BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 30, 2023
Nathan Beckman, 15, of Scarsdale, New York, was on a backpacking trip with Overland Summers on the remote, 38-mile Grafton Loop Trail in western Maine. While at the Bull Run campsite, Beckman left his tent to go to the bathroom about 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The trip leaders heard the lost boy yelling in the distance, but were unable to find him or get him back to the campsite. When they could no longer hear him, trip leaders called 911 about 5 a.m. Game Warden Preston Pomerleau and his canine partner Gordon found Beckman, who was still moving through the woods on the steep mountainside, including over already-searched areas, in an attempt to get back to his tent, eluding rescuers. Beckman was uninjured and reunited with his group about 6:30 p.m.