Man found after weeks in cave

“Man found after weeks in cave
By Hugh Schofield
Paris

Mr Josuat-Verges had told his wife he wanted some time alone
A man who went missing five weeks ago in south-western France has been found alive in an underground cave system where he had got lost.
Jean-Luc Josuat-Verges, 48, told police he survived by eating wood and clay.

He was found thanks to some teenagers who had been exploring the caves, which are normally closed to the public.

Mr Josuat-Verges left his home on 18 December suffering from depression and telling his wife he wanted to be alone for a time, local newspapers said.

Taking a bottle of whisky he drove his jeep to an abandoned mushroom farm consisting of a vast network of underground tunnels.

But in the pitch blackness he got lost and for the next 35 days he had to survive as he could.

Wrapped in plastic sheeting, he said he ate wood and clay, which may have been the remains of the mushrooms.

On Thursday the teenagers, taking advantage of a teachers' strike, went to explore the underground galleries which are supposed to be out of bounds to the public.

Seeing the man's jeep, they alerted the police who eventually found him on Friday.

He was thin, very dishevelled, but alive. It was like seeing a mummy rising from the dead, one officer told a newspaper.”

“Interesting...”

“very”

“Typical Frenchman.”

“Yes, they like to eat wood and clay.”

“When he asked what had been going on since he got lost, they told him a killer tsunami had hit southeast Asia, violence has escalated in Iraq and Bush had been re-elected.

So, he went back in.”

“So, what were the first words Bobo said????”

“he was eating mushrooms?
so he was pretty much tripping all that time.
bummer

LOL lizs”

“well are we sure Bobo was in Switzerland?? I think it could have been France...”

“France.....Switzerland.....same thing, right?”

“Switzerland is taller.”

“...and smells better.”

“But France has Brie”

“and good wine”

“Bobo... whine??

(hahaha lets have a little fun with the Capn apparently not finding us)”

“They make Le Creuset cookware, which I like.”