HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park reports park rangers are searching for a missing man in the Big Creek area.
Park officials said 21-year-old Ryan Lakes was last seen on Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee. His vehicle was found in the park on Saturday.
Lakes is five feet five inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes and was last seen wearing dark color gym shorts, a dark color T-shirt, brown tennis shoes and a black backpack, according to officials.
Several organizations are assisting the National Park Service with the search…