{"id":628735,"date":"2024-07-25T20:43:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T20:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:43:56","slug":"missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"#Missing Ohio man Scott Hern found alive after 2 weeks in Kentucky woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30203625807\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30203625807\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods\/#Scott_Hern_a_48-year-old_from_Ohio_was_found_alive_Saturday_after_spending_14_days_in_Kentuckys_Daniel_Boone_National_Forest_Rescuers_had_all_but_given_up_hope_and_were_ready_for_%E2%80%98sad_news\" >Scott Hern, a 48-year-old from Ohio, was found alive Saturday after spending 14 days in Kentucky&#8217;s Daniel Boone National Forest. Rescuers had all but given up hope and were ready for &#8216;sad news.&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods\/#%E2%80%98Best_hug_of_both_our_lives_searcher_says\" >\u2018Best hug of both our lives,\u2019 searcher says<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-ohio-man-scott-hern-found-alive-after-2-weeks-in-kentucky-woods\/#Hern_is_in_%E2%80%98recovery_mode_lucky_to_be_alive\" >Hern is in &#8216;recovery mode,&#8217; lucky to be alive<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\"><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"news\" link=\"\/news\"><\/story-emphasis><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-news\">\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scott_Hern_a_48-year-old_from_Ohio_was_found_alive_Saturday_after_spending_14_days_in_Kentuckys_Daniel_Boone_National_Forest_Rescuers_had_all_but_given_up_hope_and_were_ready_for_%E2%80%98sad_news\"><\/span>Scott Hern, a 48-year-old from Ohio, was found alive Saturday after spending 14 days in Kentucky&#8217;s Daniel Boone National Forest. Rescuers had all but given up hope and were ready for &#8216;sad news.&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"74422868007\" title=\"How to plan and prepare for a hike\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/16\/PNJM\/74422872007-hiking.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/16\/PNJM\/74422872007-hiking.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">How to plan and prepare for a hike<\/p>\n<p>Here are some safety tips for when hiking alone or with friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>A man was found alive after 14 days in the Kentucky wilderness in what rescuers are calling a miracle for the 48-year-old.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>The Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team had been actively searching for Scott Hern since July 16, about 10 days after he was last was seen on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/dbnf\/recreation\/hiking\/recarea\/?recid=39516&amp;actid=50\">Tower Rock Trail<\/a> in southern Kentucky&#8217;s Daniel Boone National Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies helped look for Hern through \u201cheavy terrain\u201d until Saturday afternoon, when they found a shoe print and evidence of a walking stick \u201cin an area that few <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>&#8221; near Bell Falls, the Wolfe County team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCSART\/posts\/pfbid0KvJYDzkpGxDoc46G8d1mPjBmtedypyA6SwP88BWpPdSHB2XyL6xPy2h49Empm6Yrl\">posted on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/24\/USAT\/74535858007-ky-pic.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/24\/USAT\/74535858007-ky-pic.JPG?crop=833,624,x1,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/24\/USAT\/74535858007-ky-pic.JPG?crop=469,624,x208,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/07\/24\/USAT\/74535858007-ky-pic.JPG?crop=834,470,x0,y77 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Wolfe County Search &amp; Rescue Team\" caption=\"Scott Hern, 48, was rescued Saturday, July 20 after spending 14 days in the Kentucky wilderness.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey continued pushing up the creek when they heard someone yell for help,&#8221; the agency said. &#8220;The five-person team then worked for some time to locate Scott up a steep embankment below a cliff line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>The team \u201ccouldn\u2019t be h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ier\u201d to have found Hern after after he was gone for two weeks and went &#8220;12 days without any food or water,\u201d the team wrote. \u201cWe were persistent in our search, but hope was fading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hern was carried, airlifted and transported to a local hospital. He was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is currently recovering at home.