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Originally posted by Thomas "Ty" Beaham:
The mention of substantial storm activity makes
death by hypothermia or lightning both plausible.

Seeing as there was mention in one of the linked articles in this thread, of them changing out of wet clothing at some point, I'm leaning towards a lightning event. Especially if they were glassing from a high point off of tripods.

It just doesn't make sense to me that they would head back out AGAIN without rain gear, having just been doused, and leave themselves open to hypothermia.

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I hadn't even thought about lightning. That would explain a lot of things. Both of them going down at once in the same location, for one.

More likely than the head of the Texas Contingent yelling about drugs with no facts in circulation.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by Thomas "Ty" Beaham:
The mention of substantial storm activity makes
death by hypothermia or lightning both plausible.

Seeing as there was mention in one of the linked articles in this thread, of them changing out of wet clothing at some point, I'm leaning towards a lightning event. Especially if they were glassing from a high point off of tripods.

It just doesn't make sense to me that they would head back out AGAIN without rain gear, having just been doused, and leave themselves open to hypothermia.

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I hadn't even thought about lightning. That would explain a lot of things. Both of them going down at once in the same location, for one.

I can certainly buy into lightning and I hadn’t thought of that either.

As I alluded to in another thread on this topic,

especially if they were glassing off of metal or graphite tripods from a high point.

People forget that lightning can travel for miles and find you in

your boat, or on the golf course, or a mountain top.

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Elk hunters found dead in southern Colorado were killed by lightning, coroner says

Damn Ty…you are a prophet!

Lol, not at all Doc Easter.

I've dwelled and spent a lifetime outdoors in one of the more lightning prone areas of North America.

I do have a number of close calls I can remember from those 6+ decades, the majority of which
were from this very time of year.
In both the Elk filled Northern "Rim Country" and the uninhabited "Sky Islands" of Southern Arizona.

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Yes, Thomas "Ty" Beaham, Lord Prophet of the High Mountains. Great call. No substitute for experience. I guess that also might explain why their satellite device failed. Could be significant in pinpointing exact time of death.

Makes sense.

Now we know what happened.

Rest in peace.

Really sad to read this. My heart has been heavy for the last half hour as I have been reading this thread. Such young vibrant lives gone in a moment. The grief and devastation for the families must be terrible. I pray for God's peace for the families and those who have passed.

Lightning strike is the strangest experience I have faced. It happened twice on the same day in Assam when I was a 26 year old Tea Planter. It was about 4.30 pm and I was on a bicycle and a thunder storm was starting. A lightning bolt struck a power pole about 20 meters from me but it felt a lot closer. I was on a mud road and in 5 minutes I was in my bungalow. I walked out to my garden and another bolt struck a power lead frame on the house about 20 feet from me and my hairs stood on their ends and my skin prickled. There was a strange smell around and I went indoors.

The fear I felt was difficult to explain. I knew I had been very close to death.

Wow!
I admit I didn’t think of lightning either!
In hindsight, knowing the conditions,
it should have been more in mind.
Terrible that it happened but I’d think a pretty quick way to go hopefully.

latest news is they were struck by lightning.

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Originally posted by Thomas "Ty" Beaham:
Lol, not at all Doc Easter.

I've dwelled and spent a lifetime outdoors in one of the more lightning prone areas of North America.

I do have a number of close calls I can remember from those 6+ decades, the majority of which
were from this very time of year.
In both the Elk filled Northern "Rim Country" and the uninhabited "Sky Islands" of Southern Arizona.

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My great great grandfather was killed on the ranch moving cattle horseback. Killed him and the horse. I know the very spot on a rim above North Creek in Jack County Texas about 1890. His brother saw the strike.

I spent the night on Saddle Mountain one night in the early 90’s in a small wall tent heading into the Weminuche to hunt elk not too far from where these boys were killed in a severe thunderstorm with lightning literally cracking and exploding spruce trees all around me.

Had a friend in high school was killed by a lightning strike while sitting in an open elevated tripod deer blind. Relatively clear day, no storm, no thunder.

Article is updated and cause of death seems to be lightning strike. Very unfortunate.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
Had a friend in high school was killed by a lightning strike while sitting in an open elevated tripod deer blind. Relatively clear day, no storm, no thunder.

Wow…that is wild. I have this one tower stand that believe it or not has been hit by a small tornado twice in 2 different (but close) locations. On one occasion we got a pic of the small rope tornado on a trail cam. I call it the bad-luck blind (rebuilt twice). Now, I am going to worry about lightning striking me in it even on a clear day.

Well, the odds of being hit by lightning are low, so while I’m going to try and avoid known risky situations, if it happens, my number was up.