Capital Region man spends the night in the woods after losing his way along the trail. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ( DEC ) officers searched into the early morning hours before locating the individual.

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On Saturday September 20th at 11:30pm, Forest Rangers Odell and Rooney responded to a call from Ray Brook Dispatch for an overdue hiker on Big Slide Mountain in Essex County. Last contact with the hiker was six hours earlier.

A 38-year-old hiker from Clifton Park stated they had wandered off t

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