Rescue teams were eager to find the man before temperatures dropped below freezing
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- A fisherman was reported missing in the Middle Prong Wilderness on Nov. 8, according to rescue officials
- The man emerged from the forest the morning after he disappeared, officials added
- The man was found just hours before temperatures in the mountains began to drop below freezing
A missing fisherman has been found safe after spending a night in the North Carolina wilderness.
Haywood County Search and Rescue said in a post on Facebook that its team was “called out in response to a lost fisherman in the Middle Prong Wilderness” around 5:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The goal, according to officials, was to find the fisherman before the evening of Sunday, Nov. 9, when temperatures were expected to plummet…