Colorado family members die trying to live 'off the grid'
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Relatives say the group had no survival training aside from watching YouTube videos.

Colorado family members die trying to live ‘off the grid’

The group - including the sisters who were in their 40s - had no outdoor survival experience and had watched online videos to learn about how to survive in Colorado’s rugged backcountry …

  • a887dcd7a@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    One article said they had food from the grocery store and lots of survival literature. The way the bodies were found hinted towards some sort of poising.

    • bartleby@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Could they have foraged for food and mistakenly eaten inedible vegetation?

      • a887dcd7a@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Or suffocated themselves in the tent? We won‘t know, but we will do better… and most importantly don‘t put children at risk.