Incident happened in early September.
Two hikers were greeted by RCMP officers on Annie Lake Road September 4th, as Mounties were responding to a potential search and rescue situation.
The Whitehorse couple were driving out of the area at about 7:15 PM, when approached by police.
The couple indicated they had not sent an S.O.S., however they checked their device in their pack and realized that some of their gear had accidentally been hitting the S.O.S button while they were hiking in the mountains.
So far this year, RCMP has responded to 20 search and rescue type incidents in the territory.

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