BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Prineville elk hunter is recovering at a Bend hospital after spending four days and three nights stranded in the Ochoco National Forest.
KTVZ reports 48-year-old Alan Hewitt went elk hunting on horseback on Thanksgiving but was injured in a fall.
He endured freezing temperatures and survived on a small bag of beef jerky until he was found Sunday by Darrel Hover of Bend and his father. They thought they saw a red backpack in the snow. It was Hewitt. They took him to a hospital.
The Crook County sheriff’s office rescued Hewitt’s two horses.
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Information from: KTVZ-TV, http://www.ktvz.com/
