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Typo in the headline
You misspelled 'idiots'
"Mrs. Simpson: While we were
"Mrs. Simpson: While we were rescuing your husband, a lumberyard burned down."
Aww
Lumber has a million uses.
who pays for the helicopter?
and did these guys freak out when the helicopter came? I can see where they may have been confused and thought the state police were aliens.
weed is legal now.
Does Massachusetts have a law that permits
hikers who deliberately put themselves in situations like this by being unprepared to be charged the cost of their rescue?
Why did they need to be rescued?
Nights are short.
It was warm and dry last night.
They could have just stayed put to morning.
Why did they bother?
Adults, moderate temperatures, and a short night ... A few bug bites an a couple of hours of stargazing and they could hike out.
Sounds like the lot of them could use some orienteering lessons from Autumn Veatch and Sailor Gutzler.
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You're the biggest hardo on UH and it isn't close. Don't ever change.
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Gee. Thanks.
Pretty cold
It was low 40s, damp, with clear skies. Unless yer dressed for that it'd be really unpleasant. Yes they would survive, and if they were the slightest bit clever huddle and sleep and be fine at sunrise but that was already contraindicated.
Blue Hill is not in Maine
I have no idea where you are getting your temperature data of "low 40s". Blue Hill Observatory says that the overnight low was 53.2 degrees at 3:08 am.
Otherwise known as light jacket weather. The average overnight temp was higher.
This was measured a very short distance from where they were picked up.
http://www.bluehill.org/weatherdata/DailySummary.html
Well, to be accurate, Blue
Well, to be accurate, Blue Hill is in Maine. Blue Hills is outside of Boston. That said, neither were that cold.
Hypothermia
If they kept moving, and didn't get wet, they'd probably be fine. If either of those conditions weren't met, 54-degree weather could easily result in hypothermia.
That said, I think the "UFO hunting" story is probably made up so they wouldn't have to admit they got lost coming back from their marijuana grow, or body dump, or whatever.
A helicopter?
A freaking helicopter?
I'm surprised they didn't run away from it. Glad they didn't have cell phone service, though..."Walk toward the light"
"NO"
"...no flashlight or cell
Obviously not serious UFO hunters. How did they expect to contact the mother ship without a flashlight or cell phone?
how ET phoned home
a speak and spell, along with box, record turntable, a skill saw blade, a coffee can, a coat hanger, electrical wires, bobby pins, string and a pop up umbrella, lined with aluminum foil, to be used as a radar dish
And these brilliant folks who got lost in the woods
didn't have any of that stuff either. Plus, technology has improved greatly since 1982.
Don't forget the reeses
Don't forget the reeses pieces!
What is a "serious UFO hunter?"
Are there many of them out there? Does the word "deinstitutionalization" appear in their histories?
No, no
Sirius UFO hunters. Looking for our astrocanid overlords.
Note it says cell phone
Note it says cell phone service which may imply they had a phone but it did not have reception.
You can buy very reasonably priced AAA keychain flashlights that you can carry with you all the time. With a fresh battery every so often that'll carry you a long ways in an emergency.
Where the hell in the Blue
Where the hell in the Blue Hills doesn't have cell phone service?
I go hiking there all the time and have never not had LTE, which isn't surprising given that you're never more than 1-2 miles from 128.
My guess
My guess is that they burned through their batteries using their phones as flashlights. It makes sense that they initially had cell service, otherwise how would the authorities know to be looking for them. Unless someone else expected them home and called...
Larry, Mo, and Curley
Was that you?
Joe Besser, not Curly
Curly and Shemp never did shorts involving UFOs
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How do you get lost in Blue Hills near Buck Hill??
There's like 15 trails and they all lead to a road in any direction you travel. There aren't even any windy bits.
Even beyond the UFO garbage, this story seems insane.
All you have to do is walk in
All you have to do is walk in a straight line for 15 minutes and you will be on a road.
All you have to do is walk in
All you have to do is walk in a straight line for 15 minutes and you will be on a road.
Well, it was pretty dark.
That might of had something to do with it.
