82-year-old mushroom forager found after being missing overnight, Colorado cops say
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An 82-year-old woman who was missing overnight after she got lost while foraging for mushrooms was found safe, Colorado authorities said.
The woman was with two friends in the Brainard Lake Recreation Area on Wednesday, Aug. 24, “when she became lost and ended up off trail,” the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Her friends reported her missing just after 5 p.m. when she didn’t return to the trailhead, the office said.
Search and rescue crews, which included more than two dozen people and an “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” worked through the night, deputies said.
Crews continued to search for the woman on Thursday morning and found her at around 1 p.m. about a third of a mile from where she was last seen, officials said.
The woman was in “remarkable health when crews found her,” despite being outside overnight and in heavy rain in the late afternoon, officials said.
“She was able to walk out to the trailhead on her own, with the assistance of rescuers,” deputies said.
Medical personnel evaluated her, and she was “reunited with her friends,” the sheriff’s office said.
The Brainard Lake Recreation Area is about 50 miles northwest of Denver.
This story was originally published August 25, 2022 at 7:06 PM with the headline "82-year-old mushroom forager found after being missing overnight, Colorado cops say."
