Woman missing six days in California forest survives on yogurt

A lady who was stranded in a distant space of Lassen County was rescued after six days, throughout which she survived on yogurt and snow.

Sheena Gullett, 52, was discovered Wednesday within the forest south of the group of Little Valley, the Lassen County sheriff’s division mentioned.

On Thursday, April 14, she and Justin Lonich, 48, who dwell in Little Valley, had been driving there on forest roads north of Freeway 44 when their car grew to become caught within the snow. They spent the night time within the automotive, and the subsequent morning, it wouldn’t begin.

Each started strolling south towards the freeway; Gullett fell behind when the soles of her boots began coming off. When Lonich realized they had been separated, he mentioned, he turned again however couldn’t discover her.

In heavy snowfall, he spent the subsequent two nights in makeshift shelters as he made his method south. On Sunday, April 17, he reached Freeway 44 and bought a trip into Susanville, the place he reported Gullett lacking.

The sheriff’s report mentioned deputies discovered it laborious to slender down a search space as a result of Lonich was not aware of the roads that they had been touring on. For 2 days, floor searches had been carried out by the sheriff’s workplace and Forest Service staffers; the California Freeway Patrol additionally searched from a helicopter on the in the future it was clear.

On Wednesday, Lonich rode together with a sheriff’s deputy to attempt to spot landmarks. Round 3 p.m., a sheriff’s sergeant discovered the pair’s car in a closely wooded space — and Gullett emerged instantly. “She was very emotional, however bodily okay,” the report mentioned.

She instructed her rescuers she had returned to the car upon changing into separated from Lonich and had spent the six days there. She mentioned she ate snow for water and rationed a six-pack of yogurt, consuming one per day.

She mentioned she noticed the CHP helicopter fly over, however they might not see her automotive due to the timber.