Oregon hiker missing for 3 nights in nat’l forest says will to live led her to try eating bugs

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon hiker who survived a 50-foot fall, broken bones and three nights in a national forest says a strong drive to live led her to keep moving, eat bugs and even try a bite of a "plump and juicy" slug.

Pamela Salant told reporters Monday that the snail-like forest mollusk "looked really tasty, but it was not" and she spat it out after giving it a chew.

"I was thinking, 'I can't believe I'm doing this, but it's what's happening,'" she said.

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Anthony Faiola 09 Aug, 2011

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