To: Jim Bishop who wrote (10371 ) 9/24/1999 2:48:00 PM From: Investor Clouseau Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 150070
this wasn't you, was it Jim? :-); (REUTERS) Man found after wandering 2 months in Canada wild Man found after wandering 2 months in Canada wild POWELL RIVER, British Columbia, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A hiker was treated for hypothermia on Friday after he apparently spent more than two months wandering lost in the rugged wilderness of Canada's Pacific coast. The man told police who discovered him Thursday that he had departed July 17 from a remote cabin near Toba Inlet destined for a lake about 25 miles (40 km) away near Powell River -- a coastal community about 80 miles (135 km) northwest of Vancouver. "What he said was he had run out of food a month ago and was living on berries and trout he could catch, and sleeping in the bush without a tent or anything," said Sgt. Andy Brinton, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The 47-year-old man, whose name was not released but who is from the area, was never reported missing. Mounties discovered him while investigating a report of a suspicious person wandering on a logging road, Brinton said. "He probably got confused, and ended up running out of food and still had a month of wandering around before he made it out," Brinton said. Powell River and Toba Inlet are on the edge of the Coastal Mountain Range. Most of the small fishing communities are reachable only by boat or float plane, and the terrain between them is marked by thick rainforests and small glaciers. The man was having difficulty walking when officers found him. He was transported to a hospital in Powell River, where he is being treated for severe hypothermia. ((Allan Dowd, Reuters Vancouver Bureau 604-664-7314, fax 604-681-0491)) REUTERS *** end of story ***