As states in the South braced for severe winter weather over the weekend, one North Carolina man made what the News & Observer is charitably calling an "unusual.
A stranded hiker was rescued from a popular trail in North Carolina during a snow storm Sunday, according to Allison Richmond with Haywood County Emergency Services.
A hiker stranded along the Art Loeb Trail during the weekend snowstorm is now home safe thanks to a successful effort from Haywood County Search.
Six members of the Haywood County Search and Rescue had to leave their 4WD truck and put on snowshoes to find a stranded hiker who decided to go camping during a winter storm.