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Missing man found in Mendocino
By GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | 20-Feb-2008
A Santa Rosa man who spent two nights lost in the woods of northern
Mendocino County was found cold, tired and hungry but otherwise
unharmed Tuesday night.
Nicholas Montoya, 29, and his friend, Errin Petty, 29, also of Santa
Rosa, were riding dirt bikes on logging roads near Irmulco Road on
Sunday when Montoya got lost, said Mendocino County Sheriff's Search
Commander Sgt. Kevin Cotroneo.
He spent his first night sleeping near his dirt bike and the second in
a culvert, he said.
He ate a couple of beetles and a salamander, which made him sick to
his stomach, said Cotroneo, who advises against eating salamanders.
Many types of salamanders are poisonous and can be lethal to eat.
Montoya on Tuesday made his way to Sherwood Road, west of Willits,
where a search and rescue reserve deputy found him at about 5:30 p.m.,
Cotroneo said.
There had been at least 25 people and two helicopters searching for
Montoya. They were hampered by the rain and low-lying fog, Cotroneo
said.
Montoya's bike, which he was test driving prior for a possible
purchase, has yet to be recovered, he said.
By GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | 20-Feb-2008
A Santa Rosa man who spent two nights lost in the woods of northern
Mendocino County was found cold, tired and hungry but otherwise
unharmed Tuesday night.
Nicholas Montoya, 29, and his friend, Errin Petty, 29, also of Santa
Rosa, were riding dirt bikes on logging roads near Irmulco Road on
Sunday when Montoya got lost, said Mendocino County Sheriff's Search
Commander Sgt. Kevin Cotroneo.
He spent his first night sleeping near his dirt bike and the second in
a culvert, he said.
He ate a couple of beetles and a salamander, which made him sick to
his stomach, said Cotroneo, who advises against eating salamanders.
Many types of salamanders are poisonous and can be lethal to eat.
Montoya on Tuesday made his way to Sherwood Road, west of Willits,
where a search and rescue reserve deputy found him at about 5:30 p.m.,
Cotroneo said.
There had been at least 25 people and two helicopters searching for
Montoya. They were hampered by the rain and low-lying fog, Cotroneo
said.
Montoya's bike, which he was test driving prior for a possible
purchase, has yet to be recovered, he said.