Man 'survives two months trapped in car' The cold, nutrition-deprived man may have gone into a kind of hibernation, said one doctor A Swedish man has survived being trapped in his snow-covered car for two months without food, police say. The car was found on Friday at the end of a forest track more than 1 km (0.6 miles) from a main road in northern Sweden. Police say the temperature in the area had recently dropped to -30C (-22F). The man, who was too weak to utter more than a few words, said he had been inside since 19 December. He may have survived by drinking melted snow. Police say they have no reason to doubt his story. Sleeping bag The man, who has not been named, is recovering at Umea University Hospital - where staff say he is doing well considering the circumstances. The 45-year-old was discovered by snowmobilers who initially assumed the car was a wreck until they dug their way to a window and saw movement inside, reported the Vasterbotten Courier newspaper. The man was huddled in a sleeping bag on the back seat, said policeman Ebbe Nyberg. "He was in a very poor state. Poor condition. He said he'd been there for a long time and had survived on a little snow. "He said himself he hadn't eaten anything since December," Mr Nyberg said. Doctors at the Umea University Hospital said they would normally expect a person to survive without food for around four weeks, said the Vasterbotten Courier. One doctor told the newspaper that the man might have survived so long by going into a kind of hibernation.
Absolutely amazing! 2 MONTHS w/o food? I know a person can survive longer w/just water and no food, but 2 months is mind-blowing.........
I think the biggest worry is getting him to learn to eat again. In two months, his stomach will have strunk so much he probably won't be handle more than a teaspoon of food, and it'll take weeks for his stomach to tolerate normal food again. Poor bastard.
Whadda mean 'poor' bastard? I call him one LUCKY dude! The docs will make sure he understands about the eating process and get him back on the road to good health........
You know how when you're really desperate, you can boil your leather boots in a pot and make a barely nutritious soup? Perhaps he sacrificed his teeth chewing on leather straps he had torn off his seats. The downside is, if it was his wife's car, he'll be dead anyways.
I have a friend who envies that to no end. When I showed her this thread, she said it sounded like a great way to lose weight.
I bet there is a load of psychiatrists trying to get at him to see what his mental state is like. kudos to him. The guy will probably be very wiry for several years, even when he is able to eat normally again.
Isn't it true some veteran yoga practitioners can actually lower their metabolism and enter a semi-state of hybernation? Well, this experience quite possibly made the fella fast-track all the steps of enlightment in yoga. So I wouldn't be suprised if he actually mastered the art of levation after those 2 months.
