YouTuber’s final tragic message to family before freezing to death in snowstorm

‘It is snowing heavy here. But don’t worry, I’ll survive, you know’ – this is the precise past connection a YouTuber sent to his grandma earlier dying successful a storm successful Sweden.

Storm De Beul was known for his YouTube transmission StormOutdoorsy wherever helium shared videos of his adventures successful Northern Europe.

The 22-year-old had been trekking successful bluish Sweden erstwhile helium was caught successful a blizzard.

He was recovered dormant successful Lapland aft spending overmuch of the twelvemonth hiking solo done the distant Jokkmokk region.

The Belgian creator sent a video to his friend, showing the upwind whipping astir his tent, arsenic reported Belgian quality outlet 7sur7.

Around 2am connected October 29, Storm issued a distress awesome to the Swedish exigency services, telling them helium was wounded and needed aesculapian help. 

It is understood that helium was attempting to instrumentality to his car, 9 miles from wherever helium had pitched his tent.

A rescue squad was deployed successful the aboriginal hours of the greeting and Storm’s assemblage was discovered determination on the way betwixt the 2 points.

His mother, Elisabeth Rademaker, said: ‘Trees were uprooted that night. Maybe his structure besides blew distant and helium had nary prime but to commencement walking.

‘But it was -6°C, and due to the fact that of the tempest it adjacent felt similar -18°C. His feet and little legs were frozen. His hands weren’t, helium mightiness inactive person had his manus warmers with him.

‘And since helium had breached his nose, it’s imaginable helium fell too. He indispensable person suffered for a agelong clip and died alone. I support imagining his past moments. It devastates me.’

Elisabeth besides described the moments earlier constabulary confirmed her son’s decease to her.

She said: ‘The section constabulary serviceman called to accidental that determination was a occupation successful Sweden. All time long, we hoped that they would find him alive.

‘In fact, they had already recovered him, but the quality had not yet been passed connected to our police. It was lone a time aboriginal that we were informed.’

His begetter described Storm arsenic idiosyncratic ‘who had occupation connecting with people’ and ‘liked being alone,’ which is wherefore helium went connected adventures successful the quality with his small Peugeot 307.

He added: ‘His videos are a priceless bequest for us. But present his camera is there, determination successful the snow, afloat of images from his precise past trek.

‘I would emotion thing much than to get it back.’

And his parent said her son learnt to past by watching hours of videos similar his connected YouTube.

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