72-Year-Old Hunter Survives 19 Days Lost In Woods

    (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff's Department)
    (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department)

    A 72-year-old hunter from San Francisco spent nearly three weeks lost in a forest… and survived.

    FOX News Radio’s Jessica Rosenthal has details on how:

    Gene Penaflor and a friend went hunting in the Mendocino National Forest September 24th. They got separated when fog rolled in — Penaflor fell and hit his head.

    (Penaflor) “I passed out. I don’t know how long.”

    He says he wrapped himself up in leaves and grass to stay warm. He had trash bags, a lighter and seven bullets. He survived on berries, a snake and three squirrels.

    (Penaflor) “Those three squirrels were dead because of me.”

    His son Jeremy says he never lost faith that his dad was okay.

    (Jeremy) “Nineteen days, I know was nothing for him. So I, I knew he was there.”

    Other hunters found him and notified the Sheriff’s Department.

    Jessica Rosenthal, FOX News Radio.

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