{"id":429610,"date":"2021-04-15T21:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429610"},"modified":"2021-04-15T21:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:20:57","slug":"missing-hiker-has-one-mans-very-weird-hobby-to-thank-for-saving-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-hiker-has-one-mans-very-weird-hobby-to-thank-for-saving-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Hiker Has One Man\u2019s \u2018Very Weird Hobby\u2019 To Thank For Saving His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissing-hiker-has-one-mans-very-weird-hobby-to-thank-for-saving-his-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2136.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rene Compean, a hiker who went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains, has one man\u2019s \u201cvery weird hobby\u201d to thank for saving his life.<\/p>\n<p>Compean was reported <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/acadia-national-park-maine-hiking-death-nps-search-rescue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">missing<\/a> on Monday night and rescue crews searched the mountains in southern California throughout the night to no avail. But by Tuesday late afternoon, the hiker was located after the sheriff\u2019s department sent out his photo to members of the media and posted it on social media platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/one-mans-very-weird-hobby-was-the-key-that-led-searchers-to-missing-calif-hiker\/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=607882013f50910001b1bff6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People<\/a> magazine reported Thursday. &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/02\/man-falls-95-feet-death-valley-national-park\/\">(RELATED: Man Falls 95 Feet To His Death At Death Valley National Park)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Kuo saw the photo and knew the area where the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/narineh-avakian-hiking-found-dead-mount-waterman-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">missing hiker<\/a> was for rescue crews to find him. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/10\/missing-sarah-everard-london-metropolitan-police-officer-arrested-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: London Police Officer Arrested In Connection To Missing Woman)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a very weird hobby which is, I love taking a look at photos and figuring out where they\u2019re taken,\u201d Kuo told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/california-news\/missing-hiker-mt-waterman-photo-search\/2572468\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t think that sitting behind a computer and looking at a picture and saying, \u2018Oh, it looks like that might be where he is,\u2019 would lead to a person being rescued,\u201d he added. \u201cI was hoping I didn\u2019t send them on a wild goose chase, and then they\u2019d get mad at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.8235294117647\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One Man\u2019s \u2018Very Weird Hobby\u2019 Is the Key That Leads Searchers to Missing Calif. Hiker\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b526Xf0YcE\">https:\/\/t.co\/b526Xf0YcE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1382758695386427395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the photo, the hiker\u2019s legs can be seen covered in dirt while wearing blue sneakers. One can also see the view below him of rocks and mountain terrain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSAR Team members were able to communicate with a member of the community who is also an avid hiker in the Angeles National Forest,\u201d the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LosAngelesCountySheriffsDepartment\/posts\/4556930247667186?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZX8vPmNL2QbcwHbl0WxD4JBn87Yl6XbZxjD67FUuxZ0oDpXcSLJEvlQsY_ziTuI9Dj8z2qtpETU41Pgs-QGewHaaHmAOwzbxr4yz8VZpX2T6ccEuMRg28lBVuWDH0tu_uFDxwla9SIeAfo66wlaQnLJ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe shared information he knew about the area pictured in our posts,\u201d it added. \u201cOur Air5 started to search in the area of Twin Peaks East and Triplet Rocks where they flew low, and close to the mountain. Through the fog they found Rene safe. He was airlifted to meet with our rescuers and pose for a quick picture (included).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compean was airlifted to safety and did not need to be hospitalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rene Compean, a hiker who went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains, has one man\u2019s \u201cvery weird hobby\u201d to thank for saving his life.Compean was reported missing on Monday night &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312280,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2136.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Missing Hiker Has One Man\u2019s \u2018Very Weird Hobby\u2019 To Thank For Saving His Life","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2136.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Missing Hiker Has One Man\u2019s \u2018Very Weird Hobby\u2019 To Thank For Saving His Life","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}