Teen Who Went Missing Rescued by Loggers

A 13-year-old girl who went running at a campsite Monday evening and never came back was brought to safety by loggers who had heard of plight.

Emma Beggs of Aloha had gone for a run at the Gales Creek Campground around 6:00 p.m. on Monday. When she still hadn't returned just before 10, her family called the sheriff's office.

There was no cell service in the heavily wooded area so the family had to drive a distance to be able to reach the sheriff's office.

They told deputies that Beggs is an avid runner and had left the campsite to run along the three-mile trail.

On Tuesday morning came the good news - Beggs had been found safe and reunited with her family.

Loggers who had heard about Beggs from media reports found her wandering on a road.

They drove her to the command post set up by the Sheriff's Office at Roger's Camp.

Beggs was dehydrated and hungry but otherwise okay.

She told deputies that she kept following the trail until was light enough in the morning to find a road and been seen. It worked.