Hibernation

 

Mitsutaka Uchikoshi was hiking with friends on Mount Rokkō in western Japan in October 2006 when he decided to walk back down the mountain alone, instead of taking a cable car with the others.

He slipped in a stream and fell, breaking his pelvis. He was found 24 days later by a passing hiker. His body temperature had fallen to 22ºC and he'd suffered blood loss and organ failure.

He was taken to hospital, and amazingly made a full recovery. The BBC reported at the time that a doctor who treated him said that "he fell into a hypothermic state at a very early stage, which is similar to hibernation."

"I lay down ... in a grassy area, which felt good in the sunshine, and eventually I fell asleep," Uchikoshi said of his accident when he spoke at a news conference after his recovery. "That's the last thing I remember."

 

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