"What's that, girl?"
"meow."
"Margaret's lost in the woods?"
"meow."
"She's fallen and she can't get up?"
"meow."
Posted on 03/10/2012 10:10:53 AM PST by martin_fierro
Missing hiker found with cat in New Mexico forest
Published March 10, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Snuggling in a blue sleeping bag, Margaret Page and her cat survived 3 1/2 weeks in a rugged New Mexico national forest, even though temperatures dropped below freezing nearly every night.
Family members reported her missing Feb 14. But for various reasons, authorities didn't start searching for her until this week. The 41-year-old Page, who has a history of mental illness, was found Wednesday emaciated and malnourished but well-hydrated.
Relying on a creek for drinking water, Page and her cat named Miya lived on just a handful of supplies, rescue workers said Friday. The nearest town -- tiny Dusty, N.M. -- was 10 miles away.
"Her cat was in better shape than she was," said Marc Levesque, New Mexico State Police Search and Rescue incident commander. "Her cat was also hunting. (Page) ran out of food a while back."
Page apparently purposefully hiked off a trail between Feb. 10 and Feb. 12. A Forest Service law enforcement agent spotted her silver Chevy passenger car on Feb. 12, but didn't think much of it because hikers leave vehicles near trails all the time, said Lt. Robert McDonald, a spokesman for the state police.
Another Forest Service agent noticed the car on Feb. 25 but didn't contact state police until 10 days later. Members of the Grant County Search and Rescue and other crews began the search for Page on Tuesday after her family notified state police that Page's car had been found at a campground.
She was found the following day about a mile up the Railroad Canyon Trail in an area known as the Black Range.
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"What's that, girl?"
"meow."
"Margaret's lost in the woods?"
"meow."
"She's fallen and she can't get up?"
"meow."
Glad to hear she’s ok.
But why does she have a driver’s license if she’s mentally ill?
Presumably because her mental illness doesn’t affect her ability to drive safely?
I think it was written into the bill also allowing illegal aliens to have driver’s licenses.
They give us all driver’s licenses...all we have to do is prove we are sane enough to drive at the time of the driving test...
;o]
I checked the location of Dusty, and it’s definitely in the middle of nowhere.
But seriously, thank God they're both safe.
Likely a Democrat. Look at tat on her left arm. Very hippie looking. Do consideration for cost of searching for her. Claiming mental problems, but ALL Democrats have mental problems.
Glad she is OK.
The cat should have run away when she had the chance.
I’d have been found well fed with fur lined socks and no idea where the cat went.
More pictures,here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112476/Margaret-Page-alive-cat-stranded-national-forest-MONTH.html
That would have been two votes for Obama lost if they would not have found her.
My kittehs would have shared...until I ran out.
She sent Lassie for help but Lassie rebelled at the thought of saving a cat!
What's the big deal. They let Democrats have driver's licenses.
"meow."
Now, that's funny stuff. I don't care what you say.
‘Girl power’ gone awry.. AGAIN.
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