Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Hit her head on a tree????
And crews of SAR and NPS rangers who know the territory don’t locate her but a random hiker likely on a trail does????
And crews of SAR and NPS rangers who know the territory don’t locate her but a random hiker likely on a trail does????
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
I am friends with one of the regular SAR crew down there (Bo Beck). I PM'd him and he says that she was found right behind the lodge.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Cocaine is a helluva drug, or so the saying goes.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Shrooms, man. Shrooooooooooms.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
The daughter said she was so weak and disoriented that she couldn't walk two steps without falling down.
Park says she walked out on her own without assistance. They found her next to the Virgin River. The noise from the constant RVs driving by must have been really irritating after awhile.
Park says she walked out on her own without assistance. They found her next to the Virgin River. The noise from the constant RVs driving by must have been really irritating after awhile.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Who’s waiting for the movie about this to come out? Or a spot on Unsolved Mysteries.
Maybe then we’ll get answers!
Maybe then we’ll get answers!
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Here's the GoFundMe page that was set up.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help- ... y-courtier
Scroll down a little to read the updates.
"...A remainder of the donations will be used to cover the medical care applied to Holly during her hospital stay as well as therapy costs moving forward."
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help- ... y-courtier
Scroll down a little to read the updates.
"...A remainder of the donations will be used to cover the medical care applied to Holly during her hospital stay as well as therapy costs moving forward."
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
I would put it all toward therapy. ha ha This woman prob ain't right in the head so I'm sure this is a s**t show for the family. I don't think it is an elaborate scam. Just sucks that so much time and resources were wasted on this.Candace66 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:49 pm Here's the GoFundMe page that was set up.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help- ... y-courtier
Scroll down a little to read the updates.
"...A remainder of the donations will be used to cover the medical care applied to Holly during her hospital stay as well as therapy costs moving forward."
As for the "tipster." Makes sense why she just alerted the authorities instead of directly assisting, especially if she was within sight of the road. Prob could see something was quite not right.
Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Lady loses job. Has no income.Candace66 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:49 pm Here's the GoFundMe page that was set up.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help- ... y-courtier
Scroll down a little to read the updates.
"...A remainder of the donations will be used to cover the medical care applied to Holly during her hospital stay as well as therapy costs moving forward."
Gets "lost" in a park
Family raises money that is untraceable and can be used for anything, regardless of what they say on a website.
Lady is found, apparently unhurt and in great shape.
Lady gets money.
Not suspicious at all
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
I'm old, slow and fat. Unfortunately, those are my good qualities.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
This gets funnier every day.
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Re: Missing Zion hiker found after 2 weeks
Today’s update makes a bit more sense.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/us/rescu ... index.html
The “tip” was someone spotting her hammock. So you can drop the conspiracy theories based on one three-letter word. To be lost so close to civilization may seem far-fetched, but I’m reminded of a woman who died a few years ago when she walked off the Appalachian Trail to pee, and got turned around. Her body and journal were found some time later. The article expands on the head injury in a way that sounds more plausible, and addresses the fact that the water which was so close was undrinkable.
I’m not saying that proves her family’s story, but I think people should entertain the possibility that it’s true. Skepticism is fine; the smug certainty of some conspiracy theorists (more on the FB group than here) is revolting to me. Comparable to armchair experts analyzing what someone did wrong after they died in a mountain accident based on a few tiny snippets of information. If true, the woman and her family went through a gruesome experience.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/us/rescu ... index.html
The “tip” was someone spotting her hammock. So you can drop the conspiracy theories based on one three-letter word. To be lost so close to civilization may seem far-fetched, but I’m reminded of a woman who died a few years ago when she walked off the Appalachian Trail to pee, and got turned around. Her body and journal were found some time later. The article expands on the head injury in a way that sounds more plausible, and addresses the fact that the water which was so close was undrinkable.
I’m not saying that proves her family’s story, but I think people should entertain the possibility that it’s true. Skepticism is fine; the smug certainty of some conspiracy theorists (more on the FB group than here) is revolting to me. Comparable to armchair experts analyzing what someone did wrong after they died in a mountain accident based on a few tiny snippets of information. If true, the woman and her family went through a gruesome experience.
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The land is forever.
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