Man Listed As Flood Victim Found Alive In Okla.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) ―
A man who was listed among the missing and presumed dead in the Big Thompson flood 32 years ago is alive and living in Oklahoma.Darrell Johnson was in Estes Park around that time, but left a day early. He was one of six people missing and had been counted among the 144 killed by the Larimer County disaster."We were in Estes Park with our children," Johnson said. "We left a day early. It saved our lives."Johnson said he didn't know he had been counted among the dead.A Big Thompson Canyon resident set out to track him down because there were no details about Johnson in the coroner's records.Johnson has received a book about the flood in which his name is listed as a victim.Johnson said he actually didn't know much about the flood, but now plans to read about it.
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Map of the Big Thompson River 
An American man presumed to be dead after the 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood has been found alive in Oklahoma City.

Barb Anderson, a Big Thompson Canyon resident, was researching the flood victims and found Darrell Johnson, alive and well, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Sixty-three-year-old funeral director Darrell Johnson told the ''Fort Collins Coloradoan'' on Friday that he didn't know he was on the victim list until Anderson told him last year. He was one of the six reported missing and the 144 killed, which has now been amended to 143.

Johnson and his family were living in a Sleepy Hollow resort cabin in Estes Park, but decided to leave after staying for one night. A few hours later, the whole resort was washed away.