The man was found by police on the golf course on Wednesday. Police say he had taken off his gloves, opened his jacket, and was babbling incoherently.

The 41-year-old man was rushed to Morris Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for hypothermia and severe frostbite. Police say he may lose some fingers.

In their investigation, RCMP say they found the man had set out Saturday from Pembina, North Dakota – about four kilometres south of the border – with plans to walk to Canada. He was found some 100 hours later after travelling a total of about seven kilometres.

Temperatures during the four days ranged from a high of around –10 C on Wednesday to a low of almost –30 C on Saturday night.

The man, who is from Los Angeles, was trying to sneak across the border because he had been previously denied legal entry to Canada. After arriving here, he planned to travel to Quebec to be with a woman he had met on the internet.

The man has been charged with illegal entry and possession of a prohibited weapon.

With files from Canadian Press

Submitted on 02/25/2005

Submitted by: John Marshall
Reference: CBC News Feb. 25/05

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I like this one. People from LA should know better than to tackle nature without a lot of retraining.

Jack said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Daniel said better than I could have.

Charles said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I like this one as well; saw a lot of it when it was in the papers up here. The interesting thing to me was that he somehow thought he could travel from near Winnipeg to Quebec... with little or no money. I'm afraid his geography skills were rather lacking as well.

Kelly said:
Neutral: Not Amusing

Tracy said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Needs re-writing, but the potential is there. One of the side effects of hypothermia is that the person loses the ability to think rationally, and sometimes takes their clothes off! A nurse here in the UK died last year after walking home from a bus stop - she'd taken her warm clothes off! But the fact that he'd attempted such a long journey here is quite "amusing"!

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