A 39-year-old man who went missing Sunday after his canoe flipped in Altoona was found dehydrated but alive Tuesday, investigators with the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
What You Need To Know
- Davidson Anjab was canoeing with two other men in the Alexander Springs area of Altoona Sunday when their canoe overturned
- Two of the men made it back into the craft, but Anjab swam to shore and told the other men he would walk and meet up with them later
- For nearly two days, he could not be located until around noon Tuesday when searchers on the ground found him
Davidson Anjab was canoeing with two other men Sunday in the Alexander Springs area of Altoona when the canoe overturned, the Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
"According to the parties involved, two of the men were able to get back in the canoe; however, the missing man was unable to," the statement said.
Anjab reportedly swam to the shore and yelled to the two other men that he would walk back and meet up with them later, but wasn't seen or heard from again that day, deputies said.
The Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, helicopter, K-9 deputies, mounted posse and others were called in to search for the missing man, but were unsuccessful Sunday and Monday. It wasn't until around noon Tuesday that searchers were able to to locate him while searching the area on foot.
Investigators say he was found in the woods about a 10th of a mile from the shoreline where he was last seen Sunday.
Rescuers said Anjab was "significantly dehydrated" when found.
No other information was immediately available on his current condition or the circumstances that left him stranded in the woods for nearly two days.