A man was rescued after surviving nine days lost in the Canadian wilderness, officials said. Andrew Barber, 39, was reported missing in British Columbia's Cariboo region on July 31, CBS News partner BBC News reported.

The 39-year-old built a makeshift shelter to survive in British Columbia's wilderness and wrote "help" on a rock.

A missing man miraculously survived nine days in the Canadian wilderness living off dirty pond water — before he was finally found thanks to a giant “HELP” he carved into a rock. Andrew Barber, 39, was finally found Friday when a helicopter spotted his sign — as well as “SOS” on the ground — more than a week into the search sparked by his truck breaking down in a remote part of British Columbia’s vast Cariboo region.