If there ever was a miracle story this is it!
A woman missing for more than a week in the NSW Snowy Mountains region has been found alive four days after she was bitten by a snake.
A search was launched for Lovisa “Kiki” Sjoberg, 48, on Monday 21 October after she was last seen driving an SUV in the Kosciuszko NP the previous Tuesday.
“About 4.50pm today … the woman was located injured by a National Parks and Wildlife Service officer on the Nungar Creek Trail at Kiandra,” New South Wales police said in a statement on Sunday.
“She was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for exposure and what is believed to be a snake bite, before she was taken to Cooma district hospital in a stable condition.”
NSW police said Sjoberg had been in the elements and believed she had been bitten by a copperhead snake four days ago.
Spring is also known as copperhead season in the area — a venomous snake whose bite can be deadly, although most people will survive it with modern medicine. Their venom has neurotoxic properties and can cause respiratory distress.
Several agencies worked together to search for Sjoberg, including the NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue, police units, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the State Emergency Service and the Rural Fire Service. People searched in four-wheel drives, on trail bikes, on horses and even members of the public hiked on foot.
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