The hiker, who was found after being lost in the mountains of Taiwan for ten days, told rescuers that he survived thanks to the help of a ghostly couple who guided him to safety.
This bizarre incident reportedly began as early as November 10, when Song Rui-Xiong ventured into the wilderness of the region of the country known as Pindong. At some point during the trek, he lost his way and his cell phone ran out of power, leaving him in a particularly precarious position.
When Rui-Xiong did not return home that evening, his family contacted the authorities. A search party of 284 people, as well as 111 police and fire brigade officers, combed the mountain, where the man went on a hike in the hope of finding him.
Despite their best efforts, Rui-Xiong was nowhere to be found after an alarming ten days until he emerged from the desert Wednesday morning with a rather surprising story of escape. According to Rui-Xiong, he tried to climb a stone wall at the very beginning of his disappearance, but fell and lost his glasses.
Then the lost traveler hid in a cave for several days until he came to the conclusion that the only way out of this predicament was to try to find a way down the mountain.
When he left the cave, Rui-Xiong met a mysterious couple who led him through the forest for two hours. Suddenly they disappeared, and as he looked for them, he noticed a path that led back to civilization. In retrospect, Rui-Xiong was convinced that these guides were the spirits of the Taiwanese people who once inhabited the region.