Man runs over moving ground to narrowly escape landslide along B.C. river: rescu

The Canadian Press  31/07/2024  A man camping along the Chilcotin River in British Columbia’s central Interior woke up to the sound of a landslide overnight Tuesday and managed to run to safety as the ground moved beneath his feet. Debra Bortolussi with Central Cariboo Search and Rescue said the man told rescuers the next morning that he had set up camp with his dog during a rafting trip, when he heard sounds of the slide at around midnight and started running. “It genuinely seems like a miracle that he did not get caught in it,” Bortolussi said in an interview following Wednesday’s rescue operation. “It directly came down overtop of where he was,” she said. “His tent, his raft, everything was taken out by the landslide itself.” The man’s dog…

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