Rescue teams turn up missing outdoorsman
Valerie Albert, vice president of David Thompson Search and Rescue, relayed information via radio while responders searched for John Hantz on March 24. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
John Hantz and his bull mastiff Chester. A concerned neighbor reported Hantz missing on March 23 after he headed into the Lincoln County backcountry with Chester. Rescuers found Hantz in safe condition the following day. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Hantz)
John Hantz's Can-Am side-by-side. A concerned neighbor reported Hantz missing on March 23 after he headed into the Lincoln County backcountry in the side-by-side with his dog. Rescuers found Hantz in safe condition the following day. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Hantz)
John Hantz's bull mastiff Chester. A concerned neighbor reported Hantz missing on March 23 after he headed into the Lincoln County backcountry with Chester. Rescuers found Hantz in safe condition the following day. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Hantz)
Following a day of search and rescue operations on March 24, authorities found a missing Libby man who disappeared in the brush with his dog earlier this week.
Libby Police Chief Scott Kessel said first responders found John Hantz, 69, in safe condition in the Barron Creek drainage late in the afternoon...
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