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Best_hug_of_both_our_lives_searcher_says\"><\/span>\u2018Best hug of both our lives,\u2019 searcher says<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Eric Wolterman, a Wolfe County Search &amp; Rescue team member, took to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wolterman\/posts\/pfbid02g6VHWMqnKhitoDCCT76jsPdun6zr9R5vaCm1wpmLteV6ftqhPKE4WMMv2rVyh93Sl\">Facebook<\/a> to share a few thoughts a day after Hern was rescued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Wolterman, who doesn\u2019t consider himself a particularly religious person, took some time to say a prayer for \u201cScott Hern and his family\u201d early Saturday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, praying isn&#8217;t something that I do too often. We were working on this operation since Tuesday, and most of the team went into the day pretty much with the thought that this was going to be a recovery mission,\u201d Wolterman wrote. \u201cSo, I said a prayer knowing the family would probably be getting some very sad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were set to embark on one last search in the hopes of finding Hern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>\u201cWe were in the roughest terrain you could imagine and it&#8217;s very dangerous for anyone to even be out there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<p>Wolterman and his team spent hours cutting through vegetation in the search area, eventually finding a few muddy footprints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They had stopped to regroup when another team member heard a \u201cfaint noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe paused and we shouted \u2018who is that?\u2019 Thinking it was another search team,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I then heard \u2018help.\u2019 We took off in the direction. As we got closer (we) asked what his name was and he (said) \u2018Scott Hern\u2019 I have never moved faster uphill in my entire life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>Wolterman was the first to make contact with Hern, introducing himself and reassuring him they were going to get him out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He looked at me and said \u2018\u2019Thank you so much. Will you give me a hug?\u2019&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I got teary-eyed and gave him a big hug. I think it was the best hug of both of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"1410095\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"><\/media-gallery-promo><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hern_is_in_%E2%80%98recovery_mode_lucky_to_be_alive\"><\/span>Hern is in &#8216;recovery mode,&#8217; lucky to be alive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hern is currently recovering from his stint in the wild, with the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCSART\/posts\/pfbid026m9D9mQfEd7m6WGn64QqHa2CHihGnxcExxa8QxpSxhKrcvUJrLReKUokxiP37drfl\">reporting<\/a> earlier this week that he had begun to consume solid food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John May, Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team chief, told USA TODAY on Wednesday that Hern is still &#8220;extremely weak,&#8221; struggling to walk and talk.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s still in recovery mode, but he is home now,&#8221; May said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were very concerned about his survivability at that point,&#8221; May said. &#8220;And on Saturday morning, I even met with the family again and said, &#8216;It&#8217;s not looking really good.&#8217; We&#8217;ve not found him. We&#8217;re two weeks into this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>May says the likelihood of survivability was &#8220;unheard of&#8221; since Hern was a fairly new hiker, had little experience and didn&#8217;t have many camping supplies with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t expect to find him alive. We really didn&#8217;t,&#8221; May said.<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u2019s family was \u201csuper appreciative\u201d of all the support received, sharing a picture of Hern on Monday sporting a \u201cbig smile.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear also extended kudos to the team on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GovAndyBeshear\/posts\/pfbid0PJZ6ZRevPqfxABa2AeDNVYdaGQbhwzrEapYm55fgjLrcMA3481psLcjqGgvgRrTsl\">Facebook.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a remarkable outcome,\u201d Beshear said. First lady Britainy Beshear &#8220;and I are praying for a speedy recovery for Mr. Hern. Thank you to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCSART?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWQktstCQ13jyTnE9d-9Z1v_pHwQtN0jLk0jlHUXW28uqzJkRtGcWYTi1TSf0unm1HdSgIoJftGuZW9Pasfj6luMh42d4yrL9P5QywwrHS0VZ2DLFMrdW-rs471VuDtTixhiGYL-w1JrAHC-NOEAo3WXYomAN08y59HtQWBEpmbORKqxhz9VVDiMwLCkqwf1RHGVqLlQ5iOPEpIWPKPlPrIbS1PnKru3y7NkpiRXU4kmQ&amp;__tn__=-%5DK-y-R\">Wolfe County Search &amp; Rescue Team<\/a> and everyone who assisted in rescue efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-07-24 23:50:05 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-07-25 17:43:56 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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