BREVARD, N.C.– Emergency officials say a South Carolina man died after hiking to the top of Looking Glass Rock in North Carolina and falling from the sheer cliffs.
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The Transylvania County Rescue Squad told the Asheville Citizen-Times (http://avlne.ws/1hTOxPR) that 68-year-old Harold Wiggins of Lexington, South Carolina, had hiked with his wife and son to the top of the 3,970-foot-high peak in Pisgah National Forest on Saturday afternoon.
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Brian Kreigsman of the rescue squad says the victim’s family walked around and noticed Wiggins wasn’t there. He says they came down and reported him missing.Β
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Rescuers retrieved the body Sunday morning after a hiker discovered it. Β Kreigsman says Wiggins may have fallen about 400 feet.Β
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