Pamela Helmstadter, 72, was found about 200 feet away from her husband, John. He was pronounced dead, while she was found suffering from hypothermia.

A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost — and she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures.

"When the K-9 team located her, her dog was being very protective of her and even laid down on top of her on her chest"

Pamela Helmstadter was rescued last Thursday in the woods in Alexander in Washington County — days after she and her husband, 82-year-old John Helmstadter, had set off on the walk and got

Maine officials announced the rescue of Pamela Helmstadter on Thursday, who went missing with her husband John a few days earlier. John had died after suffering a fall.

A walk in the woods turned deadly after the husband fell and injured himself. The post Maine man dead, wife rescued after four days lost in woods appeared first on Boston.com.

Pamela Helmstadter was found in a forest more than a mile from her home in Alexander, Maine, where she and her husband, John, had set out for a hike with their two dogs four days earlier, authorities said.

A woman who was lost in the woods of northeastern Maine for several days is sharing her story of survival. Pamela Helmstadter, 72, of Alexander, was still recovering in the hospital when she was interviewed by ABC News about the four nights she spent in the wilderness.