Lost mushroom picker in Grays Harbor County found safe

COPALIS CROSSING, Wash. — A woman who did not return from picking mushrooms in the Copalis Crossing area of Grays Harbor County Sunday night was found Tuesday morning.

Deputies received a report of a missing mushroom picker at 11:10 p.m. Sunday from a man who said he and two women had been picking mushrooms in a wooded area about two miles south of Copalis Crossing early Sunday afternoon.

At about 5 p.m., one of the women had not returned to their vehicle, so the other two started looking for her.  When they couldn’t find her, they called for help.

The missing woman was identified as Jeannie Nichols of Hoquiam.

Search and rescue efforts were started Monday morning.

Shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, a citizen who was in a field near Robertson School Road, south of Copalis Crossing, called to report hearing a whistle and then speaking with a woman who said she had been lost for the last two days.

The woman was identified as Nichols.  She was across the Humptulips River from the citizen’s location.

Ground searchers initially tried to access her location from Ocean Beach Road, but due to the terrain, were not able to get to her.

Just after 10:15 a.m., a fisherman in a boat was able to transport a deputy to Nichol’s location.  She was then brought back across the river and checked out by aid personnel.  She appeared to be in good health.

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