Missing Camper Found After Fifty Days in the Wilderness

canada - A camper who went missing for fifty days suddenly reappears in the wilderness, saying 'I am Sam', after being given up for dead.

Sam Benastick, a 20-year-old, set out on October 7 for what was supposed to be a ten-day camping trip in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada. However, when he did not return on October 17 and did not give any signs of life, his family reported him missing.

Search parties yielded no results. Emergency services had no idea where to search in the densely wooded area, as he had not told anyone his planned route. The weather was harsh, with temperatures dropping to minus 20 degrees on some days and heavy snowfall. Furthermore, the wild environment housed numerous animals. His family held out hope for a positive outcome, but they were also realistic.

Until two workers from an oil and gas company in the region spotted a ghostly figure emerging from the mist on a forest road. 'He had a walking stick in each of his frozen hands. He had wrapped a torn sleeping bag around his legs to protect himself from the biting cold. When we placed him in our van to warm up and gave him our sandwiches because he was famished, he collapsed,' the men said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police stated in a press conference on Thursday that Sam Benastick is being treated at the hospital in Fort Nelson. 'He suffered frostbite and smoke inhalation due to a fire in his makeshift shelter.