FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Crews searching for a missing man at Grand Canyon National Park made an unexpected discovery this summer. The car he was driving was located in a Grand Canyon parking lot in mid-August and his body was found a few days later — about 430 feet (131 meters) below the canyon's rim at Yavapai Point. Unintentional finds don't happen often at Grand Canyon National Park, which covers 1,904 square miles (4,931 square kilometers) and is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Eight people are still listed as missing from the Grand Canyon or last seen there over the past 10 years, Baird said. Sometimes, rafters on the Colorado River that flows through the Grand Canyon find them.

Source: ABC News September 15, 2021 19:41 UTC