Posted on 06/24/2023 8:58:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Hikers on Saturday discovered human remains on Southern California's Mount Baldy, officials said, the same mountain area where British actor Julian Sands went missing more than five months ago.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department reported that the remains were reported by hikers at about 10 a.m.
Deputies responded and transported the victim's remains to the county coroner's office for identification, the sheriff's department disclosed.
The 65-year-old Sands was reported missing on the night of Jan. 13 on Mt. Baldy, a popular hiking area located in the San Gabriel Mountains, about 50 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Sheriff's officials announced last week that they resumed the search for Sands on June 17, with over 80 search and rescue volunteers, deputies and staff taking part. However, he was not located at the time.
"Despite the recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions," the sheriff's department said in a statement last week. "Multiple areas include steep terrain and ravines, which still have 10 plus feet of ice and snow."
This past winter, California was hit by a series of historic storms, driven by atmospheric rivers, which caused flooding and mudslides statewide and also created dangerous conditions in wilderness areas.
Two days after Sands went missing, a mother of four died after sliding more than 500 feet down Mt. Baldy. Later that same month, a 75-year-old man was found and rescued after going missing on Mt. Baldy for two days.
Sands has dozens of film and television credits over a five-decade career. They include "A Room with a View," "Leaving Las Vegas," "The Killing Fields," "Oceans Thirteen" and "24."
Well good. Hopefully they are his. That is a cluster of missing persons. I follow David Paulides CanAm Project 411.
“...Hikers ... discovered human remains on ...
Mount Baldy ... where ... Julian Sands went missing ...”
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Prolly him then.
Gee I wonder…
Hiking Mount Baldy = bring 9MM
What gives him "victim" status. There's no mention of foul play.
Time to ban hiking.
"Victim" does not necessarily imply "foul play."
A person can be a victim of his own recklessness, foolishness, etc. One can even be the victim of, e.g., a heart attack.
Regards,
No. Time to ban mountains! And all things with sharp edges.
At least. I’d probably take my .45 pistols for that though 9mm is my favorite.
Oh my God, not the professor! - Arachnophobia
He is/was reportedly an experienced hiker.
If he didn’t have a personal locator beacon with him...
I’m thinking he didn’t want to be found.
If he did, I’d wonder about a sudden medical co-incidence or foul play.
Should be easy to identify by the teeth.
You mean something like "contracting beriberi" and "breaking one's leg" at the same time?! Suddenly "developing Ménière's disease" and "coming down with a case of measles" while hiking?! That kind of coincidence?
Regards,
Time to ban National Parks. They are hiding something....
Thinking about a tinfoil hat pinglist....
Not many ppl know about the hot springs at Big Bend NP. Hot spring lithium pools.
I’m thinking of the kind they treat at the Kaufman Institute...
Ban mountains too.
Put me on it! We’ll teach those mountains and parks.
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