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Hiker Missing Near Ashland



Who: 69-year-old Jack Copley Loessi
Where: Hiking near Ashland, Oregon
His mistake: He didn’t tell anybody where he was going, and he hiked alone.
What happened: A man is missing when he didn’t return from a hike over the weekend. The man is in good health with no known problems. Police are looking for the man, but they haven’t found any sign of the man or his car.

The man is described as being 6 feet tall, 170 pounds.

Read the story here.

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