The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:24 AM
Missing Blount County Teen Walks Out Of The Back Country; Released From Hospital
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials said Bohanan, 18, walked out of the backcountry area near Tabcat Creek aorund 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had been missing for 11 days.
Two search and rescue dog teams and 28 emergency responders were continuing to look for Bohanan in the 6,700-acre search area on Tuesday., according to park officials.
One search team had been planning to camp overnight in one of the more remote sections of the search area Tuesday night until Bohanan walked out of the backcountry that afternoon, park officials said.
UPDATE Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.: A teen who was reported missing more than a week ago in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park walked out of the woods and to safety on Tuesday.
Park officials have released no further information about Austin Bohanan, other than that he was transported to Blount Memorial Hospital after walking out of the backcountry area near Tabcat Creek.
