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Joyful Moment: Mother Finds Out Daughter is Alive After She Went Missing in Oregon Woods
- Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:30pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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After all of the horror stories about what ends up happening to people who have gone missing, it is nice to see some good news for a change.
Pamela Salant and her boyfriend went hiking in an Oregon forest when the two parted ways to scout out a campsite. Salent, however, was not seen again for three days.
Fox News Insider reports that Salant was rescued from the bottom of a ravine, where she had been living off beetles and berries. She reportedly escaped with a broken leg and back.
Video cameras captured the moment Salant’s mother, Jane, learned her daughter was alive. Jane Salant then joined America Live to tell us how Pamela is doing now:
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Comments (52)
riverat1970
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:52pmshe needs to send bear grylls a thank you card or maybe the original survivor “survivorman” was where she learned the survival techniques. Or maybe she was just a country girl.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:45pmBut other than inconveniencing the search and rescue people how was the hike?
Report Post »TangoBravo
Posted on August 6, 2011 at 1:07amI presume you’re joking because they are search and rescue teams. This is what they do and train for to help those who cannot help themselves. Perhaps you didn’t read the broken leg & back portion. Try hiking some of the back wood Oregon areas, they are steep and even experienced hikers get hurt. If accidents didn‘t happen we wouldn’t need search & rescue now would we?
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 4:15pmGlad that she was found, and hope her injuries aren’t too serious.
Sounds like people who don‘t have a good idea of what they’re doing should stay out of the woods or pay better attention to what they’re doing though.
Report Post »TeachESL
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:54pmQuestion the boyfriend about this
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:48pmOh… This is such good news! I am so happy for her family! Praise God for the happy ending!
Report Post »blessedmidwest
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 1:39pmMost of the “Janes” I know are unflappable. Glad her daughter was rescued.
Report Post »Iman Barak Hussein
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:04amCrazy hikers.
Report Post »You couldn’t get me out of my lay z boy with a shotgun.
TangoBravo
Posted on August 6, 2011 at 1:13amYou’re funny. You’d be an easy rescue. My G. Shepherd would find you in a heart beat! :)
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:25amThis is why you should include a whistle in your camping supplies. It takes very little energy to generate a lot of noise to help people find you. I’m glad this story had a happy ending.
Report Post »Libertarian2
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:53amSingerGuy… Do you live in Awatukee? I think I have seen you in your Infiniti sports car!
Report Post »Love the 100 year roof stories,
SingerGuy
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:05amNot sure I’ve been in AZ longer than the time it takes to pass through the NW corner while driving from St. George to Las Vegas in my mini van. ;-)
Report Post »hopetochange2012
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:36amGREAT idea!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:55amI agree Survival 1.01 Signaling…Whistle/Mirror/Flare
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:37pmYour absolutely right. I have whistle in my tackle box and hurricane survival supplies.
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:10amboyfriend….Where is he?
Report Post »piper60
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:08amGood Question. Did he really help search for her at all?
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:56amMaybe he pushed her?
Report Post »GQQSER
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:32amSorry, I have no pity for thrill seekers who waste resources because they don’t think about anything other than themselves and expect everyone else to come to their rescue regardless of the cost.
Report Post »In my world? she died…sorry.
rabblechat
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:28amA “thrill seeker”? Common… She was out camping. Its not like she was out climbing mount hood in a snow storm. Accidents happen. In your world should we even have EMT’s? If someone is hurt in a car crash should we just let them die too?
Report Post »robstoddard
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:43amThis is a person that turned her computer off, escaped the TV and went outside. Something you’ll probably never do. Don’t consider her crazy, she probably stepped on some unsound ground near that ravine and fell down it.
This is why you never should go alone in the woods.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:45pmGqqser: You are a pig for saying such a thing.
Report Post »psychokittis
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:41pmHey GQQSER-you proceed on false presumption.
Report Post »One does not go hiking and camping to be a thrill seeker.
Get out of the city and check out the woods once in a while.
Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:11amThis campsite she was looking for- was is it at the bottom of the cliff? (disengage sarc)
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:59am“where she had been living off beetles and berries”…Michelle“Marie Antoinette” Obama’s version of a McDonalds Happy Meal.
