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| Malheur County Oregon |
According to the Ontario Argus Observer, the Malheur County
Sheriff's Office started a search and rescue effort – complete with a plane and
16 volunteers - on Jan. 8 after receiving a call that a man, on a 10-day hiking
trip in the area, was lost. It just so happens that the man, 68-year-old Gene
Pratt of Sandy, Ore., was sitting in a motel room, playing a prank on his wife,
who worried that he might be lost.
"These types of situations we're not really happy
about," said Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe. "We had people out
in the dark, the National Guard about to take off, and lots of people on slick
roads."
Apparently, police are going to bill the man for their work
and are considering pressing criminal charges for the hoax.
