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| Australian camel-hunter eats ants during six days lost in Outback | Australian camel-hunter eats ants during six days lost in Outback |
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| A 62-year-old Australian man lost for six days in the Outback has been found alive after surviving without water and by eating ants, say police. | |
| Reg Foggerdy disappeared last week while pursuing a feral camel in a remote area of Western Australia state. | Reg Foggerdy disappeared last week while pursuing a feral camel in a remote area of Western Australia state. |
| Police trackers found him sitting under a tree on Tuesday morning around 15km (9 miles) from where he became lost. | Police trackers found him sitting under a tree on Tuesday morning around 15km (9 miles) from where he became lost. |
| His family described him as an experienced bushman but have now told him to buy a satellite phone. | His family described him as an experienced bushman but have now told him to buy a satellite phone. |
| Mr Foggerdy's wife Arlyn told AP she had cried when she heard he had been found alive. | |
| "How you can survive without water and food is a miracle,'' she said. | |
| Wearing only a T-shirt, shorts, a cap and flip-flops when he went missing, Mr Foggerdy - a retired miner - apparently became disorientated in the fierce heat of the desert. | Wearing only a T-shirt, shorts, a cap and flip-flops when he went missing, Mr Foggerdy - a retired miner - apparently became disorientated in the fierce heat of the desert. |
| He was discovered "extremely dehydrated, a bit delusional, but he's received treatment, first aid on the ground, and it's fair to say he's now sitting up and talking," Police Supt Andy Greatwood told ABC radio. | He was discovered "extremely dehydrated, a bit delusional, but he's received treatment, first aid on the ground, and it's fair to say he's now sitting up and talking," Police Supt Andy Greatwood told ABC radio. |
| Supt Greatwood also praised Mr Foggerdy's "fantastic" skills, saying that while more details of how he coped were likely to emerge, "most people would not have survived". | Supt Greatwood also praised Mr Foggerdy's "fantastic" skills, saying that while more details of how he coped were likely to emerge, "most people would not have survived". |
| "The amazing news is his last couple of days of survival were achieved by lying down under a tree and eating black ants, so that's the level of survival that Mr Foggerdy has gone to," he said. | "The amazing news is his last couple of days of survival were achieved by lying down under a tree and eating black ants, so that's the level of survival that Mr Foggerdy has gone to," he said. |
| Mr Foggerdy's sister Christine Ogden told the West Australian she had not given up hope. | Mr Foggerdy's sister Christine Ogden told the West Australian she had not given up hope. |
| "When I went to bed last night, I said: 'Tomorrow's the day, they're going to find him.' I didn't know which way it was going to go, but I just had this feeling." |