Posted on 08/13/2014 5:04:06 PM PDT by ETL 2
All hope is lost when her dog returns home without her; then the dog leads rescuers to the missing 3-year-old, who was called the miracle girl.
A little girl lost in a remote region of Siberia inhabited by bears and wolves survived 11 days in the subarctic forest by eating wild berries and drinking river water before her dog finally left her side to summon help, leading rescuers to her location.
Karina Chikitova, 3, wandered away from her home in a remote village of the Sakha Republic on July 29, according to The Siberian Times and U.K. MailOnline.
Her mother believed Karina and her dog had followed her father, Rodion, who had left to go to his native village. Because there were no phone connections, it wasn’t until four days later that the family discovered Karina was missing, prompting a massive search.
Sakha is said to be Siberia’s coldest region in winter, but this time of year overnight temperatures were about 42 degrees Fahrenheit, though some parts were colder. Karina hugged her dog and huddled up in the tall grass to stay warm, but that made it difficult for rescuers to spot her from helicopters and drones.
Two days before Karina was found, her dog returned to the girl’s home in the village Omon in the Olyokminsky district.
“That was the moment when our hearts sank, because we thought at least with her dog Karina had chances to survive; night in Yakutia are cold and some areas have already gone into minus temperatures,” Afanasiy Nikolayev, spokesman for the Sakha Republic Rescue Service, told The Siberian Times.
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The “attachment” is easy...
The Tiger...?....not so much.
But it would keep folks off of your bumper....
That horse has better hair than most teens around here.
/johnny
YES, gorgeous, aren’t they? Well fed and in fabulous condition doing what comes naturally in the Siberian wilds. Beautiful, intelligent faces too.
It's way better than Trunk Monkey!
WOOF!
HA!
I carry a Boa in a backpack on my Harley.
It’s amazingly effective.
Seven, my girl, *is* that device.
:D
Thank-you for bringing this story to our attention. I wish someone would translate what they were saying in the video. Sweet girl and heroic dog. I still can’t get over they BOTH survived for 11 days out in the wilderness.
From what I understand, they ARE the food. The residents eat a lot of horse because the horses there are very hardy and can survive the vicious winters. Only to become equine burgers.
Ya gots to see this ‘toon, Sal.
I did....:)
The Late ,Great ,Gary Larson.
Every Duck , Chicken, and Cow in the Universe now knows that ‘Somewhere, Somehow, a Cartoonist is watching’.
:)
Gary Larson is very much alive and today is his 64th birthday.
That’s good to Know.
Was under the impression he had passed over.
Thank you. :)
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