“Help me,” the cold and exhausted man said to the game camera.
At the beginning of the week, a group of brown bear fans logged in online bear juice hoping to see even a glimpse of Mesikämmen’s activities in a remote national park in Alaska. However, an exhausted hiker appeared on the game camera and managed to form the words “Help me” with his lips.
This started a chain of events that finally ended with the rescue of a man lost in Katmai National Park.
They write about the case, among other things the Guardian and the Washington Post.
In the chat room of Explore.org, the company responsible for the national park’s webcams and broadcasts, messages began to appear in which users talked about a hiker in trouble. The company contacted the Alaskan authorities, who immediately took action.
The forest rangers found the tired and chilled hiker after a few hours of searching. The area of Dumpling Mountain, where the man was found, is extremely remote and there is no cell phone network.
After the incident, the Explore.org company published a short video on the X service (formerly Twitter) and the message: “The bear camera saved the hiker’s life!”
Katmai National Park’s live bear broadcasts are typically watched diligently in October during Fat Bear Week. It’s a playful race where people watch honey palms preparing for winter hibernation in bear life, devouring salmon. The race culminates in the audience’s vote, where the park’s pulski bear takes the victory.
Fortunately for the lost man, a group of nature lovers also happened to follow the bear live on a Tuesday in September. On top of that, the weather at that time was exceptionally bad and the visibility was only about 15 meters.