A 58-year-old man living in Singapore was rescued after going missing for 3 days in the forest at a New York state swamp.
The man is originally from Ireland and was visiting the Adirondacks region and hiking alone when he got lost after leaving a trail that was marked.
He was found and rescued by forest rangers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on 22 June in a swampy area.
The man was last in contact with his wife (who is in Singapore) on 19 June.
The man reportedly drank swamp water to survive and had hypothermia, caused by his exposure to cold temperatures for prolonged periods.
He was found with bug bites on his face and tattered clothes, with the rangers who rescued him saying that he was a college professor who had quit recently.
The man reportedly told his wife in Singapore that he was going to spend some time in the Adirondack region, and flew into JFK International Airport, before renting a vehicle and driving towards Adirondack.
His wife was keeping tabs on his progress through a fitness tracker app but lost contact a few days after the signal was lost.
She then called the local authorities for help and about 10 forest rangers were then activated to search in assigned areas.
They got in touch with the car rental company the man had used and tracked the car’s GPS to a parking area at Elk Lake, leading towards the Dix Range.
They found his car and noticed that he had signed in to the trail register but never signed out.
After he was found and rescued, the man wanted to drive away as soon as possible, after changing his wet clothes for dry ones.
He was given the green light by paramedics, while the rangers watched him for a few more hours and fed him and gave him water.
he was then cleared to cleave after being determined he was well enough, and he was reportedly eager to check into a hotel and leave.
One of the rangers said that the man told his wife that he was never going to hike that mountain range again.