A young couple who became stranded in a Northern Territory national park were rescued after they came up with this brilliant plan to save themselves.
Shantelle Johnson, 18, and her partner Colon Nulgit, 20, from the East Kimberley town of Kununurra, went missing with their puppy Ace in a remote part of the Northern Territory that is known to be riddled with crocodiles.they couldn’t sleep during the 26 hours they were stranded, as they had seen crocodile tracks before their vehicle became bogged.
Despite spending the night in their car, they were hardly able to sleep. As the tide rose, they feared the waters would bring crocodiles closer to the vehicle. The young couple had set off on the weekend for the Keep River National Park near the border of Western Australia, telling family and friends they were leaving for a fishing trip and when they expected to be home.The couple lit spot fires and scratched a large “HELP” and an arrow into the mud near their vehicle in the hope rescue crews searching for the couple would have an easier time identifying them from the sky.Source:SuppliedThe young couple went missing while on a fishing trip.
Police organised a co-ordinated search effort for the couple using a fixed-wing plane. “The plane crew comprised a pilot, a trained spotter from Kununurra Police and an SES volunteer,” WA Police said in a statement.Miraculous video shows the crew locating the couple in a remote location known as “Barra Farm”, an area north of Legune Cattle Station in the Keep River National Park.
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