On the evening of Wednesday, April 30th, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Deputies received a report of an overdue hiker who had been mushroom hunting along Kidder Creek in Scott Valley. The man, 78-year-old Duane Sidebottom, was last seen successfully crossing Kidder Creek in waders, but failed to appear at a designated pick-up location a few hours later.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) team was immediately dispatched to look for Mr. Sidebottom and a second wave of volunteers and a local US Forest Service Hotshot crew were summoned the next morning to continue the search. Tragically, the Hotshot team discovered the body of Mr. Sidebottom submerged in the creek at approximately 11:20 am on May 1st, roughly a mile downstream from his point last seen.
