Two Florida hikers were rescued over the Christmas weekend after they got lost for hours in a swamp filled with alligators, snakes and other creatures.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in west-central Florida said it responded to a call from a hiker in the Cypress Creek Wilderness Preserve near Tampa on the evening of Dec. 23.
The sheriff’s office said it “quickly acted to locate and rescue them.” Our Aviation Unit, equipped with night vision goggles, guided our patrol deputies to the swampy area where the hikers were and safely escorted them back to the reserve entrance.”
A video shared on Facebook by the office shows deputies searching on the ground and by air, until the pedestrian was found through the trees by the night vision capabilities of the aviation unit.
The office told the Miami Herald the hikers, “decided to contact us when it was dark, and they found themselves in a swampy area.”
Aerial units circle above spotting pedestrians through trees using night vision capabilities. Facebook/Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
The pedestrians were escorted back to the reserve entrance, the sheriff’s office said. Facebook/Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
At the end of the video, the pedestrians appear unharmed as they walk out of the swamp, cheerfully telling deputies “How are you?”
They also said they were “fine” and didn’t need an ambulance.
The office said the deputy minister safely escorted the pedestrian to the entrance of the reserve.
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