{"id":1251,"date":"2026-10-07T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:34:02","slug":"72-year-old-hiker-missing-for-days-in-california-forest-found-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"72-year-old hiker missing for days in California forest found alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-07\/Siskiyou%20CountySheriffsOffice_missinghiker_100726.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Mary Beth Granbery, 72, was found alive on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, in Shasta County, Calif., after she went missing for days while on a camping trip. (Siskiyou County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 72-year-old hiker who had sustained significant injuries was found alive in a northern California forest Sunday after she had been missing for multiple days, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Beth Granbery was reported missing on Friday, Oct. 2 after she departed for a multi-day camping trip on Sept. 28 at Cabin Creek Trailhead in Shasta County, California, but did not return to work that Friday, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Siskiyou County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Shasta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office launched a joint search and rescue operation on Saturday with help from volunteers and California Highway Patrol Air Operations, according to the agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Granbery was located on Sunday at the bottom of a steep embankment with multiple significant injuries from a fall and from exposure, and was airlifted to a medical center to receive treatment, Siskiyou County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials had located Granbery&#8217;s camper van on Saturday at a nearby trailhead, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Granbery was reunited safely with her loved ones, who helped with search and rescue operations and provided critical information to help locate her, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The search area included steep terrain, creeks, trail debris and downed trees, according to the Shasta County Search and Rescue Jeep Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Officials reminded the public to inform someone of your departure and expected time of return when setting out for a trip, and to stay in place if lost so as not to expand the search area unnecessarily.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Beth Granbery, 72, was found alive on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, in Shasta County, Calif., after she went missing for days while on a camping trip. (Siskiyou County Sheriff\u2019s Office) A 72-year-old hiker who had sustained significant injuries was found alive in a northern California forest Sunday after she had been missing for multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}