Mother's Instincts Saved A Young Hiker From Dying In Snowstorm

Nancy Abell couldn’t stop worrying after she came across Katharina Groene alone in the woods. And it’s a good thing. The mother’s instincts saved a young hiker from certain death!

Nancy was out for a walk on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington State when she came across a young hiker from Germany. The hiker’s name was Katharina Groene. And as the two struck up a conversation, Katharina told Nancy a bit about her journey so far. What Nancy didn’t know was the reason Katharina had traveled all the way from Germany to the U.S. to complete the hike.

“I lost faith in humanity,” Katharina said.

As Katharina filled Nancy in, she also shared her plans to continue hiking alone up to the Canadian border. And this immediately sent off all the alarms in Nancy’s mom brain!

“She was from Germany. She had no idea what she was getting into,” Nancy explained.

Having already walked the first 2,500 miles of the trail alone, Katharina had no intentions of stopping. Try as Nancy might to convince her otherwise, Katharina had made up her mind. Nancy continued to worry about Katharina. Knowing the young girl didn’t have any snowshoes, she kept a close watch on the weather. And when the forecast showed two-feet of snow on its way, she couldn’t ignore her fear any longer.It was a tricky sell to 911. Technically, Katharina wasn’t missing and Nancy was a stranger. But somehow, she managed to convince emergency teams to take her hunch seriously.

When the Snohomish County Sheriff’s department finally located Katharina, right where Nancy suggested they look, they found her frostbitten and freezing to death. Had they not found her when they did, responders estimate she only had about another day of life left.

Thank God! This mother’s instincts saved a young hiker from death certain death.God brings people together for different reasons. And clearly, He pulled these two together for a much bigger purpose!