A hiker lost in Colorado ignored repeated calls from rescuers, later explaining that they had not answered because they were unfamiliar with the phone number, authorities said.
They were reported missing after they failed to return from an expedition Oct. 18 on Mount Elbert, Lake County Search and Rescue said.
Officials said that the area was searched the following day, but the hiker could not be found. The team then tried to call the hiker’s cellphone, to which the hiker did not answer.
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The hiker had wandered off the trail and spent 24 hours lost on Mt. Elbert. They eventually found a way out and made it to their car. The person was unaware that a search team had been looking for them.
“The subject ignored repeated phone calls from us because they didn’t recognize the number,” Lake County Search and Rescue stated in a Facebook post.
Many Twitter users chimed in on the story, with one humoursly saying, “This is definitely how I’m going to die.”
This is definitely how I’m going to die https://t.co/8DnN09N6lc
— kim jansen (@lefthandwoman) October 25, 2021
Relatable. https://t.co/Unuz5e6fkR
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 25, 2021
I would never have been found https://t.co/MK0izkY81n
— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) October 25, 2021
This would be me. For real. https://t.co/dfRtQaWvDf pic.twitter.com/iorwTLO6iV
— Lesley-Ann Brandt (@LesleyAnnBrandt) October 25, 2021
he just thought they wanted to talk to him about his car’s warranty https://t.co/dGlhfgR4rv
— grim monte 👻 (@KimmyMonte) October 25, 2021
Okay, REAL. https://t.co/Y9TQlhcwfD
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) October 25, 2021
tell me you're a millennial without telling me you're a millennial https://t.co/XwE2uE7aeq
— Morgan Pōmaika'i Lee (@Mepaynl) October 25, 2021
You ever think how mental it is we developed an entire method of communication and people actively avoid using it because of scams and telemarketers https://t.co/uXVLCopwRc
— ඞoku @ freshly squeezed brie (@BokuNoBeefDip) October 25, 2021
See what those car warranty calls are doing to us https://t.co/F11EBd1zKk
— Alexis Johnson (@alexisjreports) October 25, 2021
