Escape Through the Blaze: Follow the Bobcat

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Documentary, History, Society & Culture, Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A lost hunter inadvertently sets in motion a terrifying chain of events. As his signal fire gets out of control it becomes a massive, uncontainable wildfire. Within minutes, the blaze is rampaging west - towards the hills outside San Diego… towards the houses nestled among the slopes… like the one where Sandra Younger lives with her husband. Can they make it out in time? 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 by Matt Peaty | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley. 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 support@noiser.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.2	It's October the 25th, 2003.
0:43.3	Deep in the sun-parched wilderness of Southern California,
0:47.1	a man carrying hunting gear stumbled through the brush.
0:51.4	He is tired, thirsty, and hopelessly lost. His eyes rake the arid terrain, searching for shade
1:00.0	or a footpath. But all he can see is more of the same. Steep, straw-colored hillsides, thick
1:08.0	with brittle vegetation, tumbling down into sandy arroyos,
1:13.1	dry creek beds that snake off into the distance leading nowhere.
1:18.0	The man staggers weakly on.
1:23.2	He had never been hunting before, and he got lost.
1:28.1	He got separated from his partner, and he was running out of water.
1:34.5	It was a really warm day.
1:39.6	Heat distorts the horizon behind shimmering waves.
1:44.1	Strong, easterly winds funneled through the valley,
1:47.0	blowing dust into the man's eyes and veiling the air in a sepia haze.
1:52.0	This is a hot, dry, sinister wind.
1:57.0	It rollocks over the brush-covered landscape,
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