The Somerset County snowmobiler, Bruce Maust, has been found alive. 

Family, search crews, and police officials searched three days to find him. Word of the good news left the Maust family speechless.

“It was confirmed. Everyone screamed and then the caller said wait, we see him walking out from the woods,” Maust’s sister Nicole Maust said.

“He was in good condition. He was soaking wet and cold, but he was in great health,” Somerset State Police Trooper Lugi Dirienzo said.

Bruce Maust’s snow mobile was found submerged in a pond on Seven Spring Ski Resort property. This, leading officials to Maust’s whereabouts.

“Investigators observed that there were markings along the ice and surface of the pond,” said Trooper Matchik.

Now the question is, what led investigations in that direction?

Officials say he utilized an ATM on the resort and they were able to capture a picture through surveillance video.

Officials say they then found him by trees relatively close to the pond. They said he must have crawled out of the pond, found shelter, and stayed there for three days.

Maust has been treated and released from the Somerset Hospital.