Bolivia, Europe Brief News – A Bolivian man, who claims to have been missing in the Amazon rainforest alone for a month, recounts eating insects and worms to stay alive.
Jhonattan Acosta, 30, got separated from his four friends while out hunting in northern Bolivia.
The Bolivian man says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and other insects while hiding from jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.
Mr Acosta was finally found by a search party made up of locals and friends a month after he had gone missing.
“It’s incredible, I can’t believe people kept up the search for so long,” he said amid tears.
“I ate worms, I ate insects, you wouldn’t believe all I had to do to survive all this time,” he told Unitel TV. He also ate wild fruits similar to papayas, known locally as gargateas.
“I thank God profusely, because he has given me a new life.”
His family said that they would still have to piece together all the details of how Mr Acosta got lost and how he managed to stay alive but that they would ask him gradually as he was still psychologically bruised after the experience.
Mr Acosta lost 17kg (37lb) in weight, had a dislocated ankle and was dehydrated when he was found but according to those who found him, was still able to walk with a limp.
