Bible Burning Hunters Survive Blizzard

BOISE (EAP) -- Two elk hunters survived a sudden blizzard last week when one of them used a pocket Bible to start a fire which saved their lives. They were able to keep warm until the storm passed the next morning.

Randall and Walter Peck of Boise were on their annual elk hunt when a blizzard arrived unexpectedly, and had to seek shelter from the heavy snow.

"We found a small depression in some rocks and decided to wait out the blizzard," said Randall Peck. "It was getting colder by the minute, and I knew we should probably start a fire," he said. "I had a pack of matches, and there were several dead tree limbs around the area, but there wasn't any sort of small kindling or dry leaves to get the fire started."