Its curious that the truck, wasn't spotted given the assets involved in the search, or for that matter the smoke from his fire. But the bush is pretty thick in some of that country, and camp fire smoke is tough to spot on overcast days. Three weeks without food in the summer is one thing, but in late fall, it diminishes the victim's resistance to hypothermia. The motivation to gather firewood becomes more difficult with each passing day, camp chores and needless wandering would quickly exhaust him. If things actually transpired as the story suggests, he's a tough man.
