Swedish man found alive after snow buries him in car for two months
02-20-12, 12:30 PM
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Swedish man found alive after snow buries him in car for two months
Swedish man found alive after snow buries him in car for two months
In a chilling story, of which details are still emerging, a 45-year-old Swedish man has been found alive after being stranded in his snow-covered car near the Arctic Circle for a reported two months. He survived without food, but was apparently able to melt snow for water.
According to authorities, men on snowmobiles were traveling through the forest in Sweden's northern town of Umeå when they came across a vehicle buried in the snow. Being nearly a mile from the main road, they cleared the windows to peer inside and were shocked to see a man huddled in a sleeping bag on the back seat. Rescue services soon arrived, in tracked vehicles, to bring the seriously emaciated man to the hospital.
Since the rescued man is barely able to speak, the medical staff has estimated that he was trapped in the vehicle for about two months – about as long as a human can survive without food. Despite temperatures plunging a low as -22 degrees Fahrenheit, the vehicle and its thick layer of snow apparently helped to protect him from the extreme weather. The man is currently recovering in an intensive care unit at Umeå University Hospital.
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02-20-12, 12:46 PM
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imagine the smell in that car 
poor guy. 
poor guy.
02-20-12, 01:34 PM
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You would think after a few days in the car eating snow the man would try to follow the tire tracks back to the main road, at 1 mile away you can see head lights from other cars passing by plus within that short distance from main road that is like getting lost in your back yard and couldn't find your way to your house. 
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02-20-12, 03:38 PM
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Sounds like this guy has some issues.
http://www.thelocal.se/39204/20120220/
Many questions remain about how and why a 44-year-old Swedish man survived subzero temperatures in his snow-bound car for two months without any food.
The man, named in media reports as Peter Skyllberg, hails from near Örebro in central Sweden and was discovered on Friday by a pair of passing snowmobilers who had stopped to inspect what they thought was an abandoned car in a forest trail outside of Umeå in northern Sweden.
When emergency services arrived they found a severely emaciated man who claimed to have been living in the frozen car since December without any food.
"It's just amazing he's alive!" Västerbotten County police spokesperson Ebbe Nyberg told the AFP news agency.
The man was immediately taken to hospital, which gave word on Sunday that he was doing well under the circumstances
Meanwhile, the seemingly impossible survival story has sparked global media attention and left many wondering not only how the man could have survived in his frozen car for two months, but also why he ended up there in the first place.
We dont know why he didnt try to leave, Nyberg told the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.
The man claimed he last had food on December 19th and survived by sticking his hand out the car window to grab handfuls of snow from the roof.
One source told the Aftonbladet newspaper that the man also survived on lip balm and soft drinks.
While surviving for so long under such conditions is unlikely, Stefan Branth, a doctor at Uppsala University Hospital, explained that the human body has an incredible capacity for survival.
You can live for a month [without food]. Two months is extreme, but not impossible. But they really must have found him at the last minute, he told the paper.
The cold temperatures may have also slowed down the mans metabolism in what some experts call the igloo effect.
According to Aftonbladet the man lived a totally normal life until late last year when something happened that changed the mans life.
He had a girlfriend, but they broke up. And then he ran into trouble paying his bills and the rent, a source told the newspaper, which reported the 44-year-old was 1.6 million kronor ($240,000) in debt.
The mans father told the newspaper his son hadnt had contact with his family in 20 years, explaining in part why he was never reported missing throughout the ordeal.
A neighbour of the 44-year-old told SvD that the man had a difficult time dealing with the break up and his economic troubles.
The whole situation became too much for him. He just left, the neighbour told the newspaper.
Meanwhile, local police, who were the first to be alerted of the man's whereabouts, have stated that the event is no longer a police matter.
There has been no crime committed as far as we are concerned; we closed the case on Friday afternoon, Peter Jonsson of the Umeå police told The Local.
http://www.thelocal.se/39204/20120220/
Many questions remain about how and why a 44-year-old Swedish man survived subzero temperatures in his snow-bound car for two months without any food.
The man, named in media reports as Peter Skyllberg, hails from near Örebro in central Sweden and was discovered on Friday by a pair of passing snowmobilers who had stopped to inspect what they thought was an abandoned car in a forest trail outside of Umeå in northern Sweden.
When emergency services arrived they found a severely emaciated man who claimed to have been living in the frozen car since December without any food.
"It's just amazing he's alive!" Västerbotten County police spokesperson Ebbe Nyberg told the AFP news agency.
The man was immediately taken to hospital, which gave word on Sunday that he was doing well under the circumstances
Meanwhile, the seemingly impossible survival story has sparked global media attention and left many wondering not only how the man could have survived in his frozen car for two months, but also why he ended up there in the first place.
We dont know why he didnt try to leave, Nyberg told the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.
The man claimed he last had food on December 19th and survived by sticking his hand out the car window to grab handfuls of snow from the roof.
One source told the Aftonbladet newspaper that the man also survived on lip balm and soft drinks.
While surviving for so long under such conditions is unlikely, Stefan Branth, a doctor at Uppsala University Hospital, explained that the human body has an incredible capacity for survival.
You can live for a month [without food]. Two months is extreme, but not impossible. But they really must have found him at the last minute, he told the paper.
The cold temperatures may have also slowed down the mans metabolism in what some experts call the igloo effect.
According to Aftonbladet the man lived a totally normal life until late last year when something happened that changed the mans life.
He had a girlfriend, but they broke up. And then he ran into trouble paying his bills and the rent, a source told the newspaper, which reported the 44-year-old was 1.6 million kronor ($240,000) in debt.
The mans father told the newspaper his son hadnt had contact with his family in 20 years, explaining in part why he was never reported missing throughout the ordeal.
A neighbour of the 44-year-old told SvD that the man had a difficult time dealing with the break up and his economic troubles.
The whole situation became too much for him. He just left, the neighbour told the newspaper.
Meanwhile, local police, who were the first to be alerted of the man's whereabouts, have stated that the event is no longer a police matter.
There has been no crime committed as far as we are concerned; we closed the case on Friday afternoon, Peter Jonsson of the Umeå police told The Local.
02-20-12, 07:12 PM
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You would think after a few days in the car eating snow the man would try to follow the tire tracks back to the main road, at 1 mile away you can see head lights from other cars passing by plus within that short distance from main road that is like getting lost in your back yard and couldn't find your way to your house.
2 weeks without even MRE's, and I was in literal pain from hunger most of the time. I cant even IMAGINE what this guy feels like.
02-21-12, 09:05 AM
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Looks like an older Volvo wagon. The company just might use this story to play up its already stellar safety-image....its tightly-built and insulated body, even on an aged vehicle, keeping out the brunt of the cold.
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