The mayor vanished on a bear huntSourced
Seattle's mayor sprained his ankle while hunting and was missing for over 30 hours.
On 25 September 1902, Mayor Thomas J. Humes slipped and sprained his ankle during a bear hunt. He remained missing for more than 30 hours before a search party found him after a storm. The mayor's disappearance happened far from city hall.
A search party, not the council, brought him back.
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