Two people died after a fall of 116 meters from a southern observation zone Utah Bryce Canyon National Park.
The tourists spotted the bodies Tuesday below the point of inspiration after the two hikers fell on Monday or Tuesday on Tuesday, according to the Garfield County Sheriff.
According to At the National Park Service websiteInspiration Point is an area that “offers a view of birds in the largest collection of rock arrows in the world called” Hoodoos “found in the Bryce amphitheater.”
The police said that it is not known how the man and the woman fell, but noted that they had crossed security railings and that they had their cat with them, who survived the fall.
Park Rangers, research and rescue teams and a helicopter team helped recover the bodies. The cat “was found in a black carrier next black which was dirty and torn, but which seemed to have resisted the fall well enough”, according to The animal company of best friends.
The officials identified the two people as Matthew Nannen, 45, and Bailee Crane, 58, According to the New York Times.
The two lived in a U-Haul truck and their last known address was in Florida, according to the point of sale.
The Best Friends Animal Society estimated that the cat is 12 years old. It was found next to the bodies of Nannen and Crane.
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The cat, which is now named Mirage, was taken to the Pawz Dogs boarding center on Tuesday, but the next day, the best friends were contacted by the Sheriff office and transported the cat to its Kanab location, According to the affiliate of CBS Kutv.
“She was tangled and a little painful, but friendly on the exam, as well as drinking and eating alone,” said Best Friends Animal Society.
He added that the cat’s straps showed no sign of anomaly, but the staff awaited the radiographs to determine if they had had other injuries.
Bryce Canyon is a colorful labyrinth of arrows, cliffs and eroded ravines in the soft rock and the ground at the edge of a tray. More than two million people visit the park each year.
This is not the first time that someone has died due to injuries suffered in Bryce Canyon National Park.
In June 2024, Tom Lorig, a 78 -year -old forest ranger, died due to injuries he suffered after stumbling and fell into service.
Lorig directed visitors to the park to a shuttle at the Bryce Canyon astronomy festival when he fell and hit his head on a large rock.
A visitor noticed that Lorig did not respond and alerted a ranger responsible for the application of the laws, who contacted the local staff of the EMS, who tried to provide him with rescue care but could not revive him.
– With files from the Associated Press
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