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2 missing hikers are saved by rescue helicopter when they saw a SOS sign, but the sign was not made by the hikers (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I weirdly don't find this creepy, and I don't know why. Perhaps it's because the terrain is difficult and it's very perfect timing, but not creepy?

Before I read it, I thought it was going to be some deserted island and a living person, who wasn't them, made it for them. Kinda like a "get off my island" type deal, but creepy because they didn't know a living person was nearby, which could've been bad.

But instead it's just lost people get lost close to a place where someone got lost previously, and it just so happens a helicopter flew by and saw the sign from the previous person.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Just make SOS signs whenever you're going on a hike in case someone gets lost there. It's just being nice to your fellow hikers.