She Disappeared Last Year And Was Just Found Living In A Tent, Surviving On Moss
A 47-year-old woman whose name has not yet been publicly released disappeared last year, and she was just found living in a tent in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah.
Spanish Fork Canyon is a picturesque part of Utah that boasts a golf course, routes for rock climbing, and spots for camping.
Last November, this 47-year-old vanished. Her car had been found in the canyon with camping equipment inside of it, and it appeared to be abandoned.
Detectives tried to reach out to her family without success, and they kept trying to find this woman too.
A search and rescue team from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office combed the canyon looking for her, with no luck.
That all changed a few days ago…
Utah County Sheriff’s Office; pictured above is the tent this woman had been living in for months
On May 2nd, one of the sergeants from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office (who also is the Search and Rescue Coordinator) went back to the Diamond Fork part of the Spanish Fork Canyon to try to look for this missing woman again.
An aerial search team helped cover the area, and then one of the drones ended up crashing.
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“During one of the first passes, the drone crashed and the Sergeant and drone pilot set out to find the drone,” the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
“As they walked into the hills they found a tent that they believed was abandoned. About then the zipper of the tent opened and there was the woman SAR officials searched for in December 2020.”
Utah County Sheriff’s Office; pictured above is another photo of the tent the 47-year-old woman was found living in
“This woman, age 47, had lost a significant amount of weight and was weak. But she was apparently also resourceful.”
“And we now believe she knowingly chose to remain in the area over the months since November 2020.”
“She did have a small amount of food with her, and she told SAR officials she foraged for grass and moss to subsist. She also had access to an ample supply of water in a nearby river.”
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office made it very clear that this woman did not commit a crime.
They brought her nearby hospital to be receieve a mental health evaluation, as she does have a history of struggling with her mental health.
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