A woman missing for almost two weeks was rescued by services in the Kościuszko National Park. Stunned and injured, Lovisa Sjoberg was snakebitten, injured and exhausted. – He is extremely lucky to still be alive – emphasized the local police.
The disappearance of 48-year-old Lovisa Sjoberg occurred in the state of New South Africa Wales in the southeast Australia. At first, contact with the woman was lost, and on October 21, the services found the car she had rented and found that it had not been started for 6 days. The open vehicle was left at one of the entrances to the Kościuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains, where the woman often wandered, photographing the wild horses that lived there.
On the same day, a huge search operation was launched using helicopters, mountain rescuers, firefighters and tracking dogs. Local police also published a photo of a wanted woman asking for help. Despite the efforts and resources invested, the woman could not be found over the next few days, and the rescuers were losing hope due to the long time since the 48-year-old's disappearance and the increasingly lower temperature, dropping to 0 degrees Celsius at night.
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Found in the Kościuszko National Park
On Sunday evening, after 6 days of searching and almost two weeks since she went missing, Lovisa Sjoberg was found near the abandoned town of Kiandra on the Nungar Creek Trail. Police said she suffered from a snake bite, dehydration and a sprained ankle. After treatment, she was taken to hospital, where her condition was described as “reasonable” and stable.
– He's very lucky to still be alive. “There's no doubt he's had a very difficult time,” said local police spokesman Toby Lindsay. According to him, the woman “wandered for days” through inaccessible bushes and told rescuers that four days earlier she had been bitten by a copperhead moccasin – a venomous snake from the rattlesnake subfamily often found in this area. This species, according to local media, is not aggressive, but its venom is strong and without medical help, the bite can be fatal to humans.
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