Probably did a lot of things wrong in his life! Sandals and a beanie in the deep woods?
Posted on 07/22/2021 8:03:44 AM PDT by SJackson
-—”Upon further reflection, I am inclined to believe this is a hoax.”-—
“I caught a couple of nice ones, kissed them on the snout and let them go,”
Sounds like a fairy tale.
The guy screwed up. Never should have left the car as late as he did. It all starts there. Even people that live here underestimate the rain forest. People that don’t live here have no idea. Old boy did well not to die of exposure.
Probably did a lot of things wrong in his life! Sandals and a beanie in the deep woods?
I’ve seen 2nd Lieutenants do far worse. lol
My take is if he is smart enough to survive for for 17 days, he should have been found sooner. It is hard to believe a 70 year old man that spent the day fishing from a kayak decided fishing sucked and decided to hike a mile or so to better fishing grounds and got lost. It just doesn’t add up...
No kidding, Oregonians don’t tan, they rust.
Had plenty of gear with me, found a creek head and kept it within ear shot on the way down. Found an opening, which turned out to be a cliff.....but, it provided a view of a vehicle stirring up dust on the road below.
Went back to the creek and headed down until I got to the road.
Was able to get a ride to my car about a mile away.
It’s funny-I talked to someone once who was deeply offended by the term “military brat”. She did not grow up in a military family, I am not sure she even knew anyone who did.
But the term bothered her, probably the same type of person who is offended when someone calls kids “Kids” instead of “Children”.
I never, in my whole life, ever met a military dependent or one who had grown up as one who took “Navy Brat” or “Army Brat” as anything less than a badge of honor!
I sure did...:)
Same! I am proud of my Navy brat status.
How silly for someone to become offended over that phrase. Especially a non-brat. I guess she didn’t know that the term actually comes from an acronym for “British Regiment Attached Traveler,” and we yanks adopted it.
I prefer to let people think it’s because we were know to be bratty. LOL
“...were *known...”
LOL! I never knew that...I just embraced the Brat!
navy brat here who grew up with navy, marine, and army brats,even a couple of AF brats, and I am a third culture kid and proud of it..Yes Sir, try being a real brat to a military parent and you will regret it.
There was an article written about him and a movie. I think it was called “Into the Wild”.
He was supposedly ‘trapped’ by the raging river. If he had gotten a map, he’d have seen there was a hand-cranked pulley-basket half a mile from his camp. He could have walked put of there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless
LOL, don’t I know it. My wife and I saw something the other day where a kid held out a glass expectantly for her mother to fill it up while rolling her eyes, and my wife and I gasped and laughed at the same time...
I would have got my dad’s class ring in the back of my head, and she said she would have pulled back a bloody stump!
The first time I or any of my siblings ever said the “F” word in front of my dad was when my brother and I got into an auto accident on Route 5 going into Washington DC back in the early Seventies, and my dad just happened to be driving home from work on the other side of the five lane lane highway heading northbound where he saw the family station wagon with the back caved in...my dad ran across the highway and asked what happened, and my older brother who had been driving said “That F****** guy just ran into the back of us!”
We didn’t swear, backtalk, or eye-roll!
yeah when i was young i called my sister a nmane i heard someone else use but i had no clue what it meant..got my mouth washed out with soap, still dont use that word.
we used to say when dad says jump we ask which way and how high on the way up..
And a knife, rope and something to light a fire.
Centipedes are venomous: they bite you with venom. But they are edible.
Millipedes are poisonous. Don’t eat them.
Most animals are edible. Most plants are poisonous.
Yes. And if you must move, leave some obvious clues which way you went. An arrow made of rocks pointing where you went. And a note with your name, the date and time if possible.
Will finish this story later - 17 days!
Les Stroud does some stories like this where folks are just going to go berry hunting for a couple of hours, take a quick run, go for a short hike to see the river, etc. For such a short outing people don’t think to be prepared if they get turned around or injured.
The wind kicked up making kayaking difficult. He could have stayed and fished from shore. It sounds like he was heading out, saw the road to the lakes and thought that might be fun in the time he had left in the day.
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