Police found discrepancies in Isaac Hyde’s sworn statements after he told investigators he was stranded on a chairlift overnight at Gore Mountain Ski Center.
Isaac Hyde showed no signs of hypothermia or frostbite after he allegedly spent the night suspended 30 feet in a chairlift in 20-degree weather. And investigators said they found no evidence the man relieved himself at any point between the mountain closing at 4 p.m. March 31 and reopening at 8 a.m. the next day. Perhaps most puzzling, he also had no skis or poles when he finally dismounted the lift at Gore Mountain Ski Center on April 1, according to Olean Times Herald.
All these questions led investigators to conclude Hyde was lying when he accused Gore Mountain of abandoning him. They charged the 37-year-old North Creek man with providing a false statement to police. And last week, after three days of testimony from 16 witnesses, jurors found Hyde guilty of the misdemeanor charge.
