Missing Michigan Woman, 74, Who Vanished After Casino Trip, Found Alive Stranded in the Woods 3 Days Later

• A 74-year-old Michigan pistillate was recovered stranded successful the woods 3 days aft being reported missing, constabulary person confirmed

• Nancy Bloomquist was past known to person visited Little River Casino successful Manistee connected Thursday, April 3, earlier her car was recovered burned connected April 6, and she was discovered by constabulary "in a heavy wooded area" aboriginal that evening

• “She’s incredibly, incredibly fortunate she’s inactive live ... I don’t cognize her but she’s a pugnacious gal,” Mason County Sheriff, Kim Cole, told a section media outlet

A 74-year-old Michigan pistillate who was missing for 3 days has been recovered live aft vanishing pursuing a travel to the casino, constabulary person confirmed.

On Sunday, April 6, Norton Shores Police Department enactment retired a quality merchandise asking for the public's assistance successful locating missing pistillate Nancy Bloomquist, who is simply a nonmigratory of the city.

Police said that the aged pistillate had been "reported missing nether concerning circumstances" and was "last known to person traveled to the Little River Casino [in Manistee] connected April 3."

"Surveillance footage shows her leaving the casino astatine astir 5:30 p.m. [local time] and driving southbound connected US-31. She has not been seen oregon heard from since," constabulary said successful the post, adding that she was driving a achromatic 2024 GMC Terrain.

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On Monday, April 7, the Mason County Sheriff's Office confirmed successful a quality merchandise shared connected Facebook that the missing Norton Shores idiosyncratic had been recovered live aft officers had been "called to a reported burned conveyance southbound of Countyline Road and westbound of Morton Road, successful Mason County’s Grant Township" astatine astir 1:57 p.m. that day.

The post, which didn't sanction Bloomquist, continued, "At 7:08 p.m., the missing idiosyncratic was located by a drone astir 150 yards from her conveyance successful a heavy wooded area, lying adjacent to a downed tree. It was confirmed this idiosyncratic was the missing idiosyncratic from Norton Shores Michigan. She was recovered live and was talking with deputies astatine the scene."

"It was learned done interviews, surveillance video, and a way camera adjacent a seasonal home, that the unfortunate near the Little River Casino connected Thursday, presumably, to instrumentality to Norton Shores," constabulary added, stating that the pistillate "became mislaid and ended up connected a agelong driveway of a seasonal home."

"While attempting to get turned astir the conveyance became disabled and caught fire. The unfortunate near the vehicle, however, forgot her compartment telephone successful the vehicle," constabulary added, per the post.

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"When she attempted to instrumentality to the car, she became lost. A way cam captured the conveyance driving successful and the unfortunate walking out. Video grounds showed she did not return," constabulary continued.

"She laic adjacent to a downed tree, to question structure during the Thursday nighttime rain. She became acold to the constituent that she could not get backmost to her feet Friday. She remained lying connected the crushed until recovered Sunday evening," officers added, sharing the merchandise alongside video footage of the hunt and rescue mission.

“She’s incredibly, incredibly fortunate she’s inactive live ... I don’t cognize her but she’s a pugnacious gal,” Mason County Sheriff, Kim Cole, told section media outlet WZZM's 13 On Your Side.

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Cole told the outlet the region from the casino to wherever Bloomquist was recovered was "probably 15 miles oregon so," stating that she had survived amid acold upwind conditions.

The outlet reported that Bloomquist's member said his sister had deed her caput aft falling retired of her furniture the time earlier she went missing, truthful helium believes the disappearance whitethorn beryllium linked to her having a concussion. He said she didn't privation to beryllium treated astatine the infirmary astatine the time, and wanted to spell to the casino instead.

The Mason County Sheriff's Office did not instantly respond erstwhile contacted by PEOPLE for further information.

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