By Jesse Major / Peninsula Daily News
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Port Angeles-area woman and her dog who had been stranded in Olympic National Park for six days were found alive Sunday afternoon.
A helicopter crew found Sajean E. Geer, 71, and her terrier-Chihuahua dog Yoda, and within minutes a ground crew made its way to them with food and water, said Penny Wagner, park spokesperson. A team made contact with her at about 4:20 p.m.
“It’s such good news for the family and for her. It’s really a good ending,” Wagner said.
Geer told the search and rescue team that she had been in Olympic National Park since the afternoon of July 17 and that she had survived by drinking water she found nearby.
She was reportedly coherent, thirsty and hungry.
Wagner said that except for minor scratches Geer was uninjured.
Geer was found in the Lillian River drainage off Obstruction Point Road, but it wasn’t clear how she got there or how far from the trailhead she was.
The search began Saturday after a ranger who was patrolling found Geer’s vehicle at the Obstruction Point trailhead, Wagner said.
Geer was first reported missing to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday but hadn’t been seen since July 17.
This story originally appeared in the Peninsula Daily News of Port Angeles. Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.
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