Reps for the Gila County Sheriff’s Office (GSCO) took to Facebook on Monday to make an example of a near five-hour rescue on the Fossil Creek Trail in Flagstaff’s Coconino National Forest. “This hiker failed to take the posted warnings seriously as she and seven others had to be rescued out of Fossil Creek yesterday. Thank you Gila County Sheriff's Office for a successful rescue and for telling it like it is.”Others, meanwhile, accused the GCSO of “sandal shaming” the naïve hiker, Yahoo Lifestyle reports. We just want to get the information out there for people to take it seriously,” Johnson said of their decision to share the story. As noted by ABC 15, the popular Fossil Creek Trail receives a whopping 100,000 visitors each year, with first responders rescuing about 200 people annually.

Source: Fox News May 01, 2019 13:49 UTC