Man survives falling from Siberian train and running FOUR MILES in -40C temperatures wearing just a T-shirt, shorts and slippers
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 23, 2013 8:02
A man has survived after falling off a moving train in Siberia, forcing him to withstand temperatures of -40C dressed in only shorts, t-shirt and a pair of slippers.
After leaving his compartment to go for a cigarette, Valery Malkov opened a door that should have been locked, hurling the 42-year-old into the hostile Siberian wilderness.
But the hardy truck driver, thought to be fromBratskinRussia’sIrkutskregion, was undeterred by the conditions and began to chase after the train.
After racing along the track for seven kilometres (4.3 miles) he eventually stumbled upon a tiny station.
Mr Malkov said he was just as amazed as everybody else that he had not frozen to death.
‘I don’t know myself how I didn’t freeze. And no, I never did winter swimming.
When he arrived at minuscule Richard Sorge Station in the Amur region, remarkably suffering no frostbite, he was lucky to find the outpost manned by a stationmaster who quickly made him a cup of tea.
Mr molkov stayed at the station overnight before the stationmaster stopped another long distance train the following morning.
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