Ross Lake NRA fatality

[Dan_Miller]

From today's NPS Daily Ranger Report:

 

North Cascades National Park (WA)

Man’s Body Found In Remote Section Of Park

 

On May 2nd, a park trail crew found a man’s remains on the East Bank trail in the Ross Lake portion of the park, about 24 miles from Canada and eight miles from the Highway 20 trailhead. It’s not known which way he was heading, but a Canadian phone card was found on his body along with some herbal supplements. The victim was of Asian origin and about 30 years old. Cotton clothing and an estimate that one to two months had elapsed since his death suggest that he may have succumbed to hypothermia. No one has been reported missing in that area, nor has anyone been reported missing who matches his description. The body was evacuated from the remote setting by helicopter and turned over to Whatcom County. The investigation is continuing. [submitted by Kinsey Shilling, Chief Ranger]

 

 

[canyondweller]

One to two months old? He was tromping around there back in March? That's not good.

[olyclimber]

"herbal supplements"?

[Hugh Conway]

One to two months old? He was tromping around there back in March? That's not good.

 

Fewer feds watching for those dastardly illegal immigrants coming to work hard in America.

[G-spotter]

Just speculating, but did they also find a large bacpack full of shrink wrapped herbage? The "no one reported missing" description sounds like a potential drug mule, like when those secret helicopters were flying bales of weed south and sometimes crashing a few years back.

[Stefan]

If this dude was an illegal immigrant coming into the US, that is one long walk especially along that Skagit Silver road before the snow melted out. Dang.

[lancegranite]

Maybe he got out of the helicopter early?