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NORTH COAST, Calif. – An Upper Lake woman was found safe on the coast earlier this week after being reported missing.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, which issued a report on the incident Friday, did not identify the 71-year-old woman.
The report said that at approximately 11:12 a.m. Wednesday, a Cal Fire prevention officer contacted Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies regarding a possible missing person near the Chamberlain Creek Waterfall Trail on Road 200 off Highway 20. This is a rural wooded area in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest between the unincorporated areas of Camp Noyo and Northspur.
The Cal Fire prevention officer informed deputies he located an abandoned 2014 Buick SUV near the Chamberlain Creek Waterfall Trail on Tuesday during the afternoon hours. The officer advised deputies that the SUV had been parked in the area for three days and determined the Buick SUV was locked and nobody was inside.
Authorities said the Cal Fire officer searched the immediate area and was unable to locate anyone. He determined the Buick SUV was registered to a woman from Upper Lake, so he met with sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday to report the subject as a possible missing person.
Sheriff’s personnel initiated a search and rescue callout for volunteers to assist with searching the area of the abandoned SUV located by Cal Fire personnel.
While this was occurring, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received an emergency notification from CalOES regarding a Garmin satellite-based SOS device activation on Wednesday at approximately 12:41 p.m. The Garmin device emergency activation was possibly coming from a railbike associated with the Skunk Train in the area of Camp Noyo.
Sheriff’s deputies from the Coast Patrol Sector responded to investigate the Garmin device activation from the Skunk Train railbike. Sheriff’s office personnel responded to assist fire and medical personnel with gaining access through locked gates in the remote area where the emergency Garmin device activation occurred.
Sheriff’s deputies located the woman who had been lost in the woods for approximately three days since Sunday. Officials said the woman was in good health and spirits and did not require any emergency medical care.
The sheriff’s office said deputies transported the female to medical personnel at the scene. After being checked by medical personnel, the woman was transported to her vehicle at the Chamberlain Creek Waterfall Trail where she was released and returned home to Lake County.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Skunk Train railbike guides for their assistance in locating and rescuing this missing person.
