Horror hiking: dead body found by hikers in Hungarian mountains

A shocking hiking experience for those who found a dead body while hiking in the mountains early Sunday afternoon. The hikers immediately called the emergency number.

A dead body was found in the Kovács stream near the Red Cross in Börzsöny, writes borzsonymentok.hu on its website.

Two mountain rescuers set off to the scene in an all-terrain vehicle while another companion set off on foot. Firefighters from the surrounding area, the National Ambulance Service and the Pest County Police were also alerted to the scene. The rescuers found the body of an elderly man, who is presumed to have been deceased for some time. The hikers who found him on Sunday had wandered off the hiking trail quite by accident.

The operation in the difficult terrain lasted until late in the evening, with mountain rescue teams using all-terrain vehicles to transport firefighters, paramedics, doctors, police and forensic officers, as well as the emergency services, between the car park and the site.

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