Hiker lost in desert survived by eating tadpoles and relying on two other unexpected sources of help.

Jeff Hahn experienced a nightmare come true when he and his 25-year-old daughter Harper got lost at Big Bend Ranch State Park in mid-June. With the temperature at 107 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, Jeff was cramping in his legs and could only walk for short periods of time before needing to rest.

With no water available, they decided Harper would hike ahead to find help while Jeff stayed at a rocky outcropping. However, Jeff chose to keep moving in order to ease the pain in his legs and get closer to help.

He experienced his first miracle when he stumbled upon an old mining shack and found two 1-liter sealed bottles of water. Later that evening, Harper and a state park superintendent set out to find him, but he had already left the outcropping and had been at the shack for over an hour.

Jeff's second miracle occurred when he tripped over a rock and fell, fracturing a wrist. He noticed that the rock he fell on had a pool of water on top, and was able to use his CamelBak straw to drink from it.

The next day, Jeff experienced his third miracle. As the temperature continued to rise, he climbed up a steep hillside and into a canyon with a small stream. He saw a pool with tadpoles next to the stream, and was so hungry he decided to ‘go full Naked and Afraid’ and scoop some of the tadpoles out with his hat to eat.

Thanks to these three miracles, Jeff was able to survive more than 24 hours in the desert and make it out alive.

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