Is there on in Utah or are they referring to the one in Yosemite National Park?
I wonder if it was a mountain lion. My wife told me of the story and I remembered past ones of people riding mountain bikes or hiking and getting taken by lions. They get jumped from behind and seized by the neck. Full grown men too as I recall. One male mountain bike rider was found after a woman was attacked and her companion managed to chase off the lion.
I thought that I heard that the area around Bridal Veil Falls was known for folks having accidents resulting in death. Do you know whether or not that is true that the terrain is very dangerous there?
Cleverley’s body found
Deseret Morning News
Published: Sept. 9, 2007 4:27 p.m. MDT
PROVO CANYON — Police told reporters Sunday afternoon that they have found the body of Camille Cleverley.
It’s been 10 days since Cleverley was last seen on a purple and silver Schwinn mountain bike riding north on 900 East near the LDS Missionary Training Center.
Law enforcement’s best clue to Cleverley’s whereabouts was a mountain bike that was turned over to police Thursday, said Provo Police Lt. John Guyerman. The Schwinn had been taken from a bike rack near Bridal Veil Falls.
Police identified the bike as Cleverley’s Saturday by comparing her bank records with receipts from ShopKo, where she purchased the bike in June. After searching Cleverley’s Provo apartment, police found a key that unlocked the bike lock found at Bridal Veil Falls.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695208631,00.html
RIP.
The TV news said her body was found pretty high up the mountain. Probably fell. People are getting stranded and injured up there all the time.
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS - The search for missing Brigham Young University Student Camille Cleverley has ended as her body was located at the base of a cliff near the falls this afternoon.
Search and rescue crews discovered Cleverley’s body at 3:31 p.m. in some brush and trees near a rock-strewn field at the base of a 200-foot tall cliff located about a quarter-mile east of the falls, said Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy.
Cleverley appears to have died from injuries sustained from a fall, said Tracy. Tracy said he could not yet rule out foul play pending a full investigation. Two detectives and a medical examiner were on the scene as of 4:30 p.m.
Police were able to confirm the body was Cleverley through clothing and other items found at the scene, Tracy said. Her time of death is not yet known.
http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_6846452
Very sad news.
She was such a pretty girl, too.
Quite a few people try and climb the cliffs around the falls to get to the various higher levels...and many do it without climbing gear. There have been fatal falls there in the past.
Since her bike was found there and it was locked (as I understand it in the bike rack there), my guess is she rode there, parked and locked the bike, then went hiking and tried to get up higher and fell. But that's just a guess and I will reserve further judgement until a full investigation is complete.