Posted on 04/14/2006 6:47:46 AM PDT by Sax
'I Ate Frogs And Lizards' Updated: 13:00, Friday April 14, 2006
A man who survived nearly three months alone in the Australian outback by eating lizards and frogs has spoken of his ordeal.
Ricky Megee lost half his bodyweight during his stint in the desert, when he was forced to munch leeches and grasshoppers to stay alive.
The 35-year-old was discovered looking like a "walking skeleton" by farm workers.
He had set off on a 3,500-mile journey to take up a new job in Port Hedland, Western Australia, but never made it to his destination.
Details of how he came to be lost were unclear. Some reports said his car had broken down and others that he had been drugged and dumped by a hitchhiker he picked up.
"The last thing I remember was driving up the road and getting a bit dazed and confused," he told the Times newspaper.
"The next thing was waking up, face down, in a hole. There was some plastic on me with some rocks and dirt thrown on top.
"What woke me was that there were four dingoes scratching the rocks to try to get at me."
He described to reporters how he had left frogs on the roof of his makeshift shelter to go "a bit crispy" before he ate them.
"I would go out just before dark and gather what I could to eat," he said.
"I ate one meal a day - that is enough to survive. I just hoped and prayed that someone would find me."
Since being rescued last week he has been recovering in hospital in Darwin.
"What woke me was that there were four dingoes scratching the rocks to try to get at me."
Lost.
He was probably licking toads while driving. They secrete hallucinating goo out of their backs.
Tony Bourdain has nothing on this bloke.
Perhaps he could give survival lessons to the Katrina "victims".
"Hey Mrs Megee. A dingo's got your baby!"
Oy! That's dingo's got me left buttcheek! C'mere you rotten little cur!
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