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Fisherman, missing 2 weeks, found alive

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A fisherman missing for more than two weeks in the wilderness of southwestern Oregon has been found alive.

Search and rescue crews found 69-year-old Harry Burleigh in the Umpqua National Forest Sunday afternoon.

Burleigh’s wife reported him missing on May 7 after he didn’t return from a fishing trip to Twin Lakes the day before.

At about 3 p.m. on Sunday, authorities said Burleigh was found was walking and complaining of minor pains, but he was in stable condition.