Woman Found 'Dazed and Injured' with Possible Snakebite After Surviving Nearly 2 Weeks in National Park

Lovisa "Kiki" Sjoberg was last seen driving a rental car at a remote park in Australia on Oct. 15

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A 48-year-old woman has been found alive — though recovering from a possible snakebite — after she got lost in the Australian wilderness for nearly two weeks, authorities said.

Lovisa “Kiki” Sjoberg was discovered “dazed and injured” on Sunday, Oct. 27, after she ventured alone into the Snowy Mountains region of Kosciuszko National Park, according to New South Wales Police.

“She’s in fact very fortunate to be alive... she obviously went through a tough time," Monaro Police District Superintendent Toby Lindsay said at a press conference, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.

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First responders had been searching for Sjoberg — who was in the park photographing wild horses — since she was last seen driving a rental car on Tuesday, Oct. 15, ABC Australia reported. When the woman did not return the car, the company contacted police.

“She’s had it in her possession for approximately 80 days … we know she’s had some regular use of the vehicle,” Monaro Police District Acting Inspector Andrew Woods told The Sydney Morning Herald. “For it to then be left stationary for six days doesn’t appear to be regular.”

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Members of the public joined in the search, alongside four-wheel-drive vehicles, trail bikes, two helicopters and the State Emergency Service, among other agencies, the paper reported.

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"We had in excess of 30 people physically in the field every day searching," Lindsay said, according to ABC Australia. "We held grave concerns for the missing woman, and very glad she's been found safe and reasonably well."

"She advises she was bitten by a copperhead snake four days before being found and also rolled her ankle," Lindsay said, according to the report.

When Sjoberg was discovered on Oct. 27 along the Nungar Creek trail by a NSW Parks and Wildlife Services officer, she was treated for exposure and what's believed to be a snake bite, and was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, police said.

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