KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A logging surveyor who became lost in thick forest south of Ketchikan was found safe but near hypothermic after a night in the cold.
The Ketchikan Daily News reported 57-year-old William Johnson was found just after 8 a.m. Saturday by the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad.
Johnson was dropped off by skiff Friday morning and walked from a road that circles a forestry unit.
Chris John of the rescue squad says Johnson got into steep terrain with vegetation so thick he had to crawl and lost his way.
Searchers at around midnight found Johnson’s truck and coat, leaving them concerned that he was without warm clothing.
John says Johnson was eventually located by yelling.
He was unable to walk back to a boat and was lifted out by helicopter.
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