I've just heard this story on Snec FM and looked for it on the BBC site without success but found it on a local website. Imagine someone who you thought was dead turning up!! Mind you, if I was a monkey hanger, I'd want to disappear!!
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Missing-canoeist-found-safe-and.3547510.jp
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Missing-canoeist-found-safe-and.3547510.jp