articleA Colorado hiker who had wandered off the trail and got lost ignored repeated phone calls from rescuers because the hiker didn’t recognize the number, officials said. The person started hiking Mount Elbert from the South Trailhead on October 18 around 9 a.m., Lake County Search and Rescue said. The missing hiker finally showed up at their place of lodging around 9:30 a.m. and the search was called off, LCSAR said. LCSAR said the subject ignored "repeated phone calls" because they simply didn’t recognize the number. VIDEO: Bear crashes wedding, unfazed guest continues eating dinnerLCSAR has now left other hikers with some advice: "If you’re overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone."

Source: Fox News October 26, 2021 19:26 UTC