12 Resourceful Ways To Get Yourself Rescued, If You’re In A Remarkably Specific Bind
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Ah, the stories of those brave and daring souls who have found themselves in the most dire of situations and yet managed to make it out alive! From the Italian TV presenter who got stuck in Auschwitz-Birkenau after hours, to the British sailors who sent a message in a bottle to be rescued, to the man who cut down power poles to get attention, these are just a few of the tales of people who have found themselves in the most dire of circumstances but have managed to make it out alive.
From Reg Spiers who sent himself in a wooden crate from London to Australia, to the miners in Nevada who created a telegraph system from whatever they had, to the teenage snowboarders in British Columbia who burned their schoolwork to stay warm, these are stories of ingenuity, courage, and sheer determination.
These are truly amazing stories of survival, and we hope you enjoy reading about them as much as we have enjoyed collecting them.
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Heroic message on a coconut saves the day.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED CARVING A MESSAGE ON A COCONUT In 1943, John F. Kennedy and his torpedo boat crew were saved from a deserted island after he wrote a message on a coconut and sent it with two Solomon Islanders. They paddled through waters controlled by the Japanese to get the message to the Allied forces. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/0/903390.jpg)
Lost in the jungle, saved by an orangutan.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED RESCUED BY AN ORANGUTAN Primatologist Agustín Fuentes got lost in the rainforest of Borneo, but an orangutan that was being rehabilitated at his research camp came across him. The orangutan then held out her hand to lead him back to camp. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/3/903393.jpg)
Rocky road to success.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED TURNING YOUR CAR INTO A BIKE French electrician Emile Leray found himself stuck in the middle of the desert in Morocco after his car crashed into a big rock. Не used his ingenuity to turn the wrecked car into a motorbike and drove it all the way back to France. Не still has the bike. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/8/903388.jpg)
Chameau Dacier (via Interesting Engineering)
Steve Moon: Shark whisperer.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED REMEMBERING YOU HAVE A PHONE 24-year-old Steve Moon was saved 911 by a rescue team after he was stuck AA Number 3 2 1 6 on his fishing boat in the ocean, 5 A و BANK - 8 - surrounded by ten sharks, for an 7 - o hour and a half. Не used his fishing . rod to keep them away and, before finally calling for help on his iPhone. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/6/903386.jpg)
Man cuts down power poles, saves himself.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED CUTTING DOWN POWER LINES In 2010, a man who was lost in the wilderness in northern Saskatchewan was saved after he cut down four power poles, causing a power outage in nearby towns and letting the power company know where he was. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/9/903389.jpg)
Desperate times, desperate measures.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED MAILING YOURSELF HOME IN A CRATE In 1964, athlete Reg Spiers was stuck in London with no money for a plane ticket. Не was desperate to get back to Australia for his daughter's birthday, so he put himself in a wooden crate and sent himself cash-on-delivery to Perth. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/2/903392.jpg)
AP (via BBC)
"Uiver" saved by Albury’s headlights.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED USING CAR HEADLIGHTS TO DIRECT A PLANE LIVER K.L.M In 1934, the people of Albury, Australia saved a Dutch airliner that had gotten lost during a London- to-Melbourne air race. They used their car headlights to light up a makeshift runway. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/7/903397.jpg)
Albury City Collection (via Uiver Memorial DC-2 Restoration Project)
SOS: Saved by birch logs.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED MAKING A HUGE SOS SIGN In 1989, a group of hikers in Japan's Daisetsuzan National Park were saved after they made a huge SOS sign out of birch logs near the beginning of the Chubetsu River in Hokkaido. The letters of the sign were 16 feet long and 10 feet wide. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/6/903396.jpg)
Via StrangeOutdoors.com
Schoolwork: 0, Wilderness: 1.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED BURNING YOUR HOMEWORK TO KEEP WARM Two teenage snowboarders in British Columbia had to be saved after they spent a freezing night in the wilderness. To stay warm, they burned some of their schoolwork that they had in their backpacks. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/7/903387.jpg)
Lost, but found.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED FINDING ANOTHER LOST GUY'S STUFF A retired social worker went missing while he was out hiking the Pacific Crest Trail back in 2005. A year later, two hikers got lost in the San Jacinto Mountains, but were able to survive because they found his backpack and the supplies inside. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/5/903395.jpg)
Heroic rescue, hefty reward.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED 001 1 LCL di LANDING A FIGHTER JET ON A CONTAINER SHIP In 1983, a British pilot had to make an emergency landing of his Sea Harrier jet on a Spanish container ship, the Alraigo, off the coast of Portugal. Не was saved and the ship's crew was given a hefty reward for their help. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/1/903391.jpg)
Italian TV presenter stuck in Auschwitz-Birkenau after hours.
![HOW TO GET RESCUED BREAKING OUT OF AUSCHWITZ HALT ARBEIT MACHI FRET Italian TV presenter Riccardo Pacifici got stuck in Auschwitz-Birkenau after filming for the 70th anniversary of its liberation wrapped up for the night. Не and his crew literally had to break out of the camp to get free. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/4/903394.jpg)