An eight-year-old boy who got lost in a wooded area in the US state of Michigan survived for two days by eating snow. Nante Niemi disappeared this Saturday while camping with his family in the park. Desert of the Porcupine Mountainsgo to BBC news. He will be disoriented after he went to look for firewood.
More than 150 people were involved in the operation to save the child. In the end, the boy was found this Monday under a log about three kilometers from the camp. The boy used this hiding place to hide from the cold and potential predators.
“He survived the storm by hiding under a log, where he was eventually found,” police said in a statement. BBC news.
The boy told police that in order to survive, he had to eat ice and cover himself with branches and leaves to keep warm.
According to the North American press, the child is healthy and is already with his parents.