Missing 75-year-old found alive after being stuck in Maine bog for 4 days

A 75-year-old man who went missing for 4 days was recovered alive, stuck successful a bog successful Maine, aft a crippled prison guard and his trusty K9 were capable to sniff him out.

Michael Altmaier of New Sharon, Maine was headed to a scheduled gathering successful Weld connected Monday erstwhile he was past seen driving his car down Colby Miller Road, nan Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife wrote successful a Saturday release. Altmaier ne'er showed up astatine nan meeting.

After 4 days pinch nary motion of nan 75-year-old, unit astatine a adjacent authorities parkland discovered Altmaier’s car astatine nan Mount Blue State Park Scenic Overlook connected Thursday night. Mount Blue State Park is conscionable extracurricular Weld, Maine.

At first ray nan adjacent day, wardens pinch nan Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife began their hunt of nan surrounding area for nan missing man.

After searching done nan greeting and midday, Game Warden Kayle Hamilton and Game Warden Ash, who besides happens to beryllium a dog, located nan missing 75-year-old astatine 3:45 p.m. He was astir 1.2 kilometres distant from wherever his conveyance was found.

Authorities judge Altmaier fell complete a ledged embankment and “likely became disoriented” from nan fall. He ended up stuck successful a bog wherever he was incapable to get up.

Search volunteers and a paramedic rushed to Altmaier’s location and provided first aid. About 2 hours aft nan missing man was found, a chopper was capable to onshore successful nan bog and Altmaier was airlifted to an awaiting ambulance. The 75-year-old was kept overnight astatine a section hospital.

Emergency workers were happy to find Altmaier was successful “surprisingly bully information contempt spending nan past 4 days laying successful nan area of nan bog,” Maine officials wrote.

Trending Now

A photograph shared by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife shows astir 7 rescue workers carrying Altmaier’s stretcher done dense bogland towards a waiting helicopter.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Maine Association for Search and Rescue, Maine Search and Rescue Dogs, Bureau of Parks and Land Staff, Maine Forest Service, NorthStar EMS, and nan Weld Fire Department each assisted successful nan hunt and rescue of Altmaier, alongside Maine wardens.