By Harry Dennis • Published: 03 Aug 2026 • 10:23 • 2 minutes readNeighbours and officers improvised a way out of the stream bed using an olive-picking sheet. Caption: Lucia.Pinto / ShutterstockThe man fought his way five kilometres along a stream bed before exhaustion left him stranded within 200 metres of the village. After spending Thursday night there, he began moving along the stream bed towards the built-up area on Friday. 🆘Rescatado un vecino de Arroyo del Ojanco (Jaén) que permaneció más de dos días atrapado en el cauce de un arroyo. But that quick thinking from neighbours, with the help from the Guardia Civil, brought the man back to safety in the end.