JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. ( KKTV /Gray News) - A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger is facing felony charges after law enforcement says a stabbing investigation that prompted a multi-agency manhunt was found to be “an elaborate hoax.”

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Callum Heskett, a seasonal ranger at Staunton State Park, radioed for help at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday claiming he’d been attacked and stabbed.

Heskett told officials his alleged attacker fled on foot and gave first responders a suspect description.

Emergency responders airlifted Heskett to the hospital while the search for the suspect he described continued for several hours.

Several first responders and law enforcement agencies responded to the park, air search crews were deployed, the

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