A mother and her 9-year-old son got lost in a remote California forest while en route to a Boy Scouts camp. After their GPS led them onto old logging roads, they lost signal and became stranded. They left behind notes requesting help, which a volunteer search-and-rescue team discovered. The team located them about a mile from their last known position, where they had spent the night in their car. Thanks to their preparedness and the boy's training, they were safely rescued the day after they went missing.
The notes weighed down by rocks with HELP written at the top said they were stranded up the road with no phone service.
About four hours after being dispatched, the search team found the first note that read: HELP. Me and my son are stranded with no service and can't call 911.
Authorities credited the pair with alerting others where they were going and when they would arrive and staying where they were once they got lost.
The boy also used his whistle to sound three short bursts a signal for help that Scouts are taught.
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