Japanese man in mystery survival

Wow! A Japanese man managed to survive for 24 days in the cold without both food and water by falling into a state of “hibernation”. He was subsequently rescued.

Mitsutaka Uchikoshi, 35, went missing on 7 October after going with friends to climb Mount Rokko in western Japan. He had almost no pulse, his organs had shut down and his body temperature dropped to 22C (71F) when he was found. Medics say they are still puzzled how he survived because his metabolism was apparently almost at a standstill.

"I lay down... in a grassy area, which felt good in the sunshine, and eventually I fell asleep," Mr Uchikoshi told reporters at a news conference at a hospital in Kobe, where he was treated. "That's the last thing I remember," he said.

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