A missing Ohio man has been found in a Kentucky forest after 14 days. Scott Hearn disappeared on July 6. He wrote that the rescue team was already losing hope when they noticed shoe prints and hiking stick marks on the ground near a riverbed. CNN Network.
The 48-year-old wanted to explore the Red River Gorge. A local Forest Service employee saw the man’s car parked in the area on the first Saturday in July. When he returned to the area a week later, he noticed Hearn’s car was still there. That’s when the picture clicked: The Ohio man, whose family had reported him missing to police days earlier, was lost in the woods. Several rescue dog units were involved in the operation. They tried everything, but to no avail. They couldn’t find Hearn.
On July 20, Eric Walterman, a member of the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team, wrote to the organization: To his Facebook pageThat was their last day of travel to the Red River Gorge. Walterman told CNN they were searching the northern part of the area again for signs of life when they noticed shoe prints on the ground and suddenly heard someone calling for help.
Hearn was found hiding under a rock in a very bad condition. The man was severely dehydrated, unable to stand, and his body was covered in insect bites. Hearn told authorities that he left with six bottles of water. After they ran out, he was unable to drink anything, and his mouth was so dry that he was unable to even eat.
Because manually carrying the missing hiker would have been too complicated and dangerous, Hearn was eventually taken out of the woods by helicopter and transported to the hospital. Wolfe County EMS Image shared on July 23 Around the already smiling Hearn, who is currently assisted by a walking frame.
