JIM STINGL

Camera found in the Great Bear Wilderness by New Berlin couple was lost by Racine couple

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin visit Dickey Lake in the Great Bear Wilderness of Montana.
Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin visit Dickey Lake in the Great Bear Wilderness of Montana.
Photo Courtesy Dave Pauly
This Nikon camera was lost by Nathan and Susan James of Racine while hiking in the Montana wilderness in 2012. It was found this summer by Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin. The camera is ruined, but the photos inside survived and led the Paulys to the owners.
This Nikon camera was lost by Nathan and Susan James of Racine while hiking in the Montana wilderness in 2012. It was found this summer by Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin. The camera is ruined, but the photos inside survived and led the Paulys to the owners.
Courtesy Nathan James
Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin at their cabin in the Great Bear Wilderness in Montana.
Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin at their cabin in the Great Bear Wilderness in Montana.
Photo Courtesy Dave Pauly
This photo of Ottawa Bible Church in Ottawa, Kansas, was in a camera lost by its former pastor, Nathan James. Six years later, the finders of the camera used the photo as a clue to find the owner.
This photo of Ottawa Bible Church in Ottawa, Kansas, was in a camera lost by its former pastor, Nathan James. Six years later, the finders of the camera used the photo as a clue to find the owner.
Photo Courtesy Nathan James
This photo was in a camera lost by its owner, Nathan James, in 2012. It's a mailbox he made when he was pastor of Ottawa Bible Church in Kansas. The address on the box helped the finders of the camera find its owners.
This photo was in a camera lost by its owner, Nathan James, in 2012. It's a mailbox he made when he was pastor of Ottawa Bible Church in Kansas. The address on the box helped the finders of the camera find its owners.
Photo Courtesy Nathan James
Susan and Nathan James of Racine enjoy time at Peninsula State Park in Wisconsin in the summer of 2012. This photo was among those in a camera they lost later that year. It was found by another Wisconsin couple in the wilderness of Montana this summer.
Susan and Nathan James of Racine enjoy time at Peninsula State Park in Wisconsin in the summer of 2012. This photo was among those in a camera they lost later that year. It was found by another Wisconsin couple in the wilderness of Montana this summer.
Photo Courtesy Nathan James
This photo of the Great Bear Wilderness of Montana was the final image in a camera lost that 2012 day by a Racine couple, Nathan and Susan James. Another Wisconsin couple, Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin, found it this past summer and tracked down its owner.
This photo of the Great Bear Wilderness of Montana was the final image in a camera lost that 2012 day by a Racine couple, Nathan and Susan James. Another Wisconsin couple, Dave and Renee Pauly of New Berlin, found it this past summer and tracked down its owner.
Photo Courtesy Nathan James
Susan James crosses a creek near Dickey Lake in the Great Bear Wilderness in Montana. The camera used to take this picture was lost the same day in 2012 and not found until this past summer.
Susan James crosses a creek near Dickey Lake in the Great Bear Wilderness in Montana. The camera used to take this picture was lost the same day in 2012 and not found until this past summer.
Photo Courtesy Nathan James