Canadian man rescued after 9 days in wilderness surviving on pond water
He was reported missing on 31 July near McLeese Lake, some 365 miles (587km) north of Vancouver, where his truck had broken down. A police helicopter spotted Mr Garber near his makeshift shelter on Friday after catching a glimpse of the truck."After over a week in the wilderness, our subject has been located alive during today's search from the air," Quesnel Search & Rescue, an area volunteer search and rescue group posted on Facebook."This outcome is the result of countless hours on the ground and in the air, using every resource and piece of technology available to us."An image shared by the rescue group shows the shelter Mr Barber built for himself out of sticks and mud. It was propped up against the rock where he used dirt to write "help".He was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been released.Mr McKinnon told the Canadian Press news agency that Mr Barber "munched on whatever he could find" while he was in the woods."He was literally slurping unclean pond water to stay hydrated," he said. "The human body can go a long time without food, but water is a different situation."Bob Zimmerman, president of Quesnel Search and Rescue, told CBC News that he wasn't sure Mr Barber "would have made it another 24 hours without us recovering him".
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