A backpacker survived almost two weeks lost in Western Australian outback says he “never gratefully saved”.
Caroline Wilga, a 26-year-old German national, survived Friday after 11 frozen nights can spend lonely and lost in Bushland.
He survived by drinking from puddles and protection of a cave, The police said.
In his first public statement since survived, Ms. Wilga said he hit his head after his van lost, it was important to leave the car in a state of confusion.
He was on a driver and was sent to a Perth hospital, where he was getting better.
Ms Wilga appreciates medical staff, German consulate and all people who help find him, in a statement of Western Australia Police posted on Instagram.
“I wanted to express a big thank you from the bottom of my heart – a thank you true from the depths of my soul,” he said.
“Some people may think why I left my car too, even if I had water, eating, and clothes there,” Ms. Wilga added.
He said he “loses control of the car and rolls a slope”, hitting his head “importance” in subsequent crashes.
“As a result of the accident, I left my car in a state of confusion and lost,” he added.
“Previously, I didn’t know where my place was in a culture on the other side of the world to my own, but now, I feel a part of it. I am deeply impressed by the courage, helpfulness, and warmth that has been shown to me.
“Western Australia taught me exactly what it means to be part of a true community. Here, man, unity, and end, that is the most important.”
He found that Tania Henley had barefoot – described by Ms. Wilga as his “Redeemer and Angel” – more than 30km away his van, a woman left behind in the north of the beacon.
Ms Henley told Australia’s public ABC that he saw Ms. Wilga flowing along the road, and he appeared in a “weak state”, suffering of fatigue, a wounded foot.
“Everything in this bush is too much. I couldn’t believe he saved. He didn’t have shoes, he wrapped his feet,” says Ms Henley.
Before he was saved, Ms. Wilga was last seen in a general Beacon city store, Western Australia, in his van on July 29.
“I’m sure I just survived that grateful to this strange pouring support,” he said.
“The thought of all the people who believed in me, looking for me, and continued hope for me to give me the strength to continue my dark times,” he said.
The rescue falls on “Sheer Slowe”, said police inspector Jessica Securo at a news conference.
