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In reply to the discussion: Yoga teacher found alive after going missing 2 weeks ago in Hawaii forest [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,534 posts)37. She had a broken leg and ate fruits and moths to survive. More here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212131085
She also slept in a wild boar's den, covered with ferns. She's lucky she wasn't gored, however if you must be lost in the forest, Hawaii is better than some other places due to the abundance of fruits and absence of predators -- no wolves, bears, mountain lions, and also no snakes or scorpions.
As for how she lost her shoes, after she fell 20 feet into a ravine and broke her leg, a flash flood washed away her sandals.
She also slept in a wild boar's den, covered with ferns. She's lucky she wasn't gored, however if you must be lost in the forest, Hawaii is better than some other places due to the abundance of fruits and absence of predators -- no wolves, bears, mountain lions, and also no snakes or scorpions.
As for how she lost her shoes, after she fell 20 feet into a ravine and broke her leg, a flash flood washed away her sandals.
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Yoga teacher found alive after going missing 2 weeks ago in Hawaii forest [View all]
Crabby Appleton
May 2019
OP
She had shoes the first few days only. I don't know how she lost them. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#18
Yes. Further, you have a good chance of getting out to the ocean where you'd be more visible.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#22
A guy got lost for about six weeks down in Puerto Rico when I was working there.
bluedigger
May 2019
#12
"She was several miles above Twin Falls, over in deep H'aiku, way off the beaten track."
Cal Carpenter
May 2019
#15
Thick vegetation impedes travel. Every hiker knows that. Many ways to lose a shoe.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#26
A different article said there was a flash flood that occurred washing away her sandals
wishstar
May 2019
#36
According to the film clip, she'd been wearing sandals. If she tumbled down a steep incline, the
NBachers
May 2019
#28