Survivor Les Stroud describes what BC says fugitives could be against

A Canadian survival expert says that there will be no way of knowing what will happen next to two alleged killers from British Columbia, who are at the center of a large manhunt in northern Manitoba.

"That's all that is possible right now," said Les Stroud, host of the Survivor TV show in which he survives in isolated places with few resources other than his skills.

Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, of Port Alberni, BC, were charged with second degree murder in the death of 64-year-old Leonard Dyck. The two are also suspected of the death of Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese, a young couple shot dead.

All three victims were killed in northern British Columbia. The accused fled east and were filmed leaving a store in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. On Friday, the RCMP released the surveillance video.

The last time the men were seen, it was Monday, near Gillam. Mounted police searched for traces of men in the heavily wooded area of ​​northern Manitoba.

Stroud added that if the men were not prepared, the ground on which they thought they were hidden, which is covered with swamp and filled with insects, could be their loss.

"They will have to deal with a wounded world," said Stroud. "Walking in a swamp is a nightmare that slows you down at a pathetic pace … it's terribly terrifying if you're not prepared."

Stroud said that the psychological effect of being stuck in the desert with another person could also have a negative impact on the alleged killers.

"Fear will be enough to separate them, will they act as a team, support each other, define the plan as they expected it, or are they at each other's throats?" Said Stroud. "It will come into play here too, and every disastrous gesture on their part makes it much harder for them to hear."

Christopher Traverse, who survived four days in the desert after being lost ten or so years ago, said that the kind of terrain in which the two fugitives are hiding is similar to the wood in which he lives. it's lost. near Lake St. Martin after straying into his snowmobile after a fishing trip.

He added that both men probably had more access to food and water than at the time of his loss in winter. But because of the rough terrain, Traverse said he did not think they would have ventured far into the wild.

"They are probably near a road or water course, I do not see them going in the bush … It's very thick and you do not know anymore if you go straight or not, "he said. "In fact, they are parked somewhere, hidden in the day and coming out at night … near a road, a railway, maybe an old snowmobile trail or of a trapping line. "

Stroud said that the men's experience in difficult conditions and the equipment they could take away would indicate whether they are sufficiently prepared to survive in the woods.

"Is it hunting once a week, or is it a very high level of skill in what to do in nature and survival?" Stroud asked. "What is their equipment, what do they have with them? A year of bullets and good rifles? Or power bars in a backpack?"

Stroud said that the most important level to determine their survival is their level of planning.

"Is all this a big accident gone wrong, and they're scared, or was it premeditated, and they have a plan?" Said Stroud. "They may have caches and cabins where they can go, trails they can use."

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