British man rescued after being lost three days in Thai jungle


Rescuers lead Barry Leonard Weller, 72, out of the jungle, in Thailand's northeastern Khon Kaen province, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. A 72-year-old British man has been found safe three days after disappearing in a thick jungle in northeastern Thailand while going to visit friends on a motorbike. A member of a local volunteer team that helped rescue him said a hunter came across Barry Leonard Weller in a remote forest in Khon Kaen province. He was asleep on a rock formation after climbing it to try to see a route out. - AP

BANGKOK, Sept 4 (AP): A 72-year-old British man was found safe three days after disappearing in a thick jungle in northeastern Thailand while going to visit friends on a motorbike.

A local hunter came across Barry Leonard Weller on Friday in a remote forest in Khon Kaen province, said Nattapat Tadee, a member of a local volunteer team that helped rescue him. He was asleep on a rock formation after climbing it to try to see a route out.

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