Lost hiker saved by Mowbray Mountain Fire crews

HAMILTON COUNTY, TN. (WRCB) -- A Chattanooga hiker is resting at home, after being lost in the woods for more than eight hours.

He called his family just before his phone lost power, when he couldn't find his way out of pocket wilderness.

Friday night, Channel 3 sat down with the man who found the hiker and his dog.

"He called me about 9:30 and said that he was lost on Mowbray Mountain and his cell phone was about to go dead," Lisa Andrews says.

Read more at WRCB.

Upcoming Events