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WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man who was lost in the wild for three days says he survived on rain water and all-dressed chips.

Christopher Cloutier was camping with friends in Nopiming Provincial Park in southeastern Manitoba when they got separated.

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He decided to try to walk to their launching point, but got turned around.

Cloutier’s friends reported him missing on Sunday when they returned to their campsite and couldn’t find him.

I really like the show Survivor Man and I actually got a lot of tips off that

Search and rescue crews searched for him on foot, by boat and by air, but didn’t find him.

On Tuesday, he found his way to a road and flagged down a passing vehicle; he says the relief he felt was overwhelming.

“I had in my backpack just two pairs of jeans, a sweater and a T-shirt, a bottle of water and a bag of chips and some socks. That’s all I had,” Cloutier said Thursday.

The 24-year-old was able to start fires with a lighter and birch tree bark and branches.

“I really like the show Survivor Man and I actually got a lot of tips off that, like smoke signals and stuff.”

Cloutier says he was afraid at times, particularly at night. His worst fear was running into a wolf.

“The worst I think it got was when I would try to sleep, off in the distance you would hear branches getting broken down by I guess bears or moose because there are lots of moose out there. But I didn’t see any,” he said.