And if you are not familiar with hiking in the hills and if you don't have a light and/or compass and/or map, and there is no one else to ask, you get lost.
This is like the most basic hiking
The trails are super well-marked. They're super well-worn too. The markings are easy to see at night AND it's literally a full moon tonight.
(No subject)
A feckless avocado toast eater, no doubt about it
My lawn, get off it.
The good news is.... Ramona
The good news is.... Ramona reports they did spot a few UFO's. When asked by the reporter why the UFO's didn't assist in their navigation, Ramona had no answer.
They simply forgot
After the probes and scanners, they didn't remember where they were.
Two questions...
1) The Moon was nearly fulll last night. Was there heavy cloud cover in Milton?
2) Don't most cellphones have flashlights these days?
It was cloudy when I got up this morning...
so, yes, there could of been cloud cover last night.
Obligatory
That was no moon, that was a space station...
Having to get rescued from
Having to get rescued from "hiking" in the Blue Hills? Holy crap, I thought I've seen incompetent. What the hell were you doing there at night without a light or a map anyway? Was there a plan?
It reminds me of the time the
It reminds me of the time the family had to get "rescued" from that corn maze when they called the cops. I think it was in Danvers.
http://www.adweek.com/tvspy
October 2011 - Danvers
These people went in to the corn maze with a three week old baby ... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44875752/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/i-am-really-s...
Speaking of UFOs tonight
Go get "lost" tonight in Blue Hills...or even your front step and see the ISS (ok, it's an IFO)!
It will be going from NW to SE across the sky almost directly overhead (70 degrees above the horizon at its peak height).
Go outside about 9:05 PM and it will be just above the horizon to the NW and very faint.
It will take about 3 minutes to gain in intensity and be nearly directly overhead at 9:08 - 9:09 and moving at a decent clip towards the SE. It won't be twinkling and it'll be nearly as bright as Venus usually is in the night sky!
It will disappear from view at about 9:11 just above the SE horizon.
As a viewing tip, the moon (and Saturn!) will be SE in the sky, so the ISS will come from the exact opposite side of the sky from them and head right towards them. You can probably also spot Jupiter halfway across the sky due west of the Moon as well!
Mixed blesshings.
This is really great, and thanks, but you realize there'll be like nineteen rescue calls tonight, right?
20 Rescue calls
I almost called 911 immediately becsuse he said ISIS was coming. Then I realized he said ISS, and didn't call. Don't know what that is, but it's probably not terrorists and it's not going to stick a probe in me.
(Ohhh- the space station...?!!!)
There are
Unexplained phenomena in the world and even Massachusetts. The bridge water triangle is an interesting haunt. These people seem like nuckleheads, but don't knock the truth yo'.
Helicopter was a good idea
The MSP helicopters have a thermal imager which detects body heat, so rather than scramble 50 troopers from across the state to search a huge area in the dark, it was better to send two from the air-wing, most likely from Plymouth Airport which is fairly close.
These stories aren't unusual, especially in Northern New England. I recall far-left Boston WBUR broadcaster Ted O'Brien getting lost for days in the NH woods and the debate over whether he should be charged for the search.
Minor correction
WBUR is not "far left".
It depends
If you're looking at it from a point far to the right of the John Birch Society, then BUR will appear to be "far left."
UFO
is the new code word for Puckle Park.
Silly?
All you need to do is walk in any direction in the Blue Hills and you will eventually reach a road. Of course there is that sharp edge overhanging Rt 128, but I digress.
As to UFO hunting, we all know the only place to hunt UFOs in this region is in Bridgewater, but then again... I digress.
As to the new construction westerly of Groom... well... Google is your friend.
In fairness, the UFO scanning
In fairness, the UFO scanning rays probably killed their phone and flashlight batteries. It always does in the pickup truck battery/starter in all those movies.
"Pick a direction" or "keep in one spot for the night" would seem to be the most practical options.
Really though, it points out government discrimination and outmoded thinking. Clearly, wasteful helicopters are enabled and there's a criminal lack of separated bike lanes & satnav-equipped hubway docks.