STANDISH, Maine — Maine Game Wardens rescued two people Sunday after a group of hikers went missing Saturday in a bog in Steep Falls.
Three people were hiking off Mills Street when they became lost and were unable to find their way back, forcing them to spend the night outside, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesperson Mark Latti said Sunday evening in a news release.
One of the three was able to hike out Sunday morning and "wandered to a house, shoeless and cold, and told the homeowner that his friends were still lost in the woods and weren't doing well," Latti said.
A search dog with the wardens picked up a scent at about 3 p.m. and located 48-year-old Joseph Caroto of Limington and 55-year-old Stacey Gain of Baldwin, who were severely hypothermic and unable to walk, according to the release.
Warden Lucas Bellanceau started a fire to help them warm up and provided food and drinks.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office as well as fire department officials from Standish, Sebago, Baldwin, Buxton, Limington, and Hollis helped the Maine Game Wardens carry the two out of the woods.
The water was waist deep at times, Latti said.
Both were brought by ambulance to a nearby hospital and are expected to make a full recovery.
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