Crowsnest Pass, Alberta – Canadian Man Survives 96 Hours Trapped Under his ATV

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta – A paramedic who's used to saving the lives of others found himself having to eat rotting beaver meat and fend off snarling animals to ensure his own survival while trapped for 96 hours underneath his ATV.

Ken Hildebrand of Fort McMurray was riding his all-terrain vehicle as he collected animal traps, when the ATV rolled over after hitting a rock and trapped him underneath, face down on the snowy ground with his machine pinning his leg for four days and three nights.

Hildebrand, said he kept himself alive — albeit sick — by eating the rotting meat of the animals he had collected. "I tried to eat pieces of that, but it made me sick and I threw up," Hildebrand said.

He said he faced constant harassment from coyotes who were growling and fighting each other a few feet away, but was able to keep them at bay by constantly blowing a whistle he had with him.

As a paramedic, he took a beaver carcass and set it by his groin to help keep his body warm. He used another beaver as a bit of a windbreak and part of its skin as a makeshift pillow.

As he was entering his fourth day of being trapped, a hiker and a dog from Pincher Creek found him.

He was transported to Crowsnest Pass hospital, after that he was transferred to Lethbridge, where he has undergone several operations to treat frostbite and injuries to his legs. [AP]