Lost walker saved thanks to camera flash
A man who got lost while walking on the Isle of Lewis was saved by a flash of inspiration ... well the flash on his mobile phone.
Malcolm Murray, 23, had been trekking on Barvas Moor in Scotland when a fog descended causing him to become disorientated and lost.
After 10 hours he contacted the coastguard from his mobile phone and a helicopter was dispatched, but because of the fog they struggled to locate him.
On hearing the chopper Murray is understood to have repeatedly taken pictures with his mobile phone camera triggering the flash as a signal of where he was.
At least that is the story he is sticking to, for all we know he could have been trying to take a picture to send to his mates.
A spokesperson for the coastguard said that without the flash as a sign of where he was, they may not have saved him.
Martin Collins, Watch Manager at Stornoway Coastguard said: "With dropping temperatures overnight we were relieved to find this man as soon as possible. His only light was a mobile phone with limited battery life."
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