The infamous bus in which Christopher McCandless, the subject of John Krakauer’s 1996 book “Into The Wild,” found shelter and ultimately died of starvation, was removed from the Alaskan wilderness via helicopter on Thursday.Fans of the book and its subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Sean Penn have sought out the bus for years, risking their lives to do so.
According to the U.S.
Army, 15 people have had to be rescued and two have died on their treks to find what they call “The Magic Bus.”The bus has become such a safety concern that the Department of Natural Resources decided to remove it from its resting place near the Teklanika River in Alaska.“We encourage people to enjoy Alaska’s wild areas safely, and we understand the hold this bus has had on the popular imagination,” Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources commissioner Corri A.
Feige told the Army.
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