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Rescuers find mother and son lost in the woods thanks to notes the mom left behind
NBC Newsยท 2025-07-17 23:52
A mom and her nine-year-old son are alive today thanks to two handwritten notes weighed down by rocks that the mom left in a remote California forest after the duo got lost trying to get to a camp. According to a Facebook post by the local sheriff's office, the mom and son had set out to go to Camp Wolfboro, a Boy Scout camp about 2 and 1/2 hours away from their home near Sacramento, but they never made it. Their GPS lost signal and they hadn't returned any phone calls. So, a family member contacted police ...