DENVER — Colorado is a dangerous lightning state due to our outdoor lifestyles, and that danger turned tragically real after lightning was confirmed to have been the cause of the death of the two missing hunters in Conejos County.

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 of 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.

Each year, around 300 people are struck by lightning across the country, and about 30 of those turn fatal, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat

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