Hostage in the Mountains

August 31, 1991

Application was made with the Turkish Government for a “full excavation permit” for work on “Noah’s Ark”. While waiting on the permit, Ron Wyatt, Richard Rives and Marvin Wilson of the United States and Dr. Allen Roberts, of Sydney Australia, were taken hostage. At gunpoint, they spent 21 days climbing mountains in Eastern Turkey as their assailants avoided the Turkish forces attempting to rescue them.