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Texas hiker missing for a week rescued from Arkansas wilderness

WATCH ABOVE: Family and friends of Texas hiker Josh McClatchy spoke Friday about the support they've received after he went missing in Arkansas. He has since been found – Jun 8, 2019

Searchers have found a Texas man who went missing last weekend while hiking alone in a remote area of Arkansas.

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Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer says 38-year-old Joshua McClatchy, of Fort Worth, was dehydrated but in good spirits when he was found late Friday. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Sawyer says improved weather conditions allowed searchers to use a National Guard helicopter equipped with infrared technology to search the Caney Creek Wilderness area, which is about 105 miles (170 kilometres) southwest of Little Rock.

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The chopper crew spotted McClatchy. It took rescuers on the ground an hour to reach him and several more hours to carry him out.

McClatchy had texted his mother June 1 to say he was lost and to send help.

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