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The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the grid.

Exposed to several feet of snow, chills below zero and with no food found at their camp, Christine Vance, Rebecca Vance and Rebecca’s son likely died of malnutrition and hypothermia, according to the autopsies released this week. Authorities haven’t released the boy’s name.

Those reports contained another chilling detail that brought stepsister Trevala Jara to tears: The 14-year-old boy’s body was found with Jara’s favorite, blessed rosary that she gave the group before they left.

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[–] SkyezOpen 228 points 1 year ago (14 children)

“God was with them,” said Jara

Well God could've fucking helped a little bit then, eh?

[–] meco03211 75 points 1 year ago

He was a little busy forgiving a child rapist praying over one of their dozen victims.

[–] Agent641 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] littlewonder 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"The correct answer was Chalcedonian."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but the correct answer was the mormons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thsyoUZW9vE

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always felt Wilson in the movie "Castaway" was the most realistic portrayal of God for survival situations.

[–] xkforce 30 points 1 year ago

Wilson was real though.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty much. They keep digging and talking to the few primitive groups left.

Some animals that are smart and social have funeral rites. Crows and elephants. Been known to visit locations where the dead were, leave items for their poor dead friend. A dead human and a living human are basically the same except something seems missing. We know now it is the arrangement but to our ancestors it was some component. Well if something is missing it must be out there somewhere.

Funeral sites are built. People go there and look at the little stone. Maybe the thing that is missing is in the stone. Leave items and gradually question why they are doing it. It must be transactional. Offerings develop. I give this cup of wine and you help me with my crops this year. Ancestor worship is still common around the world and why should it not be? Your parents always looked after you and you are still helping them.

The ancestor worship grew. Some ancestors were more important than others. Great warlords are still revered for centuries. Eventually morphing into a small god who protects the tribe. The small god is better than the small god of the other tribe. There must be a god greater than them all.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

He doesn’t lift a finger when a child is sexually abused by his representatives, he ain’t gonna give a shit here either.

Any god is evil.

[–] books 9 points 1 year ago

Nah, all part of the plan.

/s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think god even exists. At least not the kind these poor creatures dreamed of

[–] SkyezOpen 32 points 1 year ago

Oh certainly not. If he existed as advertised, the whole Vatican would be brimstone and pillars of salt.

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[–] FlyingSquid 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, well fuck them. Except the kid. Fuck them for bringing the kid. You want to escape society, fine. But bring the kid after you've figured out how to survive in the wilderness.

[–] Nintendo 19 points 1 year ago

can you even imagine? in these situations the kid would be lucky if it died first. if not, the kid was kept alive by the adults long enough for it to watch the adults die, then the kid had to die alone in the tent while it waited in the cold just for nobody to come and help. poor thing. I'm terrified just writing this out.

[–] Astroturfed 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People can't survive in the wilderness. At least without a decent size community to support them. There are folks who make it years alone with training and knowledge, but you are always just one mistake or circumstance away from death. Humans are not built to survive alone.

[–] fkn 4 points 1 year ago

The only way a small number of people survive alone is by having money and a large group of people to buy things from and have those things brought to them by the large group... Oh wait... That's not alone... Right right. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years"

I can relate to this.

...found with Jara’s favorite, blessed rosary that she gave the group before they left.

“God was with them,” said Jara

Oh, no I can't. Huh.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Just imagine how bad it would've been if God hadn't been with them! 😯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

“God was with them,” said Jara

NARRATOR: "He wasn't."

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have all the details but this sounds like some very stupid campers.

I have done a lot of camping and I would be very cautious about camping "remote" in the Rockies. And no way in hell would I even dream About not taking food.

Sounds like they fucked around with nature and found out.

It also sounds like that boy was a victim of parental stupidity. I pity him.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah unless youre prepared to deal with the amount of snow that falls in the rockies and hunt/gather for food during that time its beyond reckless to try camping in those conditions. i knew someone that moved to alaska to do that with a buddy. they were way more prepared than these people and they came back within a year with their tails between their legs from mother nature kicking their ass.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The difference between them and your buddy is that your buddy knew when to quit.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jara said she tried everything short of kidnapping to keep them from leaving, but nothing worked. Now, Jara wants to warn others about the risks of surviving in the wilderness.

“I do not wish this on anybody at all,” Jara said. “I can’t wait to get to the point where I’m happy and all I can think of is the memories.”

I feel so bad for the stepsister

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes family members make stupid decisions. It's a fucking shame that the family went all in by going to the mountains instead of... I dunno, doing a test run in a tent in the backyard for a week?

[–] LemmynySnicket 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It says it was updated today, but pretty sure this is old news. My concept of time is iffy though, could be weeks old story updated, could be months old story.

[–] Pregnenolone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember another story a few months ago but thought it was just a mother and son? Maybe that’s why it’s so familiar.

[–] LemmynySnicket 2 points 1 year ago

I searched to confirm and it's weird that so many sites posted the story again super recently with what looks like no new info (except maybe the rosary in the son's hand), but this one explicitly says they were found in July. The one you posted I didn't see any date, which was why I was not 100%.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/3-bodies-found-colorado-campire-rocky-mountains-victims/73-154b444b-c039-4779-b8b2-c4a758aef4d4

Seems the sister didn't really care to go, but went to try to give them a better chance at surviving.

[–] t0lo 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well they definitely escaped society

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We live in a society

Bottom text 😔

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[–] SpaceNoodle 19 points 1 year ago

sharp as a whip

Oof

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am tempted to do this as I have the training.

I also have type 1, which cuts my chances of doing it significantly.

I can make my own insulin, but that means boiling a lot of pancreas that are not mine. Turning me into a vampire like creature for others pancreatic juices...

[–] ClockworkOtter 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, when you say you can do you mean you have, and used it?

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[–] fkn 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technically didn't that already make you a vampire... Just one that lives in a society where you pay money to a good of people to find and boil those pancreas for you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, insulin is produced by bacteria that have been edited to contain the genes to create insulin. No pancreas is harmed to make it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Someone told them they were too stupid to live, and they said “hold my cheese whiz”

[–] sugarfree 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The hiker must have had the surprise of his life. Really sad that the campers didn't have adequate supplies, wouldn't wish that situation on my worst enemy.

[–] SpaceNoodle 2 points 1 year ago

I try to have more competent enemies

[–] TropicalDingdong 5 points 1 year ago

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