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An Oregon man who was rescued after five days stuck in deep snow with his dog is deeply grateful to his rescuers and embarrassed to have caused so much trouble, his aunt said on Monday.
Jeremy Taylor’s 4-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck on February 24 in snow on a US Forest Service road as he headed to do some off-road driving in the wilderness outside the central Oregon city of Bend.

As night fell, Taylor, 36, decided to sleep in his car with his Australian shepherd, Ally, and hike out the next day, his aunt, Denise Tremaine said in a telephone interview.
Taylor fashioned some snowshoes from his roof rack and started off on February 25. But after a mile (1.6km), Taylor had to turn around because the dog was sinking in the deep snow and could not continue.
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Taylor carried Ally back to the car and the two hunkered down there, sharing a sleeping bag to keep warm. Taylor had a full tank of gas and was able to blast the heat briefly when it got unbearably cold and ate a few sachets of taco sauce he had with him, she said.
He and the dog drank melted ice, but she said she does not think Taylor fed the dog hot sauce.


“That’s his world right there, that dog. She goes everywhere with him,” Tremaine said of the dog. “He would never, ever leave that dog in the car.”
Eventually, Tremaine said, heavy snow from more snowstorms made it impossible for Taylor to open his vehicle’s door.
At one point, he saw an aeroplane overhead and raced to push the snow off the car’s roof so rescuers might see him, but it did not work. He did not have a cellphone with him or any emergency supplies, she added.
“He didn’t take the provisions he should have. I gave him a little of that talk and I’m just glad he’s alive, because I think there was a point there when he didn’t think he was going to make it,” she said.

What Taylor did not know is that by February 27, his friends had realised that the self-employed building contractor was missing. He had not shown up to work and no one had heard from him, so friends reported him missing.
Search and rescue crews combed the forests outside Bend by snowmobile, aeroplane and drone and as word spread on social media, friends and acquaintances searched on their own using snowmobiles.
On Friday afternoon, a snowmobiler found Taylor and he and his dog were brought out of the woods on a snowcat, a type of snow tractor, and they were reunited with family and friends.
On Monday, he headed back to work and ignored interview requests from TV bookers and messages to talk with public relations representatives for Taco Bell, among others, she said. He did not respond to a message seeking comment.
“Jeremy is very, very quiet and he doesn’t want the limelight. He is just incredibly sorry and slightly embarrassed that so many people were out looking for him,” Tremaine said.
Over the years, many people have got stranded on Oregon’s snowbound rural roads – and the outcome isn’t always so good.
In 2000, a 29-year-old man was discovered by snowmobilers clinging to life in his car, which was completely buried by snow in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend. Thomas Wade Truett had been stuck for 16 days in five feet (1.5 metres) of snow, surviving on orange juice and almond M&Ms. He had written a goodbye letter to his parents.
Six years later, a family of four headed home to San Francisco from a Thanksgiving trip to Seattle and Portland missed a turn and wound up stranded for a week on a logging road after trying to take a short cut over a mountain range.
The husband, James Kim, tried to hike for help and died after walking 20 miles (32km) in freezing temperatures. His wife and two young daughters were found alive in the car after a nine-day ordeal.
A Montana man starved to death in 1994 after getting stuck on the same road in winter.


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Oregon man Jeremy Taylor survived on sachets of taco sauce while trapped by snow for five days

This photo released on Saturday shows Jeremy Taylor’s car, and dog Ally, after they were rescued in central Oregon. Photo: AP

Jeremy Taylor in a photo released by Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. Photo: Facebook / Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Oregon

Jeremy Taylor's car and dog Ally after being extracted from deep Oregon snow. Photo: Deschutes Police Department

Against the odds: snowmen in Las Vegas as city sees rare winter weather

A dusting of snow covers an area along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Las Vegas. A winter storm is expected to drop up to 3 inches (8 centimeters) of snow on Las Vegas' southern and western outskirts while other parts of the metro area will get rain mixed with snow. (AP Photo/John Locher)

epa07386643 The light of the Luxor pyramid hotel and casino shines through a rare snow fall in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 20 February 2019 (issued 22 February 2019). EPA-EFE/SAM MORRIS / LAS VEGAS NEWS BUREAU Mandatory Credit - No Archive - Editorial Use Only - No Sales, LVNB / SAM MORRIS via european pressphoto agency

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) Armando Garcia, 7-month-old Bella Garcia and Bella Garcia, all of Nevada, prepare to take a photo with snowmen they built on the west side of town during a winter storm on February 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The rare event in Las Vegas dumped up to eight inches of snow in some parts of the city. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

epa07386187 A handout photo made available by the Las Vegas News Bureau shows people take photos in front of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign as snow falls in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 20 February 2019 (issued 21 February 2019). EPA-EFE/SAM MORRIS / LAS VEGAS NEWS BUREAU HANDOUT Mandatory Credit - LVNB / Sam Morris via european pressphoto agency HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES

Mountains covered in snow on February 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: AFP

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Jeremy Taylor and dog Ally were rescued on a wilderness trail where his 4-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck on February 24


Jeremy Taylor and dog Ally were rescued on a wilderness trail where his 4-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck on February 24.


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Oregon man Jeremy Taylor survived on sachets of taco sauce while trapped by snow for five days

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Jeremy Taylor and dog Ally were rescued on a wilderness trail where his 4-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck on February 24

Jeremy Taylor and dog Ally were rescued on a wilderness trail where his 4-wheel-drive vehicle got stuck on February 24