Woman found alive after surviving snakebite and two weeks in the wilderness

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Police said a woman who was found in a remote Australian mountain range after she had been missing for almost two weeks was “dazed and unwell” but alive after she suffered a snakebite in remote wilderness.

New South Wales Police said in a statement that Lovisa “Kiki” Sjoberg, 48, was found just before 5 p.m. local time Sunday in the Snowy Mountains region of Kosciuszko National Park after a huge multiagency search that involved two helicopters and dog teams.

She was last seen driving a rented car in the national park on Oct. 15. The search began when the car company told police the vehicle had not been moved in six days and the lease had ended.

Monaro Police District Superintendent Toby Lindsay said at a news conference Monday, reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corp., that the woman was “dazed and injured” and “quite unwell.”

“She advises she was bitten by a copperhead snake four days before being found and also rolled her ankle and she was suffering from dehydration,” he said. “We held grave concerns for the missing woman and [are] very glad she’s been found safe and reasonably well.”

The Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park in Jindabyne, Australia. Martin Ollman / Getty Images file

More than 30 people were searching through thick scrubland every day, Lindsay said. Temperatures in the region have dropped as low as 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Police said paramedics treated Sjoberg at the scene for exposure and “what is believed to be a snake bite” before she was taken to Cooma District Hospital, where she was stable.

The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention.

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