TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – A massive search involving more than a dozen agencies in Northern California successfully located a missing hiker who spent a few days without food or water.

According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the hiker sent a text to 911 on Aug. 18 saying he was "lost in steep terrain without food or water."

Dispatchers were unable to reestablish contact with the hiker to learn more about his location. Soon after, deputies found the man’s car at the Euchre Bar trailhead.

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Over the next two days, California Highway Patrol helicopters, PCSO drones , Mountain Rescue Teams and K9s worked to locate the hiker. On Aug. 20, when dive teams arrived to begin searching the American River

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