BEND, Ore.—A man whose car was stranded in central Oregon snow for five days survived by eating taco sauce packets and starting the engine periodically to warm up.
A snowmobiler found Jeremy Taylor, 36, of Sunriver, on Friday and a search and rescue team member who rode to him on a large snow tractor brought him out of the woods, said Sgt. William Bailey, the spokesman for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
Taylor, an avid outdoorsman who loves to go off-roading, was last seen getting gas in Sunriver, on Feb. 24.
He told his rescuers he and his dog, Ally, became stuck in deep snow on a U.S. Forest Service road later that same day.
Oregon man, dog found alive after spending 5 days in vehicle stuck in snow, eating taco sauce https://t.co/zXvOEilNyM pic.twitter.com/TyrxT0rg7W
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He slept in his car and when he awoke Monday, more snow had fallen.
He attempted to hike out, but the snow was too deep, so Taylor and Ally returned to his car.
“Thank you everyone, I’m safe my Ally dog is safe. I really appreciate all the help. Got lucky, lets (sic) never do that again. I’ll be in touch with everyone soon,” he wrote on his Facebook page late Friday.
Thank you everyone, I'm safe my Ally dog is safe. I really appreciate all the help. Got lucky, lets never do that again. I'll be in touch with everyone soon.
由 Jeremy Taylor 发布于 2019年3月1日周五
Taylor did not reply to a message sent through Facebook on Saturday.
In response to a friend’s Facebook comment about how he ate three Taco Bell hot sauce packets during the ordeal, he joked: “Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives!”
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Taylor and his dog were both in good health when found, authorities said, but were very hungry.
Central Oregon has been hammered with snowstorms in recent weeks.
Sunriver is a well-known vacation destination about 3 ½ hours east of Portland.
Winter Storm Heading From Midwest Toward the Northeast
A storm that dropped several inches of snow to parts of the Midwest over the weekend was heading toward the Northeast, where it could disrupt Monday morning commutes.
Up to 8 inches of snow had fallen in parts of far western Kansas by Sunday morning. But most areas of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois that were within the path of the storm had gotten no more than a few inches of snow.
The storm did cause a few travel headaches in the Midwest. The Missouri Transportation Department was advising people to stay off roads if possible on Sunday.
Forecasters warned that the Midwest could see bitter cold after the storm, as an arctic air mass moves into the central U.S. The National Weather Service said wind chills could drop below minus-20 in eastern Nebraska on Monday morning.
The snow was expected to move into the Ohio Valley later Sunday before spreading over the Northeast. Heavy snow was possible from the central Appalachians to New England into Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
