Authorities in Bulgaria have confirmed that a man who vanished 17 years ago (and declared dead back in 2013) is alive. He’s been living undetected in a remote area of Pirin National Park the whole time.
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According to Türkiye Today, national-park personnel discovered the man’s campsite, which was outside the allowed camping areas, during a routine inspection. When they approached the man asking for identification, he reacted with hostility.
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Apparently, the man’s family had declared him missing many years ago, and he was “a state and internationally wanted individual in 2008.” When police officers arrived on the scene, they figured out the man in front of them was legally dead . . . and yet, he was clearly very much alive.
Learn more about the man who was found alive after he went missing 17 years ago here.
Header stock image of Pirin mountain in Bulgaria by Maya Karkalicheva/Getty Images
