Peter Skyllberg, a 44-year-old man living in Sweden, was recently discovered in his car after being stuck inside of it for two months in -30 degree weather. He was found half-alive and almost unable speak after his car got stuck in a giant snow bank. And you thought being stuck in a traffic jam was bad.
Skyllberg claims to have consumed nothing but snow for the entire duration of his entrapment. Studies have shown that a human can really only survive without food for up to a month if they were super healthy and not freezing to death in a stranded vehicle. Doctors say that Mr. Skyllberg survived because his body seems to have gone into a sort of hibernation.
So why didn’t Skyllberg just break his window and find help? Rule of thumb is that unless you’re totally sure that you can easily and quickly walk somewhere to get help, stay inside the car. Usually in this situation, when people leave and try to find help, they end up freezing to death.
Good job, Skyllberg! You’re a modern-day ultimate extreme survivor man.