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This is what happens when you fail to reign in scam calls in any way for a decade plus.

Believe it or not, this is a perfect time to leave a voice mail. The not answering spam calls I am normalized with, but the refusal to use voice mail for important calls is inexcusable.
- I would not listen to it. Just send a text
- I don't have a voicemail set up specifically because I don't want to dial in to check it. If you're a real person just text me to get my attention.
- Dunno about other countries, but in Brazil you have to pay to listen to your voicemail
- There's people out there who haven't disabled their voice mail? Wild...
- My voicemail box is full because I don’t have the heart to clear it, I have a bunch of old messages from my father who passed
Three decades, easily

I'm totally with the hiker on this one, and this illustrates why spam calls are more than just a nuisance.

Yep. I’m lost, 2% battery left, I aint answering a call from an unknown number. Imagining dying of thirst having wasted your last battery on a telemarketing call.

Why didn’t they text? Cultural norms aside, texts usually go through more easily than calls in spotty areas. But yeah, I’ll take hypothermia and exposure over answering an unknown number any day.

Hey its me ur rescuer
- If you want to be rescued sub to my OnlyFans site.
Modern search and rescue tools actually do send a text with a link to ping your exact location. The text is intended to be customized to the situation so they know it is legit.
Clark, your mother Martha is worried about you. You are not in trouble. Please contact Metropolis PD to let us know you are safe, or click this link to share your location so we can come get you.
- I know this trick, it's a virus
- Nice try hungry bear.
- If I saw that show up on my phone then I would immediately assume that there's a warrant out for my arrest. That message would be more likely to get me to huck my phone in a stream than click the link.

I wouldn't expect rescuers to be calling me (assuming this is legit), so yeah, I probably wouldn't answer either

Cmon, of course they would. They use every tool available and the phone is right there.
- "every tool available" okay text me then
- Well then since they presumably got the missing person's number from someone that knows them and knows they were missing, maybe they should've called from that person's phone

In this day and age, people should learn how to text. That guy almost had to have an awkward voice conversation. 😳

Weird story. If they needed rescuing and had cell coverage why would they need to wait for an incoming call?

Iirc He wasn't lost. Somebody told the authorities, that the guy was missing and that he wanted to go on a hike. So they called him to see if he really was lost. He didn't answer the call, so they presumed he was injured or lost his phone. With this information they declared him lost and started a search.
- Then this is perfectly normal. Why would I answer a phone number I don't recognize when I'm out enjoying solitude? I imagine it was on DND and he never even saw the call.
  What a weird article.

Valid.

....Dear Trevon, we've been trying to reach you about your car insurance..

I will pay extra and tip the rescuers if they txt me.

So a guy is lost and has phone service? Why didn’t he just call out for help? Never mind the whole issue of not answering unknown numbers. He had service and didn’t use his phone? This whole story is BS.

90% of missing hikers get lost in serviced areas.
- Pure curiosity , I wonder how many of those are capable of making a call when they need help?
  It's great to have service at the bottom of a ravine, but if I cracked my skull falling there, it's quite a misleading stat

I mean, did they leave a voicemail?

Same

Is that why Julian Sands died? ☹️