DENVER – The two elk hunters found dead last week in southern Colorado were killed by lightning, according to the Conejos County coroner.
Andrew Porter, 25, of Asheville, N.C., and Ian Stasko, 25, of Salt Lake City, went missing on a hunting trip near the Colorado-New Mexico border in the Rio Grande National Forest. They were last heard from on Sept. 11 and found dead Thursday, a week later, two miles from the Rio De Los Pinos trailhead.
Both men were killed by lightning, but were not directly struck, Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin said…