are you serious? They call and start in Spanish?
That’s outrageous.
But then, we used to be a unified country.
Democrat hikers. Let ‘em freeze to death.
Robo message is automated in spanish.
Usually an ‘8’ will provide remove. This case it brought a live spanish tirade to my ears. I say tirade cause rapid talking in foreign language means nothing to me.
I didn’t wait to see if my english yelling was understood.
I’m in Florida, so its my fault you know.
Is this another person who uses "they & their" as personal pronouns?
Just some schizoid who thought it was the Queen of England.
Why didn’t they text? Too easy?
If he was receiving call why did he not call out to someone?
Stupid is as stupid does.
Maybe it requires answering the phone?
If the phone rings then the technology is two way. What you say would only be a governmental requirement, not a system or technological requirement.
Ummm, why didn’t he use the GPS built into his phone?🙄
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