Two Bangor men who went missing Tuesday morning were found alive but suffering from exposure on Wednesday evening. Sidney Hoyt, 77, and 75-year-old Gary Foster had been last seen between 7 and 8 a.m. Tuesday when they left the Maine Veterans’ Homes facility on Hogan Road in Bangor. The pair had planned to go for a ride on the Stud Mill Road and return to the veterans home by 5 p.m., Mark Latti, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said. A spokesperson for Maine Veterans’ Homes confirmed that Foster lives at the facility and regularly went on approved outings with Hoyt, who does not reside there. Game wardens started searching the area at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the owners of Sunkhaze Blueberry farm on the Horseback Road in Township 32 heard shouting from beyond Sunkhaze Stream, which borders the farm property, Latti of MDIFW said. Knowing that there were two people missing in the area, they called 911. A game warden who was nearby searching was able to find the Honda Ridgeline that Hoyt and Foster were known to be driving. He found Foster still in the vehicle, hypothermic but alert and able to talk, Latti said. Hoyt had started walking to find help, and the warden found him about a half-mile up a path, Latti said. He was also hypothermic but was still able to walk. The two men were brought to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical in Bangor, Latti said. The area where the men were found is about 12 miles east of Milford. The Horseback Road, where the blueberry farm is located, is a spur off the Stud Mill Road, Latti said. BDN writer Christopher Burns contributed reporting.
