Missing Mount St. Helens hiker found after six days

(Update: Parents say he survived on bees, berries)

COUGAR, Wash. (AP) – The parents of an Ohio man found alive after he went missing nearly a week ago on a hike near Mount St. Helens say he is being treated for dehydration and saying overnight in a hospital.

At a news conference Wednesday outside a Vancouver, Washington, hospital, Carney and Linda Matheny say their son Matthew survived on berries and bees he had killed.

They said Wednesday he wasn’t familiar with the terrain, became lost and hadn’t seen a person since last Thursday, and they are grateful to the people who found him.

Matheny Matheny, of Warren, Ohio, was last seen by friends when he borrowed a car and headed for a trail. A sheriff’s deputy found the borrowed Subaru Outback at the trailhead on Saturday.

Linda Matheny said the family is grateful for the efforts of search crews: “They were going to find our boy.”