Two 25-year-old elk hunters who were found dead in the Colorado wilderness after vanishing for a week were killed by a lightning bolt, according to the local coroner.

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko died instantaneously when they were struck by lightning while out hunting on the Rio de los Pinos trailhead, a remote area in the National Forest, Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin told multiple outlets.

The pair were found under a tree with “slight burns” on their bodies, Martin told the Colorado Sun. 3

“A slight burn is like if you take a match and stick it on your arm,” he told the outlet.

“And there were only two or three of them,” he said.

The two seasoned outdoorsmen died instantly, though Martin has yet to determine the exact time of death.

“That kind of death is just ins

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