Alone in the Valley: Outdoorsman in Peril

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Josh Burns embarks on a solo expedition into the Blue Mountains of Oregon. But when a freak accident flips the script, this resourceful hunter is turned into potential prey. Alone in the domain of bears, wolves and mountain lions, Josh will have to find a way to rescue himself. All the while, he’ll struggle to move, stay conscious… and even draw breath… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Joe Viner | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by Jacob Booth, Liam Cameron, Miri Latham | Assembly editing by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.6	FX is the bear.
0:22.6	New season now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:25.6	18 plus subscription required Teas and C's apply.
0:29.6	It's October the 27th, 22, in the Blue Mountains of Oregon.
0:39.3	The wind that whistles through the high desert is sharp and laced with frost.
0:45.3	It flattens the sage brush and threads itself through the wheat grass like a plague of rattlesnakes.
0:53.3	High in a remote plague of rattlesnakes.
1:10.0	High in a remote valley, surrounded by rolling terracotta hills, a haunting guttural howl echoes across the floodplain, an elemental primal screech.
1:13.3	If anyone were passing by,
1:16.5	they might mistake this for the cry of a wild animal.
1:18.6	But it's not.
1:24.6	Once I had gotten my breath back,
1:26.7	I had not stopped screaming. It was just a constant scream and it was odd to me because I couldn't control it.
1:36.3	I couldn't make myself stop and it didn't sound like any noise I'd ever made before.
1:40.3	You know, just these guttural screams.
1:49.3	42-year-old Josh Burns lets out another animalistic bellow.
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