{"id":116925,"date":"2024-10-22T03:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116925"},"modified":"2024-10-22T03:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T20:59:59","slug":"husband-dies-after-maine-couple-is-lost-in-woods-for-days-wife-may-have-survived-thanks-to-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116925","title":{"rendered":"Husband dies after Maine couple is lost in woods for days, wife may have survived thanks to dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost \u2014 and officials say she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">John Helmstadter, 82, and Pamela Helmstadter, 72, went for a walk in a forested area behind their Alexander, Maine, home last Sunday with their dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But what was meant to be a casual stroll along a network of trails turned tragic when they got off one of the trails and John Helmstadter fell, then was unable to get up. Neither of them had cellphones and were unable to call for assistance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pamela Helmstadter went to get help, but \u201cgot disoriented in the woods and could not get home,\u201d the Maine Game Wardens said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After spending four nights in the woods, she was located on Thursday \u2014 alive, but hypothermic \u2014 by the Maine Game Wardens and warden K9s, over a mile from her home. Her husband was found deceased, 200 yards from her, officials said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x styles_portrait__NRWbO\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-Pamela-Jon-Helmstadter-rescue-ew-151p-4236cc.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-Pamela-Jon-Helmstadter-rescue-ew-151p-4236cc.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-Pamela-Jon-Helmstadter-rescue-ew-151p-4236cc.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-Pamela-Jon-Helmstadter-rescue-ew-151p-4236cc.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-Pamela-Jon-Helmstadter-rescue-ew-151p-4236cc.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Helmstadter being taken to an ambulance\" height=\"2500\" width=\"1875\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Pamela Helmstadter being taken to an ambulance in Alexander, Maine, on Oct. 17.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Maine Department of Inland Fisheries &amp; Wildlife<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPamela was found severely hypothermic but alert with her dog by her side,\u201d the Maine Game Wardens said. \u201cHer body temperature was 90.7 when she was found, but she was able to discuss what had occurred.\u201d She was transported to a hospital for observation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In the days the couple were lost in the woods, the temperature dipped to as low as 26 degrees Fahrenheit at night, according to Accuweather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mark Latti, the Communications Director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries &amp; Wildlife, said the couple&#8217;s dog may have helped save her life as wardens found the dog very protective of her and saw it would lay on top of her chest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt sounds like that\u2019s what the dog would do at night, as well, to help keep her warm,\u201d Sgt. Josh Beal with the Maine Warden Service told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/article\/maine-missing-couple-wife-found-alive-husband-dead\/62653209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland station WMTW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She told authorities she had given up hope of being found until she heard the Warden Service Airplane circling over her five different times on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A search for the couple had been launched Wednesday after their neighbor who checks on them alerted authorities that they were missing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">That neighbor reported bringing a package from their porch into their house on Tuesday, and she became concerned after noticing it was in the same place she had left it the following day and after noticing one of the couple&#8217;s dogs had returned home, but there was no sign of the couple nor their other dog. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/husband-dies-maine-couple-lost-woods-days-wife-may-survived-thanks-dog-rcna176400\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost \u2014 and officials say she may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116925\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}