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The woman, who hasn’t been identified by name, went missing on Friday evening, September 5, after wandering away from base camp around 5 p.m. to collect water. Instead of returning with a bucket of H20, she instead delivered a vanishing act that ended with Michigan State Police scrambling a helicopter and K-9 units.

The search kicked off at 5:00 a.m. Saturday after the show’s hosts failed to locate her and called 9-1-1. By 10:40 a.m., the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, Trooper 6, spotted her in a swampy area following activation of the Michigan State Police aviation unit.

Officials say she emerged from the cold and rainy woods with the help of K-9 units, law enforcement and firefighters to lead her back to civilization. Of course, it helped to have an expensive taxpayer- funded rescue system circling overhead to find her.

Lost in the Plot – or just lost?

Rescuers said she was evaluated by medics and released with no major injuries, though her dignity may need longer recovery. Imagine explaining to the world that your survival strategy was “wait until the helicopter shows up.”

The whole episode has folks debating whether filming a “survival show” in lousy conditions in a Michigan forest that is still recovering from a devastating ice storm is brave or foolish. Either way, law enforcement put forth a successful womanhunt, resulting in flashing lights and the big Hollywood “safe and sound” ending. One sharp commenter on social media humorously asked: “So she lost the challenge then?”

Surviving the comments section.

Authorities haven’t released the woman’s name – probably a blessing, considering the inevitable roast she’d get in YouTube’s comment section and the permanent Google scarlet letter that would follow her the rest of her life. She might even dethrone Governor Whitmer as the “woman in Michigan.”