Missing Hunters Rescue Themselves

Search-and-rescue sent to find overdue hunters in Mill Creek

Humboldt Sentinel
11/12/08
By Sentinel Staff

HOOPA -- A hastily organized search for two hunters in the Mill Creek area was called off after the men made their way out of the woods and were discovered by a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Larry Jordan and Anthony Obie of Hoopa had left yesterday on a hunting trip, but had not shown up that evening at a designated pick-up point for a ride back to town, according to a family member. The HCSO was contacted at 2:30 a.m. today regarding the missing men, which led to the deployment of deputies, Sheriff’s Posse volunteers, U.S. Forest Service personnel as well as friends and family of the hunters. Four-wheel drive vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and a Mobile Command Center were also deployed.

At 10:30 a.m. a deputy spotted the pair walking on Lower Long Ridge Road, just four miles off of Big Hill Road. The deputy was informed by the men that they had underestimated the time they needed to return to the pick-up point, and had thus built a makeshift shelter to wait out the night in. The two were uninjured and in good health, the HCSO stated in a release.