An Australian woman survived eight days lost in the forest thanks to water from a puddle

A 38-year-old woman survived after lost eight days in a wooded area in the northeast Australia thanks to which they were able to drink the water that accumulated in the puddles, the police reported this Wednesday.

Missing person, identified as Ricky MitchellShe is “safe” and was taken to hospital for treatment for minor injuries and scratches, police in the Queensland region, which includes Townsville, said.

As reported by the police, a man, the owner of the land in the area where the search was launched, found the missing woman on his property this morning and took her to the place where the authorities were. Mitchell was last seen on May 2. near the Townsville Freeway and, according to authorities, walked “a considerable distance” through a leafy area filled with wildlife, including snakes, until she was found.

The woman, who lacked food and only had a one-liter bottle of water, survived thanks to water from a puddle. “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 (from the puddles) was safe,” police detective Jason Shepherd said in statements obtained by police. public channel ABC.

The rescue, described by police as “miraculous”, comes two days after another Australian woman, aged 48, with mobility difficulties, was found alive after surviving for five days thanks to sweets and a bottle of wine after his car got stuck in a remote wooded area with no mobile reception in south-east Victoria.