Disappearance of Sandra Johnson Hughes

Sandra Lyn Johnson Hughes loved the outdoors. She is what people would call a ‘survivalist’. Camping, hiking, and exploring were Sandra’s favorite hobbies. It would stand to reason then, that Hawaii was a great place for Sandra to live. But after the pandemic hit in 2020, Sandra decided to move to the mainland, so in June 2020, California would become her home. On June 26, she spoke to her family on the phone. Sandra was planning a solo camping trip and hiking, possibly up to Yosemite. She wanted to get away from the craziness of the world in its current state. Sandra, at the age of 53, was experienced in the outdoors, so no one was particularly worried about her.

Her family had nothing to worry about until July 5, when park officials found her campsite, which looked abandoned and in total disarray, definitely not like Sandra, who was exceptionally neat and organized. There were some odd sightings of her, bruised and barefoot, but she told the hikers (who didn’t realize she was a missing person) that she didn’t need help. A year later, a 3-year-old boy had a spooky encounter in the area where Sandra disappeared, an encounter that caught the attention of law enforcement. The child told his parents there was a woman lying face down with her legs straight up in the air in a nearby meadow. According to this kid, the woman was unable to speak or move and needed help. Yet still, two years later, Sandra remains missing.

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