Search and rescue crews look for two men who were reported missing on over the Christmas holiday. More than 60 volunteer search and rescue personnel, including canine, drone, and ground searching teams, searched the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest in Southwest Washington.
Courtesy of Skamania County Sheriff's Office
Two Portland men were found dead Saturday in the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest in Washington, according to police, after the pair went missing for three days while searching for Sasquatch in a heavily wooded area.
The two men, aged 59 and 37, have not been publicly identified. They likely died from exposure to the elements, based on “weather conditions and ill-preparedness,” according to a statement from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office. The area has seen heavy rains and freezing temperatures in recent days.
The men went into the forest on Christmas Eve, but never made it home, launching a three-day search and rescue mission involving more than 60 volunteers. Rescue crews battled freezing temperatures, snow and high water before locating the men, deceased in a heavily wooded part of the forest.
No other information about the men has been released at this time.