http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/01/world/americas/canada-hiker-rescue/If Marco Lavoie had not been rescued when he was, the Quebec man probably would have perished within 48 hours.
He was hypothermic, dehydrated and near starvation in the unforgiving cold of northwestern Quebec when police rescued him Wednesday.
Lavoie's survival might be called miraculous, as he had been in the wilderness for more than three months.
The 44-year-old is an experienced outdoorsman, but an encounter with a bear changed his luck, Quebec police said
At some point during a planned two-month canoe trek in the Lake Matagami area, a bear attacked Lavoie's campsite, eating his food and ruining his equipment, police spokeswoman Christine Coulombe said...
