A man who went missing in the remote Andes mountains from Chile to Argentina was found alive on Sunday.
58-year-old Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui of Uruguay left for a trip back in May, with plans to ride his motorcycle across the expanse between the two Latin American countries when his bike broke down.
He was then hit by a series of snowstorms that caused him to lose his way.
Gomez survived by subsisting upon whatever he could find in a mountain shelter where he sought refuge. According to the Mirror, that included raisins and rats.
Argentine officials found Gomez in a mountain shelter almost 9,300 feet up. They'd gone to the site by helicopter to log snow levels.
When they discovered him, Gomez was starved and dehydrated. He'd lost over 40 pounds during the days of isolation. Despite his compromised health, hospital officials say he will recover well.
"He's a patient with high blood pressure, a history of smoking and signs of undernourishment," a doctor told the BBC. "But he's going to be fine and in a few days we're going to discharge him."
Governor of San Juan Jose Luis Gioja told local Diario de Cuyo news that he was happy Gomez could reunite with his family.
"The truth is that this is a miracle. We still can't believe it," he said. "We let him talk to his wife, his mother and his daughter...I asked him: 'Are you a believer?' He told me, 'no, but now I am.'"
