CHICAGO (AP) — A 23-year-old woman rescued after a week lost in the Montana wilderness says she hesitated to retrace her path after seeing bear tracks over her old footprints.
Madeline Connelly was found May 10 after disappearing in the Great Bear Wilderness on May 4. She said in interviews this week that she drank water from creeks and ate glacier lilies for food. She says her dog, Mogi, kept her warm at night and woke her up in the morning. The Chicago-area native was visiting her uncle in Montana and said she saw a search helicopter at one point, but it flew off.
Connelly said she cried but tried to stay positive. She says she became emotional when rescuers told her “the whole world is looking for you.”
