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Originally Posted by 4X4
It's kinda hard to feel bad for these people. Totally irresponsible to go out of bounds without having told anyone, at all. And not at least bringing a backpack with some basic survival gear and some friggin technology like a beacon....
As for the RCMP, I can see why they don't just start searching without a missing person report. But at the same time, as Gozer said, is there a problem with fake SOSs? If an SOS is reported somewhere, I think it'd be prudent for the RCMP to at least take their chopper over there and physically find the SOS themselves. I mean, we're a first world country. We have helicopters. If someone reported an SOS in the snow, it should get looked at by authorities. If for no other reason than to cover their ass in a situation like this.
They'd at least be able to say that they went out and looked at the SOS but found nobody around it (cause the dummy kept moving).
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Yep, the victims certainly carry a large portion of the blame here. But to me there is no discounting that the RCMP, etc. bungled this one badly.
A universal distress signal found in remote/rugged country should immediately be investigated at the source, not in a parking lot or a rental shop. Its no different than a 911 call IMO.