Posted on 02/06/2012 10:22:45 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon.
They spent the nights huddled in a hollow log and considered sacrificing their pit bull, Jesse, for food.
"She's that good a dog, she'd have done it, too," Conne said.
But help finally arrived Saturday when a volunteer helicopter pilot decided to look outside the search area and spotted the family Dan, his wife, Belinda, and their 25-year-old son, Michael on the edge of a deep ravine in tall timber. The three were about 10 miles from the town of Gold Beach, roughly 330 miles south-southwest of Portland.
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As someone who was raised in that area I disagree, the moment you feel like your lost start a fire and I mean a big one, do everything you can to draw attention to yourself. If the lives of my wife and children were at stake I’ll set a mountain on fire, they will find us!
A well controlled signal fire - NOT in fire season - in extreme danger is one thing. An intent to start a forest fire is something different and can get people killed who were NOT so stupid as to get themselves lost because they are stupid and unprepared.
If someone stupid and unprepared goes DOWNTOWN where they don't belong and finds themselves lost and in danger- starting a fire to alert people to your danger that could cause a lot of damage and kill people is not a good idea.
Similarly.....
If someone stupid and unprepared goes to the FOREST where they don't belong and finds themselves lost and in danger- starting a fire to alert people to your danger that could cause a lot of damage and kill people is not a good idea.
In the south we have an expression that I think fits - "They wuz et up with dumbass"
They did try to eat mushrooms but said they were nasty so they threw them away. Apparently, they weren’t that hungry. :/
LOL. The only mushrooms I’ve ever been tempted to look for in the woods are morels. Mmmm.
Fail here on both counts. The only two things I know about mushroom picking came from watching the Dead Heads I've known.
1) It's not suited to the low IQ set. It's a culinary version of Russian Roulette. 2) The 'shrooms they are looking for grow in cow pastures, not woodlands.
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