Alaska State Troopers say they had to rescue a stranded hiker who made his way close to the infamous "Into the Wild" bus.
On Thursday around 6 a.m., troopers received a report that a personal locator beacon had been activated on Stampede Trail near Healy.
The beacon's origin was near the "Magic Bus," troopers said, referring to the abandoned Fairbanks City Transit Bus #142, where Chris McCandless' remains were found in 1992.
Troopers responded to the area in a helicopter and located 22-year-old Matthew Sharp, from Manitoba, Canada.
"Sharp had sustained minor injuries during his trek and was unable to hike from the area due to heavy rain and rising river levels," according to a dispatch posted Thursday.
He was flown to Fairbanks, troopers said.
The dispatch does not say whether Sharp was at the bus or headed in that direction, only that he was near it. Troopers did not return calls for additional details.
Two hikers who hiked to the bus in June but failed to make it back from their trip on schedule prompted air and ground searches. The hikers were found and rescued uninjured.