Lost in the woods for nearly two days, 83-year-old Thor Nordwall feared the worst.<BR><BR>“I said ‘God, I didn’t think I was going to go this way,” Nordwall recalled early last week.<BR><BR>Just a few miles away, in a cabin on the North Arm of Burntside Lake that she shared with her husband, Audry Nordwall had similar fears.<BR><BR>“I knew he was strong, but you can’t go on forever out there,” Audry said.<BR><BR>A search and rescue team about 100 people strong - from authorities to community volunteers - were on the lookout Monday morning for Thor who left his cabin Saturday afternoon in search of berries but never returned.<BR><BR>The search for Thor had gone on Saturday night, all of Sunday and again on Monday, and optimism was starting to wear thin.<BR><BR>But against the odds, this story would have a happy ending.<BR><BR>Thor emerged on a trail near his cabin shortly before 11 a.m.