Hiker and Cat Found in Gila Forest

From krqe.com An Albuquerque woman who’d been missing for nearly a month was found Wednesday alive, but barely. Search and rescue crews say they found Margaret Page, 31, in the Gila National Forest and she wasn’t alone. They also found Page’s cat, who never left the woman’s side.  Officials say on Wednesday they spotted Page’s blue sleeping bag about a mile up from the Railroad Canyon Trail, they believe that’s where she’d gone hiking back in February. Page had likely been stranded in the Gila for the past three weeks, nibbling on food she had brought with her and drinking water from a nearby creek. She told crews she’d ran out of food about a week ago. When Page was found she was barely able to speak and had lost one third of her body weight. She had been able to stay warm thanks to her thick blue sleeping bag.  Crews were startled at first to spot a small animal crawling out of Page’s sleeping bag, but quickly realized the furry little creature was actually a house cat.  More News New Mexico

Hiker and Cat Found in Gila Forest