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A hiker who was struck by lightning in the White Mountains Saturday night refused assistance and spent the next day slowly trying to make his way down the mountain before officials intervened and forced him to accept their help, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.Around 9:30 Sunday night, Fish and Game officials received a report that a man on Crawford Path felt weak and had likely been struck by lightning. Firefighters from Twin Mountain were dispatched to the scene and found Glen Rowland, a 51-year-old man from Newtown, Connecticut, and proceeded to carry him down the trail, officials said.[excerpted] http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/07/25/rescuers-carry-hiker-struck-lightning-mountain-refused-help-full-day