Lost in the BC Woods for 74 Days, Bear Henry Thankful to Forestry Workers’ Rescue

Lost in the BC Woods for 74 Days, Bear Henry Thankful to Forestry Workers’ Rescue
Bear Henry is joined by friends Nakita Sekhon, left, and Shae Perkins during a press conference at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, Feb. 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
The Canadian Press
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VICTORIA—Bear Henry says they survived more than 70 days stuck in a camper van on a remote Vancouver Island mountain forest road with only a few days’ worth of canned beans, raw rice, cat food and melted snow.

Henry said Friday they are about 30 kilograms lighter than when they left Victoria Nov. 27 to find a camp in the Fairy Creek area northwest of Victoria where people had been protesting old-growth logging.