Man presumed dead in Larimer County flooding found alive
Investigators have found alive a man they had believed died in the Big Thompson flood, and on Monday released the names of six people still missing.
Sheriff’s investigators say the man, 46, left his Drake-area home before it was destroyed by raging floodwaters. He was out of contact until investigators tracked him down Monday, said Nick Christensen, a spokesman for the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
“It turns out he left his residence before it was destroyed,” Christensen said – the man told deputies he climbed out of a window to escape.
Discovery of the man’s safe escape means there is now only one Larimer County resident is still missing and presumed dead from the floods: a 60-year-old woman from Cedar Cove.
Also, the sheriff’s office released the names of six people missing in the flood but not presumed dead.
The swollen Big Thompson River canyon in Cedar Cove. (Denver Post file)