Man who went missing for five weeks in Canadian wilderness found alive

A antheral who went missing for 5 weeks successful a distant parkland successful the Rocky Mountains has been recovered live - aft enduring temperatures arsenic debased arsenic -20C (-4F).

Sam Benastick was reported missing connected 19 October aft failing to instrumentality from a 10-day travel to Redfern-Keily Park successful Canada's British Columbia province.

Search efforts, led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), were called disconnected successful precocious October with temperatures dropping good beneath freezing astatine times.

But connected Tuesday, 2 men connected their mode to enactment astatine Redfern Lake saw a antheral walking towards them and recognised him arsenic Mr Benastick.

They took him to a hospital, wherever constabulary officially identified him arsenic the missing 20-year-old.

Corporal Madonna Saunderson, of the British Columbia RCMP communications team, said: "Finding Sam live is the implicit champion outcome.

"After each the clip helium was missing, it was feared that this would not beryllium the outcome."

Mr Benastick told constabulary helium stayed successful his car for a mates of days and past walked to a creek wherever helium camped retired for betwixt 10 and 15 days.

He said helium past moved down the valley, and built a campy and structure successful a dried-out creek bed, earlier making his mode to the country wherever helium was found.

According to CBC News, Mr Benastick's parents had stayed for 20 days astatine the Buffalo Inn adjacent Pink Mountain portion taking portion successful the search.

The inn's wide manager, Mike Reid, who said helium had spoken to the radical who recovered Mr Benastick, told the Canadian broadcaster: "You know, the feline says he's successful unsmooth shape. But man, for 50 days retired successful that cold, he's going to live."

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More than 120 volunteers from crossed British Columbia were reportedly progressive successful the hunt effort, alongside the RCMP and Canadian Rangers, arsenic good arsenic Fort Nelson and North Peace hunt and rescue teams.

Redfern-Keily Park, wherever Mr Benastick went missing, is simply a distant quality spot successful the north-eastern portion of British Columbia and is portion of the Northern Rocky Mountains.

Those visiting the parkland are warned it is an "isolated country and upwind tin alteration rapidly" - and to beryllium wary of imaginable encounters with grizzly and achromatic bears.