Australian Man Survives 6 Days In The Desert By Eating Ants

#1 A man missing for six days in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water was found after surviving by eating black ants, police said.

#2 Reg Foggerdy, 62, disappeared heading to the Shooter's Shack camp near Laverton in the West Australian Goldfields, 600 miles northeast of Perth, on a hunting trip.

#3 When he failed to return, family members raised the alarm and a search by police trackers finally found him 15 kilometers from where he went missing.

#4 Goldfields Police superintendent Andy Greatwood said Foggerdy had been sitting under the same tree for the last two days.

#5 He was dehydrated and slightly delusional when he was found.

#6 Police reported, "The hunter spent the last two days of his experience under the tree he was found by, eating ants."

#7 He survived by eating 12 ants on the first day and 18 on the next day, which gave him a little protein and sustenance.

#8 Greatwood confirmed that the man had not drank a single drop of water during his six days of being lost.

#9 "When he was found, he was given a drink, and then paramedics administered intravenous fluids; he was soon sitting up, but he was still airlifted to the hospital."

#10 Reg says he had imagined the worst scenarios in the last 3 days of his stay in the dry, hot Outback.

#11 He said could see the rescue helicopters passing overhead, but they couldn’t get sight of him across the shelter of trees he was under to avoid the sun.

#12 By sixth day, he had said his goodbye in his head and went back to look for his gun, but luckily was found by trackers. It was extremely hot, extremely remote, and most people probably wouldn’t have survived.

#13 It was probably good will and a miracle that he survived as long as he did under those conditions with no water, but his sister said Reg was an experienced bushman but added: “I’m going to get him to get a satellite phone”

His family was overjoyed when he finally arrived back home and was reunited.