The two hunters who were found dead in Colorado's backcountry last week died as a result of being struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed to the Scripps News Group in Denver 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 of miles away from a trailhead in Conejos County on Sept. 18.

On Monday afternoon, the Scripps News Group in Denver called the Conejos County coroner, who confirmed that the two men died from a lightning strike. The official autopsy report will become available after eight to 10 weeks.

The Conejos County Sheriff's Office announced on Sept. 16 that the two men had disappeared during an elk hunting trip west of Trujillo Meadows Reservoir , which is about four miles

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