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British man rescued after being lost 3 days in Thai jungle

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BANGKOK (AP) — 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. Weller told rescuers that he had not eaten anything during his ordeal but had sipped water puddled on rocks, using grass as a straw. He looked tired and had multiple small cuts on his legs,  but otherwise appeared healthy in video showing him being led out of the jungle.

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