On October 23, 2022, at 9:29 A.M.,
Gallatin County 911 Dispatch received a report of two overdue hunters. The hunters had been last seen in the Mystic Lake Cabin area the day prior at 7:10 A.M by a third member of the hunting party, but never returned to the cabin for their planned stay overnight. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue were dispatched to locate, and provide assistance, to the missing hunters.