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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days ina Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph malewood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
Photo: AP
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A Colombian university head says he ate a few plant stems and drank urine to survive four days in a Louisiana swamp.Sixty-five-year-old Francisco Piedrahita from Cali, Colombia, was spotted Wednesday from a plane in a clearing several hundred yards from one of the trails where he had gone to photograph male wood ducks on Saturday. He says he left the end of a trail in search of a pond that he later learned had dried up.Piedrahita says he was unable to make it through the swamp and spent most of the time on an island about 3 1/2 yards long.Doctors at West Jefferson Medical Center say Piedrahita has made a remarkably quick recovery and was discharged Thursday.He plans to return to Colombia on Sunday.
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