Missing hiker found alive after 50 days in Canadian wilderness where temperatures dropped below 0: ‘Unbelievable’

A young hiker lost in the volatile Canadian wilderness for more than a month was found alive Tuesday after weeks of desperate searching, according to reports.

Sam Benastick, 20, was found hobbling down a service road in British Columbia’s Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, where he had been reported missing after failing to return home from a 10-day hiking trip on October 17, according to CBC News.

All told, Benastick spent 50 days in the mountainous Canadian tundra, where temperatures dropped below zero amid heavy snowfall.

Sam Benastick, 20, is recovering in the hospital after his rescue. CBC

“He’s in rough shape. But man, for 50 days out in that cold, he’s going to live,” Mike Reid, the manager of a nearby inn where Benastick’s parents stayed during

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