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"

A missing 72-year-old woman who was found lying near her dead husband’s body in a Maine woodland after they got lost on a hike miraculously survived for four nights after their loyal dog slept on her chest to keep her warm.

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.

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.

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.

Pamela Helmstadter, 72, and her husband John Helmstadter, 82, had set off for a walk with their two dogs but lost their way