Singing Trouble

Excerpts from a social media post by a search and rescue non-profit that operates in parts of British Columbia, Canada:

Thursday night, COSAR [Central Okanagan Search & Rescue] responded to reports of someone yelling for help near the Boulderfields, a popular climbing spot off the Kettle Valley Railway. Two concerned hikers called 911 after hearing repeated cries.

Early responders even heard faint yelling—but couldn’t make out what was being said. Was it “help”? Or worse, Nickelback?

Then we found him: a lone camper, singing his heart out to the trees, blissfully unaware that the acoustics of the Boulderfields had turned his tent-side concert into an accidental distress signal.

“He wasn’t in trouble,” said COSAR Search Manager Duane Tresnich. “Unless you count his singing.”

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