It reads like something from John Kipling’s The Jungle Book stories.
Three-year-old Casey Hathaway survived two nights alone in the freezing North American woods and told rescuers that a “friend in the woods that was a bear” was with him through the entire ordeal.
Rescuers found Casey tangled up in thornbushes last week but safe after reports of a child crying were passed on to police.
Black bears are common through the North Carolina woods, but can deadly
“He said he hung out with a bear for two days,” said his aunt, Breanna Hathway, on social media.
“God sent him a friend to keep him safe…miracles do happen.”
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Casey was reported missing last Tuesday when he failed to come inside after playing with two other boys in his grandmother’s backyard.
Sub-zero temperatures and brutal terrain didn’t deter a full-scale rescue mission that involved helicopters, drones, K-9 units and hundreds of local volunteers.
“He’s a survivor”, said Craven sheriff Chip Hughes of the rescue.
The story is similar to the incredible survival story last year of an 84-year-old who survived 3 days in the WA bush drinking from puddles of water.
I guess watching survival documentary’s online can come in handy after all….
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