Thirty-Two Feet of Snow, One Locked Door, No One Left Behind

Thirty-Two Feet of Snow, One Locked Door, No One Left Behind

Cold prints ended at the porch steps: thirty-two feet of continuous tracks led straight from the tree line to a locked cabin door, and the porch railing held four inches of undisturbed snow. Two separate April storms left different snow layers, and two unrelated people and one emergency beacon converged on the same cabin - so how did thirty-two feet of tracks stop at a locked door with no exit prints?

In this episode, we tell the story of what unfolded at Heron Flat Lake over thirty-six hours and how weather, routine, and a medical emergency lined up in ways no one expected. We outline who the people were, what the timeline was, and the unanswered question that kept investigators puzzled.

Person: Wendy Wallace
Person: Frank Wallace
Person: Ted Greer
Date: April 8-9, 2019
Location: Heron Flat Lake, northern Wisconsin

- 32 feet of footprints led from the tree line to the cabin porch steps with no return prints.
- Porch railing had 4 inches of undisturbed snow after the second storm.
- First storm on night of April 7 deposited 2 inches of wet, heavy snow that crusted overnight.
- Second storm during the night of April 8-9 deposited 4 inches of dry, loose snow on top of the crust.
- Ted Greer walked about 200 yards from the tree line before collapsing and was found at 11:40 AM via his emergency beacon.

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