UPDATE: 'Lost' hikers just wanted ride to car

UPDATE: Polk County dispatch was called about 9 a.m. Saturday morning with a hiker claiming he and another individual had been stuck in the pocket wilderness for two days.

The hiker told dispatch the other individual was five miles into the wilderness with a hurt leg and needed assistance.

However upon arrival, Polk and Murray County first responders say they found no emergency, but rather both hikers without injury at the trail head wanting a ride to their car.

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