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Swedish Man Survives Being Trapped in Snow-Covered Car for Two Months!

Swedish Man Peter Skyllberg Survives Being Trapped in Snow Covered Car for Two Months!

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A Swedish man who survived being trapped in a snow-covered car for two months has been rescued and is recovering in the hospital, the Telegraph reported.

Peter Skyllberg, 44, was found in his car Friday off a snow-filled forest road in northern Sweden. He was discovered by passersby on snowmobiles who at first thought the car was a wreck, the BBC reported. When they dug their way to a window they saw movement inside.

Skyllberg said he’d been inside the car since Dec. 19 and survived by drinking only a little snow. It was not immediately clear how he became trapped.

“He was in a very poor state. Poor condition. He said he’d been there for a long time and had survived on a little snow,” policeman Ebbe Nyberg told the BBC. “He said himself he hadn’t eaten anything since December.”

Temperatures outside had been below -22 degrees, the Telegraph reported. One doctor said the air trapped around the car had likely formed a kind of igloo.

“In the car he had very warm clothes, he had a warm sleeping bag, and as the car was snowed under, that would have made it more like an igloo. Down below the snow, you would normally have a temperature of around zero,” Dr. Ulf Segerberg of Norrland’s University Hospital in Sweden said.

He added that it’s not unheard of for someone to survive for so long without starving to death.

“Starvation for one month, anyone can tolerate that if they have water to drink,” Segerberg said. “If you have body fat, you will survive even longer, although you end up looking like someone coming from a concentration camp.”

According to the BBC, one doctor told the Vasterbotten Courier Skyllberg might have survived by going into “a kind of hibernation.”

Skyllberg has not spoken publicly about his ordeal. One of his neighbors described him to the Telegraph as a  “loner” who disappeared after a failed business attempt left him deeply in debt.

“He had got into a lot of debt, and he couldn’t pay his bills, and then he just disappeared,” Magnus Jernberg said. “It was a bit of a joke for us. We said ‘Oh, I think they just found Peter’. And then it was Peter.”

Comments (52)

  • apojoe69
    Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:50am

    This story is a complete hoax!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • bjornskis
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 11:36pm

    I thought things were perfect in sweden no worries everyone taken care of right?

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  • Dave.the.Blaze
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:53pm

    I think this story was created simply to sell more Volvos. Not only is their crash-test rating high, but you can survive in a snowbank for a couple of months.

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  • cranberry
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:45pm

    A pic will take care of skeptics, right? And a book deal? Whats it going to say “Oh i sat in a car for 2 months doing absolutely nothing but sleeping to conserve my energy” and he won’t have to worry about his apartment, he lost it 30 days after he didn’t pay the rent….

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  • grannyrecipe
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:38am

    If you get trapped in the snow out in the wilderness it’s important to kill a deer or elk first. If you make a fire first it will scare away animals. So kill supper first then make a toasty fire. If you don’t have a lighter you can make scary sparks by placing a metal object across the battery posts.

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    • Melvin Spittle
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:49am

      If you kill a grizzly, you will not need to build a fire because the forest around you will burst into flame from your shear awesomeness.

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    • IvanK
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:57am

      The truth is coming out on this guy… I firmly believe that this guy is trying to scam the public:
      “While it was not immediately clear why Skyllberg had been in his car since December, reports emerged Sunday that he suffered numerous personal setbacks recently and may have been trying to take his own life.
      “He had a girlfriend but she ran out. And then he also had problems paying bills and the rent,” a source close to Skyllberg said, according to Aftonbladet newspaper.
      Aftonbladet’s report, cited by The (London) Daily Telegraph, added that Skyllberg’s debts totaled 1.6 million Swedish Kronor (US$238,000), and a court in December ordered the seizure of his rental properties.
      ____________________________
      I firmly believe this guy figured that he could produce this scam in order to get a book deal and publicity to get his @sz out of the ringer….

