The missing Madison County man who vanished in the Red River Gorge area has been found alive.
Officials confirm that Josh Adkins, the man missing since August 1, was found walking near the Powell/Wolfe county line.
Mike Sparks with Powell Co. Search and Rescue says that Adkins was spotted at 7:30 a.m and was picked up around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. It’s a miraculous discovery after search crews spent two weeks combing the park.
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Adkins was last seen in the Koomer Ridge Campground. He suffers from mental illness and wandered away from the area. Family tells LEX 18 that he survived by eating corn, apples and drinking stream water.
Searchers used drones and dogs in the search for the missing man. But after several minor injuries and a threat of venomous snakes, the search was called off. More than 100 rescuers from 25 different agencies across the Commonwealth worked tirelessly until the point that the search was ended.
His family held out hope that Adkins was alive. “We still think he is walking,” Adkins’ aunt, Patricia Bailey told LEX 18 News at the beginning of the search.
The family began going door to door, distributing fliers and asking anyone they saw to see if they knew where the 31-year-old man could have been.
Sparks tells LEX 18 that it appears that Adkins was uninjured.