Report Post »TangoBravo
Posted on August 6, 2011 at 1:15amLOL I love the funny posts.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:58am“She reportedly escaped with a broken leg and back.”
Report Post »It‘s good that she’s alive; but, really, can they minimize her injuries any more than that?
Another way to say it might be: she fell into a ravine; but, managed to survive by living off bugs and berries, despite having broken both her leg and back.
She was found and rescued 3 days later; which, of course, made her mom quite happy.
clingingtogodandguns
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:46amsame thing happen to me last weekend on my 3 day camping drunken binger, i came through with just a broken arm.No serious glad she’s going to be fine.
Report Post »BeerSnob
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:07amsame thing seems to happen to me every time I go camping…
Report Post »madhornet
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 4:59amshe‘s lucky she didn’t run into Bigfoot out there.
Report Post »RationalMan
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:43amNO don’t get rid of the story!!!!
It all has to do about “SURVIVAL” not kiss a*s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:53amIts about time we had a missing story that turned out well – glad the Blaze posted it – good job!
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Gypsy123
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:38amWe shall all be eating bugs if we don’t get Obama out of the white house in 2012
Report Post »jim
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 1:15amGet used to those beetles, babe, we’ve still got a year and a half with Obama left.
Report Post »miketype1each
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:37amGlad she was found alive; hope she remembers that the Buddy System works on land as well as it does in water! How was it the boyfriend couldn’t find her? If he couldn’t do that, what would make anyone believe he could find a good camp site? I’m wondering if there is more to this story…
Report Post »demsaredumb
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:25amI live in Portland and the story here is they were arguing, and went their seperate ways to cool off.
Report Post »BeerSnob
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:09amMaybe he wasn’t looking too hard. “Finally… she’s gone. I think I’ll just enjoy the quiet for a little while”
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:12amI would never eat bugs. 3 days is not too long to go without food. The broken leg and the cold at night are the worst things she was dealing with. It is wonderful that she had water and berries. I spent 3 days in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area in Oregon back in June, 1971. We were doing “solos” on purpose, as part of a character training exercize. So, I know how cold it can be at night. But the broken leg and broken back. Oh, how horrible.
Report Post »Caerus
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:48amEating bugs isn’t that horrible an experience. Especially when you absolutely need the energy.
Report Post »Ask a military person whose been through survival training.
BarbWire
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:09am@boxofpens I know the area. I bet she just fell. (Probably didn’t get lost or get kidnapped.) Maybe she didn’t look where she was going, she maybe walked too close to an edge, or something like that.
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:12amProbably so. I figured she probably fell down the ravine, however we shouldn’t have to be guessing what happened here. It just seems like the story is really incomplete.
Report Post »cmg456
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 12:03amI agree. The popup is very annoying!
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:59pmGood news when they are found safe and alive. Would like to hear the rest of the story as to why the couple separated to each go their separate ways around the lake to find a camp site. Doesn’t sound like they were familiar with the area or had maps. Not the smartest thing to do…..
Report Post »TangoBravo
Posted on August 6, 2011 at 1:23amI know I’m crazy, but I love to hike with my kids. We took them hiking with us when one was in the back pack & the other in a front pack (greatest technical error of my life… 15 months apart) anyway, they knew from the time they were probably three to never go on a hike in the woods without being prepared for the worst. If we expected bad things to happen they wouldn’t be called “accidents”. At the very least my gosh, just like most of the posts say, a mirror, whistle, and a jacket. Good Lord… Well, hopefully she learned this guy is not a wilderness man. The dude didn’t seem to excited she was found eh?
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:55pmShe escaped with a broken leg? What does that mean? Did someone try to take her, or did she just get lost?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 1:25amShe escaped with a broken leg and back….NO she didn’t…She was Found! and I’m glad she was.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:53pmIt is nice to get a happy ending. I am happy for the family. NOW…….BLAZE…..PLEASE GET RID OF THE “NEXT STORY” POP UP!!!!!!!! It is so anoying I usually just move on to Drudge.
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:57pmI agree. It’s really annoying.
Report Post »Katydidnt
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:27amI hate the pop ups too. I have already seen the choice of stories. I’ve made my decisions already. I have to interu[t what I am doing to get rid of it. What am I supposed to like about it?
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