The incredible case of Jhonattan Acosta, the man who survived a lost month in the Amazon jungle

Story of a castawaythe popular novel by Gabriel García Márquez, tells in detail the story of Luis Alejandro Velasco Sánchez, a castaway who survived ten days on the high seas without food and calculating when the rescue planes would come for him.

It is inevitable to think about this story at this time, given that the Bolivians Jonathan Acosta30 years, survived a lost month in the Amazon jungle. It all started on January 25 when, accompanied by his friends, he decided to move to the jungle of baures, in the Bolivian department of Beni, for the purpose of recording videos and hunting. But nothing happened as I thought.

“Every day I got up and prayed to God. My goal was to reach the river because the first 10 days I took my urineI couldn’t get water or fruit. I already looked black and I think I passed out twice,” he said. Pan American Radioaccording to what has been said voice of america.

At the moment of losing himself from the group, Jhonattan alone had a shotgun It was used for defense against animals. He said one night was attacked by pigs del monte who undid one of his boots but failed to hurt him.

“I ate worms, insects… You wouldn’t believe what I had to do to survive all this time,” he said in dialogue with Unitel Television. As the days passed, he began ingesting papaya-like wild fruits, known locally as gargateas, the local newspaper reported. The duty.

“I thank God very much, because he gave me a new lifehe said enthusiastically when he met his family. The latter said they have yet to piece together the details of how Acosta got lost and how he managed to stay alive. This is why they will question him little by little since he is still traumatized by the experience, published the aforementioned newspaper.

After spending 31 days lost in the jungle, Jhonattan had lost 17 kilos, had a dislocated ankle and was dehydrated. When found, he could still walk with a limp.

“My brother told us that when he sprained his ankle on the fourth day, he began to fear for his life“, he said for his part Horace Acosta A page seven. And he added, “He only had one cartridge in his shotgun, he couldn’t walk, and he thought no one would be looking for him anymore.”

Another fact is that when it was lost, Acosta had no machete or flashlight and had to use his boots to collect and drink rainwater.

According to another of his brothers, Jhonattan used his last cartridge to scare away a herd of peccariespig-like animals that inhabit the tropical jungles of South America, reported The duty.

Already exhausted and completely disoriented, after 31 days he observed the search party from about 300 meters away and made his way towards them as best he could, limping through thorny bushes and shouting for their attention.

There were four locals who found Acosta but during the long days of uncertainty, the family never lost faith. “We always knew he was alive, something told us we had to keep looking. We never gave up, friends and the press helped us a lot, because if there were the help from the government is thanks to the pressure of the media, we are grateful for that,” he said in an interview with voice of america, Horace Acosta.

“The story we lived through is touching the hearts of many people. Brothers, parents, children who sometimes argue over such superficial things and don’t see how important it is when you don’t have a loved one by your side. It’s a real nightmare,” he continued.

His younger brother assured that Jhonattan had decided to stop hunting after this terrible experience. “He’s going to play music to praise God. He promised it to God and I think he will keep his promise.”

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