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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tiffany Slaton's endurance successful the Sierra has been hailed arsenic a "miracle," but it has besides sparked suspicion.
"When I saw her story, that's erstwhile I archetypal went, 'Oh, something's not adding up right, here,'" seasoned outdoorsman Jeff Aiello said.
Aiello was skeptical from erstwhile Slaton took to the cameras past week to picture her ordeal.
"Hello," she said from the Fresno County Sheriff's Office connected Friday, explaining she did not person prepared remarks.
She was wearing a blanket, thing Aiello says wasn't necessary.
"That was a informing emblem for me," Aiello said.
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He probed Slaton's story, starting with the avalanche she says blocked her way and turned a abrogation into a nightmare.
"There's nary avalanche successful the Sierra this clip of twelvemonth oregon successful precocious April," Aiello said. "The conditions don't beryllium for it."
According to the National Weather Service, determination was small to nary snowpack astatine the time. There were astatine slightest 2 systems that brought snowfall, however.
Slaton's full travel lasted astir a month, and for 15 days, she was officially lost.
Her parents successful Georgia had not heard from her, and Slaton said repeated calls to 911 failed.
"(I) Eventually got huffy astatine my GPS and decided to ask, 'Well, wherever is the nearest Starbucks? It was like, 'Oh, well, we tin reply that question. It's 18 miles from here,'" Slaton said astatine the property conference.
"There was nary service. She couldn't get a telephone to 911, but past close aft that, asked Siri wherever the closest Starbucks was," Aiello said. "Well, Siri doesn't enactment unless you person connectivity."
Slaton yet discovered a compartment adjacent Lake Edison, and reports of her rescue made nationalist headlines.
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We asked Slaton's begetter astir his daughter's communicative implicit the telephone Monday.
"My girl doesn't springiness mendacious statements to america oregon to anybody," helium told Action News. "We're 100 percent down her."
We besides asked astir the naysayers.
"The information of the substance is, they weren't there," helium said. "They weren't successful the situation."
Slaton's parents person since closed a GoFundMe established for their daughter.
Action News has learned the Fresno County Sheriff's Office has retraced immoderate of Slaton's way and recovered grounds to validate her story. The household is present actively talking with investigators.
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