Searchers found two Bigfoot hunters dead in a remote forest in Washington state late last month, according to a press release from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
The men, ages 59 and 37, were from Portland, Oregon and lost their lives while searching for Sasquatch (Bigfoot) in eastern Skamania County.
On Christmas Day, the Skamania County Communications Center received a report of two overdue subjects who were searching for Sasquatch and planned to return home on Christmas Eve. When the pair did not return home, a family member reported the subjects missing and endangered.
Over the course of three days, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Coordinator acquired over 60 volunteer search and rescue personnel, including canine, drone, and ground searching teams. Additionally, an air asset was acquired from the United States Coast Guard, based in Astoria, Oregon, to assist in the search utilizing F.L.I.R.
After a grueling, three-day search over difficult terrain and harsh weather conditions, the men were located, deceased, in a heavily wooded area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Both deaths appear to be due to exposure, based on weather conditions and ill-preparedness, authorities said.