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:36pm

      New DEBT, Medical Bills.. Good Gawd..Gawd Bless this Guy..
      If it wasn’t for Bad Luck, He wouldn’t have any Luck at All…

      Report Post » INOGAWD  
    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:04pm

      lol you people are ridiculous.

      Yea I know what I’ll do. I’ll commit suicide by slowly starving myself to death in a snow-covered car. GENIUS I tell you!

      Every year, news stories like this come out. He’s not the first person to live trapped in a snow-covered car for months. He won’t be the last. Why is it so hard to believe?

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  • PERSERVERANCE-2012
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:29pm

    What excactlly are the 37 things to stock up on…. You know, just in case. I cant stay awake through the 30 minute commercial that seems to say the same thing over and over and over….. Loved the comment RAYBLUE!

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    • thegodfather
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:18pm

      I agree . WTF Tell us what the 37 things aree…No but first…listen to me blather….for 20 minuets

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  • RedDawn2012
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:16pm

    For all you skeptics who don’t believe anyone can survive on snow alone, it’s been done before, and there’s a movie about it. “Hey, I’m Alive” is a true story about two chubby people who survived a 1963 plane crash in the Yukon, living in the crashed plane on melted snow for 49 days. They were in decent shape when rescued, but they never wanted to see each other again. Very interesting flick with Ed Asner and Sally Struthers.

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  • BOMUSTGO
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:06pm

    Maybe it was the “Yellow Snow?”

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  • Uranium Wedge
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:37pm

    @DZ283
    You are not fooling anyone.

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  • ChiefGeorge
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:59pm

    Now he can add the rescue bill to his woes. I hope somebody can help him out.

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    • LastingLiberty
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:59pm

      After all the money he will make on book and movie deals he will be just fine. Probably the best thing that happened to him.

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  • Dalady
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:51pm

    We don’t mind helping the helpless, but we’re sick and tired of helping the clueless…and that would be you, Dizzy283. OMG 2012

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  • chips1
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:27pm

    He is sure lucky it didn’t happen in New York. The cost of the parking tickets would be tremendous.

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    • IvanK
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 8:54pm

      Sorry but I call ******** flag – 95 yard penalty!
      A human being CANNOT live half that long with mere water alone AND survive in sub zero temps. You need food (fuel) to keep your body temp up.
      I’ll bet money that this is some kind of elaborate hoax perpetrated for a book deal/talk show… Basically… Money!
      I mean, why not? That’s the way politicians do – scam the base for $$$

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:25pm

      @IVANK
      I agree. There is no way.
      And doesn’t eating snow dehydrate you faster?

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:31pm

      Snow has a 10 to 1 ratio. Your body would have to use a lot of energy to convert the snow into water.
      I wonder what the doctors cut is on this B.S.?

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    • pattybbb1
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 9:56pm

      I’ve heard that eating snow lowers your body temp. You would want to melt the snow first. Then drink the water. That is the extent of my knowledge on this subject.

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:40pm

      How exciting can a Book be about being stuck in a Car for two Months ??

      Report Post » INOGAWD  
  • randy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:59pm

    Sorry, not buying this story at all.
    Where’s the you tube video of this emaciated man? ?:)

    Report Post » randy  
  • DD313
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:53pm

    Enough with the Saab stories, the question is what happened to global warming in Sweden?

    Report Post » DD313  
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:23am

      …and cue the rim shot…

      I was going to ask about Global Warming but never would have thought of the Saab story line.

      My hat’s off to you, sir.

      Report Post » @leftfighter  
  • mils
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:33pm

    so ………dz283,
    aka, democrat liberal.flake…
    what does your crude comment have to do with this story?….go away…
    only democrats want to keep people on welfare, that is a form of hatered…and it’s a type of slavery

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  • milo75
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:25pm

    You do not represent us! Your sick twisted views would end you up on a long rope when sh$% hits the fan. Where building America up not taking it down! If you have no love for people then you will have no love from us!

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  • lorgrom
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:44pm

    Hey progressive, did you forget to refill you meds again? It’s so obvious when you post. All standard stereotype statements and nothing related to the story. Shame you have to wait until Tuesday to cash your government check. The crack whores won’t extend you any more credit.

