During times of extreme stress, when we are pushed to our very limits in the most dire of circumstances, we are not alone. Hundreds of adventurers and explorers and even everyday folk during their times of greatest need have reported a presence with them. Guiding them, encouraging them. A companion, sometimes silent but always there when it’s needed the most. I pulled the following accounts of survival in the face of impossible odds from the pages of John Geiger’s classic work, The Third Man Factor. These thrilling accounts of survival all have one thing in common, a benevolent presence that is very real, pushing them to survive when all seems lost.
