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A 78-year-old man had been missing since the summer from his mountain community in California’s high Sierra when, earlier this month, authorities finally located some of his clothes and personal belongings.

The body of Gil Clark still hasn’t been found, but officials with the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office now believe the man likely died or had a medical emergency that incapacitated him near his rural home before a bear or mountain lion dragged his body away, according to an update on the case from the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies declined to say where the clothes were found, but said it was after expanding the footprint of their search that the items were located.

Clark lived in G

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