86 year old Dementia patient survives after 3 days wandering in the Mojave Desert

[Dougz]

[QUOTE]An 86-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease told rescuers he was "doing pretty good" after spending nearly three days wandering in the Mojave Desert.

Rollande Towne had been spending a vacation with his family when he went missing, wandering away from his family's campsite early Monday morning, according to his grandson, Jared Weigand.

Weigand told ABC News that Towne didn't remember much about his ordeal outdoors. Soon after he was rescued Wednesday, Towne told ABC News Los Angeles station KABC-TV that he felt fine.

"Well, I'm doing pretty good," Towne told KABC. "I've got a few marks here and there, pretty decent actually."[/QUOTE]

[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-man-dementia-survives-days-mojave-desert/story?id=31208553[/url]

This is the city over from mine. If i got lost in the desert between here and there I'd lose my mind

[Noble Voice]

Fallout New Vegas jokes incoming

[DainBramageStud]

They might wanna do an APB for an RV with taped-over bulletholes in the door

[dedo678]

[QUOTE=Dougz;47774681][url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-man-dementia-survives-days-mojave-desert/story?id=31208553[/url]

This is the city over from mine. If i got lost in the desert between here and there I'd lose my mind[/QUOTE]

His mind is already lost though.

[Source]

Ain't that a kick in the head. On the cool side isn't alot of the Mojave used in quite extensive length within the game from the actual desert?

[cecilbdemodded]

"Let's take grandpa camping with us in the desert."
"But he has dementia, he might get lost."
"So what's your point?"

[Sableye]

You know strolling the mojave makes you wish you didnt enter the mojave

[Awesomecaek]

"My situation was dire. I was obviously lost in a desert, dehydrated, suffering from a heat stroke, having Alzheimer's and dementia on top of that! I guess at least it's good I wasn't lost in a desert."

[Download]

[QUOTE=Tompson1997_PL;47774813]Fallout New Vegas jokes incoming[/QUOTE]

Well, I did come in here to say he was lucky not to get killed by deathclaws... or geckos.

[Zoran]

[QUOTE=Tompson1997_PL;47774813]Fallout New Vegas jokes incoming[/QUOTE]

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No but seriously, this is awesome. I'm really glad that he survived. I'm not sure if I'm being pessimistic to say that I doubt I'd have a very good time surviving in the Mojave desert, but what I do know is that I certainly wouldn't if I had dementia.

[miniguy221]

To the town of Agua Fria walked a pensioner one day.
Never spoke to folks around him. Couldn't remember what to say.
Everyone had asked his business, not a one been answered back;
For the pensioner there among them had dementia and a bad hip,
Dementia and a bad hip.