Bolivian recounts eating worms, animal attacks in month lost in Amazon
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If his story is confirmed, 30-year-old Jhonatan Acosta could become one of the longest-ever lone Amazon survivors.
Acosta had been on a hunting trip with four friends in Amazon rainforest but got separated from his party on January 25. (TRTWorld)
A Bolivian who claimed to have been missing in the Amazon alone for a month, has recounted eating insects and worms, collecting water in his boots and drinking his own urine to stay alive.
If confirmed, this could make Jhonatan Acosta, 30, one of the longest-ever lone Amazon survivors.
"It helped a lot to know about survival techniques: I had to consume insects, drink my urine, eat worms. I was attacked by animals," he told Unitel TV on Tuesday.
Acosta was reported missing by his family at the end of January. He had been on a hunting trip with four friends in the Amazon rainforest but got separated from his party on January 25.
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SPEED NEWS DESK| Updated on: 1 March 2023, 23:52 IST
Jhonattan Acosta
Four friends planned for hunting in northern Bolivia forest but the perfect plan went wrong when one of them went little far and got separated.
Jhonattan Acosta got separated from his friends and went missing in the dense forest after hours of search. He bravely survived in the jungle, which is home to many predators, for 31 days. The man had no food with him and behaved like a soldier to survive in the jungle.
The 30-year-old man was stranded in the jungle and had to resort to drinking rainwater collected in his shoes and eating insects, such as worms, to replenish his energy and survive until help arrived, BBC quoted citing Acosta.
Acosta said he tried several techniques to hide from predators such as jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.
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https://www.catchnews.com/world-news/amazing-man-survives-in-amazon-jungle-for-31-days-know-shocking-details-245149.html