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  • Dano32839
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:38pm

    I think you are a Democrat TROLL.
    Hate poor people? Homeless go to jail?
    Yep, that’s what you guys think we think. But you are wrong.
    Go away now.

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  • nappy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:57pm

    OH.. and.. hey.. NEVER drive a SAAB.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:05pm

      I drove Saabs for years, great cars. I had 2 that went over 300,000 miles

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    • joan k
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:14pm

      Saabs were the best cars in the winter BAR NONE. I live in the Northeast so would know. I owned a 5000 that would pass tractor trailors and other cars that were off the road… including SUVs. Too it was a lease and I traded it in after three years. My husband owned several 900s here and drove them into the ground. Basically bought his last when GM took them over. After that the Saabs went to hell in a handbasket. He is now driving a Mercedes.

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    • robert
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:24pm

      Well, with magazine and t.v. interviews,. plus a book deal, he won’t have to worry about climbing out of debt from now on. Everybody would be interested in reading about his ordeal.

      Good for him. I wish him well.

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  • nappy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:56pm

    A Car;.. with fuel could have been lit on fire, or the tires. Thick black smoke for a few hours and BINGO.. help arrives.

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:47pm

    Reading the story, it doesn’t really add up. Heck, you could walk the length of Sweden in 2 months couldn’t you? Kinda like people that can’t find A J-O-B after 99 weeks.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:44pm

    Now Michelle will be looking at the fat content of snow.
    I can see it now.
    Breakfast; Snowflakes.
    Lunch; Iceberg lettuce and snow peas..
    Dinner; Spaghetti with snowballs.
    And for desert, go to Dairy Queen for a Blizzard.

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  • jb.kibs
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:26pm

    ah, he didn’t want to leave… he wanted to die there…

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  • lukerw
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:17pm

    How many people were with him… before they found him?

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:25pm

      lol good question.
      also, why would he just sit there for 2 months? i dunno.. i would leave the car, death or not… lol…
      he COULD have been 2 months walking distance from the nearest place, but i HIGHLY doubt it.

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    • Goldline_scam
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:00pm

      Hey, JB – can you possibly write a sentence without an “lol”?!?

      Dipstick.

      Report Post » Goldline_scam  
  • COFemale
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:16pm

    I don’t mean to sound mean or uncaring, but if he was able to get to some snow, explain to he how he couldn’t get out of his car window or at least try to get out? Something about his story isn’t making sense.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:25pm

      that’s what i am thinking… why would he sit there for 2 months? lol… wtf?

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    • AB5r
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:29pm

      That is what saved him, if he had tried to walk through deep snow, he would have gotten wet and extremely cold, and he would have used a lot of energy, possibly falling down in the snow at some point where he would have lied till he died. When there is a deep snow, trying walking even the length of a football field.

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    • JP4JOY
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:39pm

      He is Scandinavian. All of those northern types are known to be able to debate themselves ad infinitum.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 4:42pm

      That might be true AB, but I surmise now his intent was to die based on his financial troubles and where he was found, wouldn’t getting out hasten his wishes? Maybe, somewhere along the way, he was hoping someone would find him. I can imagine the smell from fecal and/or urine after 2 months.

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    • JP4JOY
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:00pm

      @cofemale
      If he was getting snow from one of his windows maybe he put his stuff out the other?

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    • AB5r
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 5:54pm

      If he was on a death wish, maybe he still went for water out of an uncontrollable reflex, that is, he knew he would be without food, since he didn’t taken any with him, but the water was something that he couldn’t force himself to not take, even if he did sort of want to die. But for crying out loud, jump off a bridge already, who puts themself through a torturous suicide like that, freezing to death without food in a trapped car? Even jumping in a frozen lake would be quicker.

      But that is true about deep snow, just try it for exercise sometime, see how far you can walk, acting like you have to go one mile to get rescued. Each step requires effort.

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