Published 10:54 IST, January 15th 2020
Australian man rescued alive, weeks after missing in crocodile infested forest
He was last spotted at Bairds Crossing near the upper Daintree Village on December 23, last year.The Victorian man has been rescued by the police.
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A 25-year-old Australian man, Milan Lemic, has been rescued out of crocodile infested Daintree Forest in rth eastern state of Queensland by police on Monday hving disappeared for weeks. Lemic has been reportedly missing since past a few months and was feared de by locals. He was last spotted at Bairds Crossing near upper Daintree Vill on December 23, last year.
Victorian man has been rescued by police out of forests inhibited by crocodiles and is reportedly safe. Queensland police on Tuesday morning has said that man was found on Monday afteron stranded near forests in Creb Track area after he was discovered by a motorist.
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police ded that he was in a good physical condition considering he has been in rainforests for three weeks. Lemic’s disappearance h sparked fears that he could have been attacked by crocodiles and killed. However, Lemic told media that he h survived by consuming berries and or fruits and that he was only lost.
rumours of his possible death caused by numerous crocodiles in region were dismissed by officers that h searched area and found that crocodiles in Daintree River were too small to have taken man. search co-ordinator Senior Sergeant Ed Lukin told media that area rar h a few reptiles, two or three crocodiles to speak of, that were so small that y could t have caused any injury to a person.
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Crocodile attacks ruled out
Searches indicate that re couldn’t be a reptile that might cause an attack on a human in area. According to reports, Senior Sergeant Lukin has described Australian man a ‘loner’. He said that authorities were concerned about Lukin’s state of mind for driving a two-wheeler into a river crossing only four-wheeler could commute on.
officers said in a report that it continues to be a mystery, for man has an undiagsed medical condition that may have led him to behave in a strange manner and make such risky choices.
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21:51 IST, January 14th 2020