Jesse Kagarise, the Kellogg man who had been missing since Oct. 22, walked out of the woods to a residence in the Pine Creek area Sunday around 8 a.m.

Pine Creek resident Jeanne Amersfoort said Kagarise came to her house early Sunday after he had been missing for a week. Amersfoort said he was a friend of her grandson and she has been close with him for years, so he went to her home when he realized he was in the Pine Creek area.

Amersfoort said she barely recognized the 22-year-old when he was on her porch.

"He showed up at my doorstep and just looked awful. I didn't recognize him right away," Amersfoort said. "He was dripping wet and very, very thin."

Amersfoort said he was so wet from the snow which fell on the mountains for the last week that when she hugged him, water was dripping to the floor. Amersfoort's husband helped Kagarise out of his wet, cold clothes and said at that time they noticed his toes were a dark gray color like he was suffering from frostbite.

She said she called 911 when he was changing. When the emergency units arrived, Amersfoort said they originally couldn't find a pulse because Kagarise was so cold. She added Kagarise was at first worried about the emergency crews.

"He was scared, but the cops, the first responders and the ambulance people were so kind and nurturing and just so great with him," Amersfoort said.

Shoshone County Search and Rescue had combed the area for five days and nights without locating any sign of Kagarise. Searchers on foot and on ATVs were looking for the missing man along with a helicopter equipped with thermal imaging.

Kagarise faced dire weather while he was missing in the mountains. It snowed nearly every day during his seven-day disappearance. Temperatures in Kellogg never were above 45 degrees during the time he was missing, and it was even colder at the altitude where he was presumed to be.

The Shoshone Medical Center was contacted by the News-Press to speak with Kagarise, but SMC officials said he wasn't taking interviews. Kagarise was treated for hypothermia and frostbite, but is reportedly in stable condition.

Deputies are trying to establish where Kagarise was during the time that he was missing and why he did not respond to the searchers that he heard looking for him.

The Shoshone County Sheriff's department said they wanted to thank the 26th Rescue light from Fairchild AFB, Northwest Backcountry Rescue, Shoshone County Search & Rescue, Silver Mountain Resort and the numerous friends and family of Jesse Kagarise who volunteered their time to help with the search.