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GRAND CANYON-PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT — Local search teams found a missing teen Wednesday after the boy disappeared while hunting for deer antlers in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
The Mohave County Arizona Sheriff's Office received a report of the missing teen Tuesday when the boy did not return from a shed hunting trip 60 miles south of St. George, according to Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument spokesman Jeff Axel.
Search teams from Washington County, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the Department of Public Safety joined the sheriff's office in looking for the boy, who was not equipped to stay overnight in below-freezing temperatures.
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"The teen’s survival over several days would be unlikely due to the cold and because of the lack of travelers in the area who could have helped him," Axel said in an emailed statement.
The National Park Service reminds visitors that cellphones do not work in all locations within the monument. The organization recommends bringing a satellite phone or messenger, extra supplies and a 2016 BLM Arizona Strip map for navigation.
Authorities have not yet specified where the teen is from.
This article will be updated with more information if it becomes available.
