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Dry Boot, Pointing North: How a Hiker Vanished and Reappeared Miles Away
Dry Boot, Pointing North: How a Hiker Vanished and Reappeared Miles Away
A single dry size-ten boot stood upright on Forest Service Road Eleven at 6:15 a.m., laces tied and toe pointing north, while its owner lay four miles away with a fractured ankle - how did one boot appear miles from the hiker and remain completely dry after a night of steady rain? That unexplained boot placement is the one fact that baffled the search director and remained unresolved in the county file. What else did the record of those thirty-six hours reveal about the trail, the team, and the object that should not…
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