German gets lost in the Outback for two weeks, survives by eating flies

A German tourist who was missing for more than two weeks in the Australian Outback survived by eating flies after becoming lost and stranded by floods, police said Friday. Daniel Dudzisz, pictured, was picked up by a motorist late Thursday near Windorah, Queensland, police Inspector Mark Henderson said. The 26-year-old left Windorah on Feb. 17 to walk 77 kilometres north across rugged terrain to the settlement of Jundah. He became stranded by the rising water for about 10 days and lived on insects most of the time he was lost. “He joked about never going hungry in the Australian Outback because of the amount of flies you can eat for their protein,” Insp. Henderson told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

The Associated Press