Hiker found after missing for five weeks

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Lacking hiker Sam Benastick has been discovered.

CBC was the primary to verify with household that 20-year-old Sam Benastick was discovered Tuesday after being reported lacking on October 19, 2024. Benastick was purported to return on October 17 from a tenting journey within the Redfern Keily Park.

Studies counsel that Benastick was discovered close to an oil and fuel camp and was taken to a Fort Nelson Hospital. Particulars about his situation aren’t identified at the moment.

On October 30, the intensive seek for Benastick was referred to as off, and at the moment, his mom, Sandra Crocker, mentioned “limitless volunteers” looking out the Redfern Path couldn’t discover a hint of her son.

“We scoured the Sikanni Cheif with no outcomes and the Buckinghorse right now,” Crocker explains. “This terrain doesn’t permit many entry factors to the rivers.”

“We’ve moved onto a brand new space of the [Prophet River] and hoping to search out some hint,” she provides.

Restricted info exists about how Benastick survived the final 5 weeks, and we hope to be taught extra within the coming days.