8-year-old Wisconsin Boy Found Alive and Well at the Wilderness State Park after Missing for 2 Days

The Porcupine Mountains. (2023, February 8). In Wikipedia.

An 8-year-old boy Nante Niemi from Wisconsin went camping with his family in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park and disappeared after seeking to gather firewood for a campfire for his family last Saturday around 1 p.m. Troopers and volunteers had been searching for him since he was reported missing.

Michigan State Police announced that Nante was found by a volunteer and appeared to be in good health. Nante was found around 2:30 p.m. today.

Nante told troopers that he covered up with branches and leaves for warmth and also blanketed the log he was under. He ate clean snow for hydration. According to CBS Detroit, rescue teams searched for this 8-year-old boy in the heavily snowed mountains. More than 150 personnel from MSP and local police agencies covered at least 40 square mile area on foot in a terrain that is hilly and remote with standing water. Aviation, K9, and volunteers searched for the boy from the air to water, and wilderness as weather permits.

Nante reunited with his family, and this brave little man taught us how to survive in the wilderness alone from the harsh weather conditions with wisdom, bravery, and tenacity.

The Porcupine Mountains are located at the northwest tip of the Michigan State peninsula and the Lake Superior shore. In the region, this time of the year still heavy snow accumulation from the Lake effect snow. “The closest National Weather Service station is in the coastal community of Ontonagon, where the annual average snow accumulation is about 200 inches (510 cm). Totals of well over 250 inches (640 cm) of snow annually are likely in the higher elevations. It is not uncommon to have 300-inch (760 cm) seasons in this region,” According to Wikipedia.

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