Rescuers search for treasure hunter lost in Superstition Mountains

CANYON LAKE -- For more than 150 years, those looking for gold have ventured into the Superstition Mountains just east of Apache Junction. Many have found tragedy instead of riches.

It is some of the most rugged country in not only Arizona, but in the world. It's said that everything out here bites, stings or eats meat. It is a dangerous place to be alone and lost, and that's exactly what searchers fear has happened to 34-year-old Jesse Joseph Capen.

Capen came to Arizona's Superstitions looking for treasure in late November. He hasn't been seen since, and his tent and Jeep Cherokee were found in the area. Searchers found the missing man's wallet with money still in it, so they're not expecting foul play.

Searchers are combing the area by both ground and air. Dep. Don Roughan of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department says intense winter storms that have hit the Superstition Mountains near Canyon Lake during the past few days are cause for concern.

Roughan warns anyone who may be going into Arizona's back country to be prepared.

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The same thing happened in the area I grew up in rainyday. There is treasure in the mountains but no one can get to them because of all the snakes!

I'd be careful around some places, they have been used for Native rituals for thousands of years. Superstitious mountains are not called that for nothing.

I agree.

I have to admit, the beauty of that mtn is awesome. The beauty alone would draw you in and make you want to explore.
Everyday the mtn looks different depending on the sky. I live about 30 miles away, but I can stand on the front porch and see that mtn and it is so huge it looks as if it is just down the street. You should see the full moon rising over that mtn., it's just beautiful. You've seen the picture of the coyote howling at the moon with a mtn in the background? Now I know where the artist got the inspiration for that picture.