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At a pitch-kali night, locals, just five miles from the Camp Mistic in the hunt, Texas saw the inauspicious approach of a deadly flood wall, just illuminated with lightning brightness, as it moved towards the all-gourd Christian camp.
More than 100 people lost their lives and about twice many others went missing in Hill Country, who was killed in the early hours of July fourth. Camp Mistic confirmed 27 fatal confirms among its campers and consultants till Tuesday.
33 -year -old Shelby Willis told Fox News Digital that she was visiting her in -laws’ house on the Gwadalupa River in Hunt, located on one of the high points on the south thorn.
“We were really high, but water was coming to the garage,” Willis said. “Around 3 o’clock, my sister -in -law said that we need to go out and see the river, and we can’t see it outside the lightning shine. Hunt yourself when you can lighten up.
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Hunt, Texas – July 6: Search and rescue workers dig through debris who are looking for any remaining people or people’s remains are washed away in flash floods. (Jim Wondruka/Getty Image)
By the time the family reached the verandah of its back, the water was above the cliffuside.
“Don’t know at that time, it was a water wall that was moving towards the mystic,” she said. “You could not see our dam, you could not see any tree, even at the top of the water that were below the water. Saru trees were bent on a large scale because the water was running so fast, and it was so much.”
The camper goods sit outside the Camp Mystic Cabins near the Gwadalup River, which was swept away by a flash flood through the area. (AP Photo/Ellie Heartman)
The family was looking at the rise of water, fear that it could take them to their house.
Willis said, “It was loud, and was very thunder, but it is four o’clock in the morning before the fourth place of July.” “People were probably having a party and having fun before night, perhaps because of this, we were sleeping a little extra. We have neighbors who lost their lives and were found dead in their beds because all of them had grown very fast, and they did not get up.”
He said that another neighbor was rescued after waking up by a friend who heard the sound of water from his window.
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“Water was poured into his living room, and within 45 minutes, it was already on the second floor.” “She climbed on her roof and then had to expect carports, and was just waving a flashlight. Fortunately, someone was in her canoe at the next door, and praise God, pulled her from her roof and was able to take her out.”
Willis said that the woman’s house was completely submerged within an hour. nothing remains.
Officers are seen in the Gwadalup River as they assist in recovery efforts after a flash flood on Sunday, July 6, 2025, Hunt, Texas. (Julio Cortage/AP Photo)
A few hours after the flood, locals reported the arrival of rescue helicopters and American Red Cross.
Willis and her husband realize that when she saw the black hawk helicopters above, she feels that things were bad.
“We knew something bad, and we did not have a cell phone service or internet,” he said. “We have a Polaris Ranger vehicle, so we were able to get out on the main highway, and we could quickly see that the cars would not be able to drive. … It was originally asphalt pieces that looked like paper plates, which were thrown everywhere. They were disappeared. The Mystic was completely destroyed.
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Willis, whose family was trapped by Saturday, described the scene as “incredible”.
Once the water arrived, the local residents used tractors and other agricultural machinery to get the trees out of the road and move the dirt, so transport was possible.
Willis said, “We assembled boards to lie on asphalt to use as a ramp, as it was seven to eight inches, which would pop a tire if you went straight to it,” Wilis said. “This was the only way we were able to get out of hunting. We could not go to the south, towards the Mystic and through the hunt. That is why so many people were trapped.”
Shelby Willis shared a picture of the destruction caused by the flood of Guadalup river in Hunt, Texas on July 4, 2025. (Shelby Willis)
Nevertheless, Willis said that the local people were grateful to the amount of life among the disaster.
“It is a consensus around the city that it is surprising that they were able to take out more than 700 children at that time,” he said. “It is a camp director who is watching the alert at 4 am, and deciding that we need to get a suburban and get these girls.
“They ran out of time. They had a protocol, but it was just unheard of, how fast it was all.”
A scene inside a cabin in the camp Mystic, where at least 20 girls disappeared after flash floods in Hunt, Texas. (Through Ronaldo Schimidt/AFP Getty Image)
The couple eventually returned home to Born, Texas, north of San Antonio, but her husband, 35, later went back to help in recovery attempts.
Willis said that many people could not realize that there is a smell left behind after a similar flood at Guadalup.
“When he went back, he said it was just a huge smell,” he said. “People were not trying to throw away because there is a washed fish everywhere. He said that it is very smell. A lot of discovery and recovery is going on, but cleanliness is going to be such a big piece.”
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Those who live or often hunt like many other people, Willis said that the city would be rebuilt. However, he admitted that it would change from disaster forever.
“Hunt is definitely proud to be a remote place. It is a very special area on the Gwadalup River, but not too much cell service or signal, so I think it will change,” he said. “I think it will be improved so that it never happens again.”
Hunt, Texas – July 6: A Texas state flag flies into a yard filled with debris. (Jim Wondruska/Getty Images)
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“Everyone is like a family in that city,” said Willis. “Hunt had not a single property on the banks of the river that was not flying the Texas flag. People are very, very flexible, and this is just the way to Texas. I know it will be made back, better and safe.