A woman got lost in an Australian forest and survived for more than a week without food and drinking water from puddles

An amazing survival story took place in Australia: a 38-year-old female was lost for eight days in a wooded area from the northeast of the country and, despite having no food or communication systems, he managed to get out alive by drinking the water that accumulated in the puddles.

The protagonist, identified as Ricky Mitchellhe is “healthy” and has been transferred to a hospital to be treated for minor scrapes and wounds, according to a statement from the Queensland Region Police.

A land owner located in the region where the search operation was established found the missing woman on his property on Wednesday morning and took her to the place where the police authorities were located.

Mitchell she had last been seen on May 2 near a Townsville street. Together with his partner, he had stopped at a rest area to swim. At one point, he went to meet a friend and when he came back, she was gone. “If you’re out in the bush in the heat, with little food and little water, you can get disoriented pretty quickly. I imagine that it probably went in the wrong direction“, they warned.

From there he traveled “a considerable distance” across a verdant area full of animals. She didn’t have any food with her and she only had one liter bottle of water, but she ran out quickly and was forced to resort to puddles in the area to avoid dehydration.

“Hopes that Rickki would return safely were fading and its survival is remarkable. She is safe and sound having received treatment from paramedics for exposure and scratches and will recover in the hospital,” Townsville Police Detective Jason Shepherd said.

In addition, she noted that the mother of four experienced conditions ranging from “reversals of extreme heat to quite cold”, as well as being exposed to “the risk from wildlife, including snakes“.

“I’m not sure if he was able to find food during that time, how much water he was able to drink and if that water was safe. I also don’t know how far he traveled, but his perseverance and courage not to give up is a credit for her,” he explained. .

This rescue, classified by the police as “miraculous”, comes just two days after another Australian woman, 48 and with mobility problems, was found alive after surviving five days in a wooded area with no mobile coverage in the southeast region of Victoria, where his car became stranded. He only had candy and a bottle of wine in the vehicle..

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