MONTANA -- Police are calling a 5-month-old "a miracle" after the baby was found buried under a pile of sticks in Montana.
Sheriff's deputies posted a photo of the infant holding on to the finger of a law enforcement rescuer.
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According to investigators, a man was acting strangely on Sunday night and told deputies a baby left in his care was possibly buried somewhere in the mountains.
After six hours of searching, crews found the baby face down under some sticks.
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The child survived temperatures in the 40s for nine hours.
Miraculously, the baby is in good condition.
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