Hartford, CT – As Connecticut braces for the first snow of the season, especially along I-84, officials are reminding drivers to prepare for dangerous travel conditions. But imagine this: being trapped inside your car for two months, surviving only on handfuls of snow.
According to the Daily Mail, a 44-year-old Swedish man was discovered in February 2012 after surviving roughly 60 days snowed-in inside his car near the town of Umea in northern Sweden. Authorities said his vehicle became buried after a snowstorm on December 19, and he lived on snow alone as temperatures plunged to -30°C (-22°F).
Experts called his survival “remarkable.” Some suggested his body entered a hibernation-like state, slowing his metabolism, while others credited the “igloo effect” of the snow-covered car, which trapped enough warmth to keep him alive.
When rescuers reached him, he was emaciated and barely conscious, wrapped in a sleeping bag with only cigarettes and comic books inside the vehicle. Doctors at Umea University Hospital confirmed he was suffering from severe hypothermia and malnourishment—yet somehow survived.
With early snowfall arriving before Thanksgiving, Connecticut emergency officials urge all drivers to keep emergency kits with blankets, food, and water in their cars. As the state enters the heart of winter, one chilling question lingers: Could you survive stuck on I-84 for two months like he did?
