Before disappearing without a trace, a hiker allegedly sent a terrifying video tape.
In Utah, Austin Madsen, 32, was reported missing on January 29 but hasn’t been located as of yet.
The hiker can be seen slogging through the deep snow and investigating the surroundings in video that his wife Emily posted online.
Austin, a father of two and native of Ohio, posted a 360-degree panorama of the area and remarked, “The ocean’s coming back brother.”
He had shared the brief clip to his pal, Emily revealed.
Austin’s cell phone’s ping assisted police in locating his abandoned truck in Mount Dutton’s Dry Hollow neighbourhood.
According to FOX13, he is thought to have been operating a 2011 Chevrolet Avalanche.
Cops also discovered a trail of tracks that they think the hiker left behind.
Before search efforts were halted on January 31 owing to severe weather, police and rescue teams had been scouring the area for several days.
Officers have described search efforts as “difficult” because to the low temperatures, strong winds, and deep snow.
Even though it has dropped to a freezing -6F (-21C) in the Mount Dutton region, search efforts have not been suspended.
According to the police, Austin’s family has not heard from him since the previous weekend.
He allegedly informed them he was travelling to Arizona, they revealed.
Emily told KUTV: “It’s not common for him to go this long without any sort of communication.
“I talked to him via FaceTime and he was snowshoeing and looked like he was having fun, but then he was looking for the truck was going to get down and I haven’t heard from him since.”
Emily has described the ordeal as “really unbearable” adding: “I didn’t think I’d have to go through something like this.”
She told KUTV that she doesn’t think her husband has been to Mount Dutton before.
But, she revealed online that Austin is an outdoorsman and has previously done backpacking and is “pretty resilient” to “far travels.”
Nearly 230 miles separate Mount Dutton from Salt Lake City, the state’s capital.
Police have stated that the search is still in progress.
