I cant think of anything worse than being lost in a forest. It gives me flashbacks to watching The Blair Witch project all over again. Forget the ghosts and mysterious rock pikes, being lost in a forest was the scariest part of that movie for me.
Well, when a real-life couple found themselves in that situation, they were helped by a young boy who had learned a helpful hack during his time with the Boy Scouts.
If that wasn't bad enough, the pair had run out of water, food and their cellphones had died, as reported by the Western Journal.
Sounds like the beginning of a horror movie, right?
It just so happened that David was been three miles out of completing a 15-mile hike to earn his Boy Scouts Merit Badge — impressive, right?
The mother-son duo saw JD and Aimee struggling and offered to lend a helping hand.
Thankfully, David's backlog of Boy Scout knowledge quickly came in handy.
"We built them a stretcher using a big tree branch that we broke in half and used our shirts and slid it on using the armholes to fit the sticks through," the 12-year-old told KHON.
"It was really tough, but we rotated,” David recalled. "Sometimes we did four people, two on each side, two people — my mom and the man — and then the dog would get off and walk some which was really helpful and let us relax."
"Make sure that whenever you're doing an activity, think of what can go wrong and how you can prevent it," David said as a parting piece of advice to the news outlet.
What an incredible story of bravery and triumph! Way to go, David!
h/t: KHON
