THREE WEEKS LATER
The hikers found them on a Tuesday.
A young couple from the city, out for a late autumn trek before the first real snow hit. They'd wandered off the marked trail — looking for a better photo op, they'd later tell the police — and stumbled into the ravine where nature had been busy doing what nature does.
What was left didn't look human anymore. Scattered bones, torn fabric, gnaw marks consistent with large predators. The medical examiner would eventually identify two adult males through dental records, but that would take weeks. In the meantime, the speculation began.
Bear attack, the initial reports said. Hikers warned to stay on marked trails.
But then someone leaked the photos.
Not the official crime scene photos — those were locked down tight. These were from th
