Thanks Tim I looked earlier and could not find an article:
Remer Man Survives Five Nights In Woods After Fall
(AP) A Remer man was recovering Friday after spending five nights in the woods without food or water after falling from a hunting stand.
Larry Mackey, 62, fell from his bear-hunting stand about a mile from home Sept. 10, breaking his hip and pelvis, and wasn't found until Sept. 15. He was immobilized by his injuries and lay on the ground as temperatures dropped to freezing or below on three of the nights he was in the forest.
The retired bank employee said he sang and talked to himself to stay awake, flexed his muscles to stay warm and slept during the day when it was warmer. A sow and two cub bears came near him on two nights, feeding on bait he had set out for hunting, Mackey said Friday at St. Lukes hospital. A pack of wolves passed near him another night and he could hear the pups yipping.
Mackey was found by his grandson, Lucas Baynes, who had come from Mankato to hunt with his grandfather.
Mackey had surgery Sunday and his prognosis for a good recovery was excellent, according to Dr. William Schnell, a surgeon with Orthopaedic Associates of Duluth. "Hes probably going to need a new hip later in life. His pelvis is going to heal up," Schnell said.
Schnell said Mackey, who had lost a lot of blood internally after the 20-foot fall, was lucky that his grandson found him when he did.
"If his grandson hadn't come, he would have died," Schnell said.
