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Three found dead in Rockies after trying to live 'off the grid' (ca.sports.yahoo.com)

submitted 11 months ago by DevCat to c/preppers

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The decomposed and partially mummified bodies of three people who were recently found at a remote western Colorado campsite were two adult sisters and one woman's 14-year-old son, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said.

The deceased are Christine Vance, 41; Rebecca Vance, 42, and Rebecca's son, all from Colorado Springs. Two were found in a tent down the road from a campsite in the Gunnison National Forest about nine miles (14.5 kilometers) from Ohio City, Colorado, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said in an interview Tuesday. Officials have not named the son because he is a minor.

Their bodies showed signs of malnourishment, with two in the tent and one outside. Though a cause of death has yet to be determined while authorities wait for toxicology reports to be processed, the group may have succumbed to starvation, freezing temperatures or carbon monoxide poisoning from trying to make fire to stay warm, Barnes said.

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[–] a887dcd7a 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it known why they wanted to be „off the grid“ in a freaking tent in the first place?

I mean the adults are tributes to Darwin, but taking the son not knowing what they are doing is criminal.

[–] a887dcd7a 7 points 11 months ago

„The three likely started camping in July 2022 and died sometime over the winter.“

„I wonder if winter came on quickly and suddenly they were just in survival mode in the tent,” Barnes said. “They had a lot of literature with them about outdoor survival and foraging and stuff like that. But it looked like they supplied at a grocery store.”“

[–] jesterraiin 7 points 11 months ago

I am absolutely ok with adult people going out and dying if they choose to, but why drag a kid alongside?

[–] a887dcd7a 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Inspired by this story: should we do a post covering the essentials? Like explaining terms (BOB, INCH, bail out, bug in, ...) and talk about basic concepts (have a place to bail out to, grayman considerations, etc).?,

[–] RandomPancake 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup! I'm going to do exactly that, spread out over several posts. Just basics written in easy-to-follow language for people who aren't already seasoned preppers. No brands, I'll let people recommend whatever works for them in the comments.

[–] a887dcd7a 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nice. Your post will get sticked to the community immediately. If you want to be bold, just name your initial post "Start here"

[–] RandomPancake 2 points 8 months ago

Awesome. I just slapped one up but I'm going to write a few primers offline and spread them out over the next week or two.

[–] DevCat 2 points 11 months ago

I expect in a SHTF situation, we would see a lot more of this happening.