A 77-year-old cyclist is recovering after plummeting130 feet down a ravine in a mountainous area of France and surviving for three days on red wine he had just bought a supermarket, according to multiple media reports.

The harrowing ordeal happened as the 77-year-old, returning to his home after making a run to the grocery store, missed a bend on a mountainous road in the Cevennes region and flew down a steep, rocky slope in the ravine near Saint-Julien-des-Points, CBS News reported.

Miraculously, his grocery bag with a small amount of food and several bottles of wine survived the treacherous fall to the Gardon riverbed.

Unable to make the climb out of the ravine, the man attempted to yell at passing motorists more than 100 feet above him, though none of the passing motorists heard his

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