https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14669339/couple-cat-utah-national-park-beauty-spot-warning-signs.html

Couple took cat to Utah beauty spot and ignored warning signs... and only one came back

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15:33 EDT 01 May 2025, updated 15:34 EDT 01 May 2025 By EMMA RICHTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A Florida couple took their elderly cat with them on a hike in Utah, but after ignoring warning signs only one of them made it out alive.

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The bodies of Matthew Nannen, 45, and Bailee Crane, 58, were discovered Tuesday by park visitors in Bryce Canyon National Park after they fell about 380ft below Inspiration Point, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

The couple, who appeared to be living out of a U-Haul truck, are believed to have fallen to their deaths on either Monday night or early Tuesday morning, police said.

Although there was a railing at the top of the cliff, police said Nannen and Crane climbed over it. There was also snow in the area that made for slippery conditions.

When their bodies were located, authorities also found a female tabby cat inside a ripped and dirty black soft-sided carrier, the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary said.

The cat, who has since been named Mirage, appeared to have fallen with her owners but 'seemed to have weathered the fall fairly well,' the no-kill shelter told the outlet.

When Mirage was brought to the shelter, she was 'matted and a bit sore,' but during her examination she was very friendly.

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Judah Battista, the chief sanctuary officer with the shelter, told DailyMail.com Mirage suffered two fractured canines and two fractured ribs from the fall.

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