Isn’t it incredible when a last-minute decision changes someone’s life in a major way?
On the day after Thanksgiving, Allison Scott and her boyfriend, Alfred Valdivia, Jr., made the decision to head up to Big Bear Lake in California for a last-minute camping trip. The couple packed up the equipment and special clothing that they would use and brought along their dog for the planned overnight.
Allison and Alfred picked a camping spot between Big Bear Lake and Angelus Oaks. They were relaxing when, suddenly, they heard a man’s voice calling out for help somewhere nearby. Curious, they tracked the sound to the bottom of the hill, and found a man named Eric was stranded. “We end up finding him,” Allison recalled. “He had a stick with a water bottle on it trying to signal. He couldn’t walk. His feet were extremely swollen just because of walking so much, and possibly the cold where he was.”
Allison and Alfred climbed down to Eric and learned that he’d set out from his home in Oceanside two weeks earlier. No one knew where he was, and no one was looking for him. He doesn’t own a cell phone, either. He’d managed to survive for the past 14 days eating only a half a bottle of salsa(沙司) he’d brought along for the hike. Eric told the couple it was a “Thanksgiving miracle(奇迹)” they’d discovered him at all. He was extremely weak and hungry. Allison used her cell phone to call 911, and within 15 minutes a rescue helicopter arrived. Once Eric had been safely evacuated, Allison and Alfred continued on their camping trip as planned.
Eric is so lucky that this couple decided to go camping that day. This story is a great reminder to everyone: Always tell someone where you’re going and when to expect you back when you’re going on an adventure! And always bring more supplies than you think you’ll need.
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