Man presumed dead in 1976 Colo. flood found alive

[Nagishkaw 510]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A man believed to have died in a Colorado flood in 1976 has been found living in Oklahoma.

Sixty-three-year-old Darrell Johnson told the Fort Collins Coloradoan for a story Friday that he didn't know he had been counted among the 144 victims of the Big Thompson Canyon flood until a resident called him last year.

Barb Anderson said residents didn't want his name on a memorial plaque without proof he was dead.

Johnson and his family had decided to leave their shabby cabin the morning of the flood after just one night. A few hours later, the resort was washed away.

How Johnson ended up on the victims list remains a mystery.

He now directs funerals in Oklahoma City and acknowledges he was lucky to get the bad cabin

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_...d_presumed_dead

[Amby 490]

woah

[tammy2688 1]

Miracles happen every day. This guy has a good sense of humor, and is only lucky fellow!

[Ban Hammer 14,280]

quite a while to be thought dead.

[Nagishkaw 510]

What a great way to basically start all over with life.