WYFF picks up on a weird story, that of a 47-year-old woman who went missing for more than a week after taking a cab ride to Black Mountain. Read the comments on the story to get the fuller picture:
MONTREAT, N.C. — A 47-year-old woman who was missing in the woods for more than a week told police that she survived by eating leaves and drinking creek water.
Susan Taylor, who is a first-grade teacher, was found Sunday afternoon on Graybeard Trail near Montreat.
A friend of Taylor’s said that she had gotten lost in the woods the week before. Police said Taylor had taken a taxi to the Black Mountain area on Aug. 9. She was reported missing the next day.
Montreat police told WYFF News 4 that Taylor was “OK, but disoriented.”
Taylor is a member of a hiking group that assisted in the search for her.She was found by search-and-rescue dogs that happened to be training in the area.