Photo: Robert Schock (by Jan Thompson) | Story By Katie Hawkinson, The Independent | A 39-year-old man who went missing for a month in a Washington state park, surviving on berries and water, has revealed the ordeal “aged him several years.” Musician Robert Schock of Blaine, Washington arrived at the North Cascades National Park on July 31 for a run, he told People in a recent interview. But, having not visited in years and equipped with only an old map, Schock quickly lost his bearings.
“I’m not a hiker,” Schock told People. “I don’t put on backpacks and go out for multiple-day trips. I don’t know how to fish. I want to finish a course as fast as I can and come back home. So I had no shirt. I had a pair of shorts, I had Freddy [his dog] and a dog pan.”
Schock was lost. On day two, his phone died, and on day three, he sent Freddy to find his way home. His mother, Jan Thompson, told The Independent that a local Humane Society chapter called her on August 4 after authorities found Freddy near the Chilliwack River.
“Luckily, we had just had him microchipped about a month before, and they put my name on the chip along with Rob’s,” Thompson said. “And if it had just been Rob’s name on that microchip, they would never have called me, and he would have been adopted, and he’d be gone.”
After receiving the call about Freddy, Thompson reported her son missing on August 5. “The deputy, the first thing he said to me was, ‘This isn’t going to have a happy ending,’” she said.
Authorities would not find the musician until August 30. As he recounted the harrowing 30-day journey to People, Schock revealed the incident “has taken its toll” and has “aged” him several years.
“Hopefully, I get those years back,” he told People.
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