B.C. camper heard yelling in the woods not in distress, just singing Nickelback
The first members of the crew who arrived at the Boulderfields could hear "faint yelling - but couldn't make out what was being said," according to a COSAR post shared online.
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Nothing like a good, old-fashioned Nickel-backcountry singalong to launch search and rescue crews into action.
On Thursday evening, the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crew were out training when they received reports of someone yelling for help near the Boulderfields, a climbing spot near the Kettle Valley Railway.
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Two hikers had contacted 911 after hearing what sounded like “repeated cries.” The crew immediately switched from training to rescue mode, activating its drone team along with two RCMP officers.
The first members of the crew who arrived at the Boulderfields could hear “faint yelling – but couldn’t make out what was being said,” according to a post online by the search team.
The crew had split into two teams and was prepping to search the woods and the forest roads when team members found the source of the yelling: A man camping alone who had been belting out Nickelback’s greatest hits.
The camper was “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,” according to the team.
“He wasn’t in trouble,” said search manager Duane Tresnich. “Unless you count his singing.”
The team thanked the hikers who called it in, adding that while Thursday evening’s incident turned out to be nothing more than a camper in need of singing lessons, “it could have been serious.”
“And remember, our services are always free. And the money you save could be spent on singing lessons.”
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