CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo. — The two hunters who died in Colorado's backcountry last week were struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed to Denver7, a coroner confirmed to Denver7 on Monday.

The bodies of Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah, both 25 years old, were found a couple miles away from a trailhead in Conejos County on Sept. 18.

On Monday afternoon, Denver7 called the Conejos County coroner, who said that the two men died from a lightning strike. The official autopsy report will become available after eight to 10 weeks.

On Sept. 16, the Conejos County Sheriff's Office announced that the two men had disappeared during an elk hunting trip west of Trujillo Meadows Reservoir, which is about 4 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico line.

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