If you've ever been lost in the wilderness, even for a few moments, the sudden realization that you have no idea where you are — or how to get back on track — can be terrifying.

Ron Dailey had to endure that awful feeling for nearly three weeks.

'Nobody really knew where I was.'

Dailey, 65, had packed for a half-day solo hunting trip on Oct. 13 in the Sierra National Forest, KCBS-TV reported , adding that the area is a dense wilderness in central California near Fresno.

However, a wrong turn would extend his trip by quite a bit.

"I went down this hill. I'm going, 'Oh, God, this ain't good,'" Dailey recalled to the station in regard to the moment he knew he was lost. "So I turned around and tried to get out. I couldn't get out."

A storm hit that evening and left two feet of snow on

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