TOWNSHIP 32 – Two Bangor men who went missing Tuesday morning were found alive Wednesday evening.

Sidney Hoyt, 77, and Gary Foster, 75, had gone missing after Hoyt had picked up Foster at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor a little after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, according to Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.

They had planned to go for a ride on Stud Mill Road and return to the veterans home by 5 p.m., but never did, Latti said.

The Maine Warden Service at 11:30 p.m. began a search with vehicles and aircraft.

“Temperatures last night were in the single digits in the area,” Latti said in a statement Wednesday.

At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Steven and Shannon Lion were at their blueberry farm in Township 32 when they heard shouting from beyond Sunkhaze Stream, which borders their property. 

Knowing there was a missing person in the area they called 911, Latti said.

Game Warden Jonathan Parker was nearby searching, and came to the area east of the blueberry farm. He found the Honda Ridgeline pickup truck the men had been traveling in off 2300 Road. 

Foster was found inside, hypothermic but alert and able to talk, according to Latti.

Parker transferred Foster into his truck in order to warm him before following a path for about a half mile, where he found Hoyt.

“Hoyt was also hypothermic but was still able to walk and the pair walked back to Warden Parker’s truck to warm up with Hoyt,” Latti said.

Hoyt and Foster were taken to an ambulance and transported to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical in Bangor.

The Maine Warden Service was assisted in the search by the Bangor police, Penobscot Sheriff’s Office, Maine Forest Service, Maine State Police, North Search and Rescue, Penobscot Nation Warden Service, Army National Guard, Milford Fire Department, and Downeast Emergency Medical Institute Search and Rescue.