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Missing Hiker Found Alive in Flatwoods Wilderness Park

Citizens canoeing on the Hillsborough River near Nature's Classroom found Netto, who is being checked by emergency medical responders.

, of Temple Terrace, has been found alive and alert, but dehydrated.

Citizens canoeing on the Hillsborough River near Nature’s Classroom found Netto, who is being checked by emergency medical responders.

Netto, 56, went missing Wednesday at Flatwoods Wilderness Park, where he frequently hikes a 15-mile loop. Hillsborough deputies searched for him Thursday with the help of K-9 and aviation units. They suspended the search after the sun went down and started again this morning.

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The Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office is contacting Netto’s family to let them know he is OK.

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