A 75-year-old Maine man who had been missing for four days has been found “alive and in good health,” authorities said.
Michael Altmeyer, of New Sharon, was seen leaving his home on July 8 on his way to a meeting in Weld, where he never arrived, and Mount Blue State Park staff found Altmeyer’s vehicle a few days later at the park’s overlook on Center Hill Road in Weld, according to a Facebook post from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The Maine Department of Wildlife Service launched a search for Altmeyer on Friday morning. At about 3:45 p.m., Game Warden Cale Hamilton and his police dog, Ash, found Altmeyer lying on the ground and “unable to get up” “along the marsh, approximately 3/4 mile from where the vehicle was parked,” the department said in a statement.
A Maine Forest Service helicopter landed in the swamp and emergency personnel administered first aid before placing Altmeyer in an ambulance and taking him to a local hospital, where he remained under observation overnight.
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Wildlife officials said Michael Altmeyer, 75, was found in the swamp after being missing for four days. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)
Investigators believe Altmeyer fell down an embankment on Monday and became disoriented.
“Emergency responders said Altmeyer was in remarkably good health, despite having spent the past four days lying in the nearby marshland,” the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Service said.
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Mount Blue State Park Headquarters in Weld, Maine. (Google Maps)
Mount Blue State Park in Weld, Maine. (Deirdre Fleming/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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A police Facebook post received hundreds of comments praising the multi-agency rescue effort.
“This is an incredible result considering the heat, humidity and wreckage he endured,” one Facebook user wrote.
