A 1-year-old toddler survived after being lost in the forest for 3 nights alone

A 22-month-old Russian toddler was found after leaving his family and spending three lonely nights in the woods.

according to Moscow TimesLast Tuesday, Lyudmila Kuzina disappeared in the Smolensk region west of Moscow. When she disappeared, she was following her mother and sister to the neighbor’s house.

This incident is very similar to a similar case in 2016, when the 3-year-old Russian toddler Tserin Dopchut lost his way in the Siberian wilderness Three days. According to reports, Dopchut ate a chocolate bar he happened to be carrying and survived. Despite the cold temperature in the area, Dopchut only wears shirts and shoes, not a jacket.

In both cases, young toddlers lost similar time in the Russian wilderness. However, unlike Dopchut, Kuzna did not have any food or water during the three days in the forest. BBC report——Make her survival more compelling.

After Kuzna’s disappearance on Tuesday, a large-scale search effort swept the area. 400 volunteers, police and divers participated in the search of nearby waters. But Kuzna was not found until the search lasted for nearly four days.

When a group of search volunteers stopped to rest about two and a half miles from Kuzina and her family’s home, they were said to have heard an unusual squeak—it was Kuzina herself.

“It wasn’t until the fourth day when they heard the’squeak’ that they found her on some branches under the tree,” said Antonina Kuzina, the girl’s mother. British Broadcasting Corporation.

Salvar, the rescue organization, pointed out that after being discovered, Kuzna “immediately stretched out her slender arm to hold the rescuer tightly.” Moscow Times. She “was weak and bitten by insects, but the most important thing is that she is still alive!”

“The entire headquarters is sobbing. Experienced volunteers, newbies who answered the phone for the first time, and local residents are all crying,” Salva added.

Kuzna was taken to the intensive care unit on Friday, but she was transferred to another part of the hospital on Saturday. Moreover, despite her young age, Kuzna, who is nearly 2 years old, seems to have learned important lessons from this ordeal.

“She is very determined, she will never run away from her mother again,” said her mother Antonina, a BBC report. “Although she will remember how long the promise was, I don’t know. But at least she said that.”