An 80-year-old Lebanon man was found alive after two days of being reported missing when he didn’t return from a hike in the area of Big Meadows Road, east of Idanha.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a report on Tuesday, May 12, at 5:25 p.m. that Jerry Highsmith went backpacking near Fir Lake and had planned to return by 5 p.m. that evening ahead of anticipated incoming weather.
