Can anyone survive being lost in the outback of Australia?

Hadi Nazari, 23, failed to rendezvous with his two friends at an agreed-upon campground while they were trekking in the bushlands of Kosciuszko National Park in the southeastern Australian state of New South Wales on 26th December, according to NBC News.

Nazari’s companions reported him lost to local authorities, sparking a search and rescue involving up to 300 people.

However, by New Year’s Eve, he remained missing.

No one from the rescuers found Nazari. Instead, a hiking group passing near the search zone heard Hazari calling for help and rescued him on 8 January.

Medics found Nazari unharmed and in good spirits. During 13 days in the bushland, he reportedly survived by drinking creek water and eating wild berries and cereal he found in a hut.

Earlier, another person went missing in Matusadona Game Park in Zimbabwe. The African game park is inhabited by 40 lions, elephants, and other wild animals.

Tinotenda Pudu accidentally wandered 49 kilometers off his home, according to the Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority.

Members of the local Nyaminyami community searched for him by beating drums each day, hoping he would hear the sound and guide him to meet them.

Member of parliament Mutsa Murombedzi, representing Mashonaland West, revealed in a post on X that the 7-year-old boy amazingly survived the predators and other dangerous animals.

He spent five days “sleeping on a rocky perch, amidst roaring lions, passing elephants, eating wild fruits,” read the legislator’s post, according to BBC.

The boy also used survival skills. He dug small wells into dry riverbeds with a stick to access drinking water, Murombedzi added, according to BBC.

Instead of the drumbeats, Pudu heard the engine of a park rangers’ car and ran toward the rescuers, ending his ordeal after five days.