7 Missing Hikers Found in Cohutta Wilderness

A Georgia DNR helicopter spotted the group on Monday.

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Seven hikers–three adults and four kids–triggered a large search when they went missing last Monday in the Jacks River Falls area of the Cohutta Wilderness. Happily, a Georgia Department of Natural Resources helicopter spotted the group at Rice Camp.