This is crazy because it was just reported on CNN that a young man read " Into the Wild" and decided to follow Christopher. The young man's body was discovered, apparently wasted from starvation.
On Saturday, Claire Jane Ackermann, a 29-year-old from Switzerland, died trying to reach the bus while crossing that same river, Alaska State Troopers report. The AP reports: Troopers say 29-year-old Claire Jane Ackermann attempted to cross the Teklanika River with a 27-year-old man from France on Saturday when they lost their footing and were pulled under by the current, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The man survived.The old Fairbanks city bus was where 24-year-old Chris McCandless camped out and starved to death in 1992. It has become a destination for adventurers - See more at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...sthash.Oc2HSo0G.dpuf
http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...-wild-fan-dies-.html
The events of the missing Arizona teen is being investigated - probably suicide...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new...de-article-1.1437974