The Brookings Police Dispatch transferred a 911 call early Monday afternoon, November 13th, to the Curry County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch, from a woman reporting that she had slipped off a trail and was stuck about thirty feet down a steep embankment.
The woman, identified as 56 year old Jody Thibodo of Brookings, reported that she had been hiking on a trail with her dog and that she and her dog had slipped off a trail. Not familiar with the area, she was also unsure where her vehicle was parked.
The Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was able to get a coordinate of Thibodo’s location from the 911 call and paged out the Curry County Search and Rescue rope team. Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to the area and located Thibodo’s vehicle at House Rock Viewpoint about five miles north of Brookings. With the assistance of the deputies, Search and Rescue members arrived and set up a plan for the rescue.
Thibodo and her dog were located by Search and Rescue off the trail less than a mile north of House Rock Viewpoint. The Search and Rescue team was able to rappel down to Thibodo and her dog, Electra, put harnesses on them and bring them both back to the trail where they were escorted back to Thibodo’s vehicle.
