[kingu]

Family Missing For Over Two Weeks Is Found

March 21, 2006
- By KATU.com Web Staff

MEDFORD, Ore. - A family who has been missing for over two weeks has been found alive in the hills north of Medford.

The Stivers family was last heard from on March 4 as they were leaving for an overnight trip on the Oregon coast.

The missing included Marlo Hill-Stivers and Peter Stivers (husband and wife), 10-year-old Sabastyan Stivers and 9-year-old Gabrayell Stivers (their children) and Becky Higgenbothum and her husband Elbert Higgenbothum (in-laws).

According to preliminary reports, the family took a wrong turn and got stuck in the snow, which would explain why none of the family's bank accounts had been used since they disappeared.

Two of the family members walked out and were found by a Bureau of Land Management employee, according to Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson.

The area where the family got stuck is in southwestern Douglas County near the Curry County line.

The area is inaccessible by vehicle due to a heavy snow pack, but a search and rescue operation is under way to get to the family.

[JennysCool]

Dang! Scooped by 19 seconds! :-)

[summer]

Re your post #7 - Well, that is good news!

[Dead Dog]

Some dude from California did the same thing about 10 years ago. He was on a sales trip to the southern Oregon coast, and decided to back-road it across the coast range. Got stuck in a blizzard, waited till his gas (heat) ran out, then being half starved and dehydrated, died on the 19 mile hike out. Had he left immediately, he would have made it.

[armymarinemom]

Wow. I saw them mentioned on Fox News and had given them up for dead. Nice surprise!