Phil's Best Story Ever

The story of the Carolina Boy Scouts that got lost brought up memories of a similar event in my life. It was '86 it happened. I remember we were looking for Haley's comet the night we were lost...lost in the wilderness.

The best part of this whole story is how we never even thought we were lost...we just didn't know where our Scoutmaster was. Apparently the 150 fire rescue teams and MedEvac helicopters scouring the woods throughout the night disagreed.

To sum up the best quotes from the incident (it was clearly a slow news day):

• "When found, they were in good spirits but cold"
• "He [the Scoutmaster] could not explain how the group had become lost"
• "One rescue worker suffered a sprained ankle while searching the trail. He was taken by Ambulance Corps to the hospital where he was treated and released"
• "McMannon (Rescue Chief) said hikers get lost on the trail infrequently"

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