B.C. woman missing since March found; search continues for husband

ELKO, Nev. - It is an astonishing tale of survival against all odds.

A British Columbia woman who vanished with her husband seven weeks ago on their way to Las Vegas was found alive Friday in a remote part of northeastern Nevada, police said.

Hunters found Rita Chretien, 56, with her van in Elko County, according to a joint statement from the RCMP and police in Baker City, Ore., where the couple were last seen March 19. But there was no sign of her husband, Albert Chretien.

"We're stunned," the woman's son, Raymond Chretien, told the (Portland) Oregonian newspaper. "We haven't fully digested it. This is a miracle."

Rita Chretien survived 49 days in the wilderness by eating snow and small amounts of trail mix, her son said. She was airlifted to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Centre in Twin Falls, Idaho, where a nursing supervisor said she was in fair condition Friday night.

RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk told The Canadian Press on Saturday that he had spoken to Raymond Chretien who had a conversation with his mother and her doctor Friday night.

via ca.news.yahoo.com