Selma man found alive after 20 days lost in Sierra wilderness

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A occurrence moment.

This photograph shows the missing Selma antheral being loaded into an ambulance aft helium was recovered by a radical of hunters.

Ron Dailey had been missing for 20 days erstwhile helium was discovered connected the Swamp Lake Trail connected Saturday.

Dailey was expected to beryllium gone for a time of hunting and erstwhile helium didn't instrumentality home, his household contacted the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

As helium laic successful the infirmary connected Sunday, Dailey's girl Breanna recorded him recounting however helium got lost.

In his ain words, helium says helium went to the Swamp Lake Trail. Before helium knew it, helium recovered himself successful uncharted territory.

"I went implicit this thing, and it was scraping bottom. I looked up the histrion successful beforehand of it, it said Diamond Road, jeep road. That means you amended person a stone crawler. I don't person a stone crawler," accidental Dailey.

Dailey says helium continued down the trail. Eventually, helium realized his motortruck was destroyed, truthful helium utilized it arsenic shelter.

The household told authorities Ron had nutrient to past astir 2 weeks.

After respective days had passed, sitting astatine astir 10,000 feet elevation, Dailey said helium knew helium had to marque a move.

"You either effort to locomotion retired oregon you're gonna beryllium present and die. So, I got my garb on, my boots connected and I started walking. It was the toughest locomotion I've ever done successful my life," helium says.

Dailey says helium fell a mates of times going downhill, and erstwhile astatine the bottommost of a rocky hill, helium noticed helium had mislaid his phone.

But aft walking respective miles and tons of praying, alleviation Dailey said, "'Lord, you gotta nonstop idiosyncratic up present to me. I can't hardly locomotion anymore, Lord, you gotta assistance me, Father God.' I rise my caput up and I spot a car with headlights on. And I spell 'Oh, God, convey you Lord.'"

Dailey's girl says he's connected fluids; doctors are moving indispensable tests and if each goes well, her dada volition beryllium capable to spell location tomorrow.

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