How a teen survived Australia's ruthless outdoors for 12 days | 60 Minutes Australia
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In 2009, 19-year-old British backpacker Jamie Neale walked out of the Australian bush safe and, surprisingly, well. Surprising, because he had been lost in the Blue Mountains for almost two weeks. Everyone had given up. Even his family had said their last goodbyes. There's no doubt that Jamie was hopelessly unprepared. You can sure believe him when he says that he might be smart, but he's got no common sense. It's an incredible tale, too good to be true, according to the cynics. So what really happened? Well, here's Jamie's story. And you can decide for yourselves - great survivor or great pretender.
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The tears in his eyes talking about his call to his mum tell me he genuinely did this. He is so lucky
I watch 60 minutes in America, but I absolutely love 60 Minutes - Australia and the array of topics you cover, as well as your reporters/journalists. Enjoyed this story so much. Welcome home, Jamie.
Don't believe their propaganda. Most of their stories give a biased 1sided presentation leaving out important facts to suit their narrative. Question everything & especially with 60 minutes, take it all with a grain of salt
me too i'm english the aussie reporters are old school fearless our journalists in england are wimps🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
@@stevematthews4092 I'm wondering why 60 Minutes opened up the comment section for this. 99.99% comments are turned off!
@@sigiloXXX probably so their puppet masters can get a better grip who follows the agenda without too many facts hitting close to home?? I bet they don't do an unbiased report or likely any on 'sound of freedom'. 😉
@@sigiloXXXme to very suprised
Wonderful to hear that he survived. He is lucky to be alive.
60 minutes Australia drops a video, I go watch immediately! 😂😂🙌🏼 her voice is like ASMR!
Her voice is amazing ❤
So true
I believe him. I was bowhunting in the forest in New Zealand at Christmas last year. I got off the track and I only went up and down a few valleys and hills and I was hopelessly lost. It was so steep and rugged that each hill I crawled up on my knees looked the same and I couldn't see anything for the tall trees. I was praying like mad, because I had no water, no supplies and nobody knew where I was. It was truly terrifying and I really thought that I could perish out there. It was only that I had my mobile phone on me and it registered a tiny blue dot of where I was, I was able to use that to see my position and navigate my way out. I was miles from where I was supposed to be, but eventually found my way back to the car. Sitting back home in my warm house in Australia now, I have a new healthy respect for the bush and forest and just how easily one can be disoriented and eventually perish
You are very, very, very lucky to be alive. So many people in America go missing (just like you did) and are never heard from again. Families never know what happened to them.
@@PoeLemic Yes you are correct. I hadn't told my family where I was. The forest in NZ is very thick and isolated and i was in the middle of nowhere - I don't think anybody would have found me or been looking for me. I was an idiot, but praise God I was given another chance.
I got lost in a forest in Ireland, went up the hill to see the lake then decided to walk in a circle and towards the forest where I was staying...and then, it started snowing and everything looked the same. I felt like Hansel and Gretel and walked for 4 hours!!! Not sure how I found my way back in the snow and that was before mobile phones!!
Dumb Brit gets lost... Brits are a lost nation anyways 😅
Been watching "Alone" and would have liked to have heard more details on how he survived. "Drank a lot of water"--- how? How did he keep warm etc.? I don't doubt him, I'm just amazed at the lack of info in the reporting... Sorry...
'alone' is the Best show!!
yeah, there were no details on exactly how he survived other than the bitter nuts he ate
To fair, the story is about him going missing and how he was found. Had they included the entire story about how he survived, then maybe it wouldn't be a 60 minutes episode. I mean it is called 60 minutes not 90 minutes.
They explained exactly how he sustained. What do you want to know if he made a cup from leaves? I mean the detail can certainly be spared to tell this story in an hour.
At that time of year water is pretty easy to find. There's actually quite a few water sources in the valleys , so much so they fill a large lake, fill three dams and a big creek.
Dumb Brit gets lost... Brits are a lost nation anyways 😅
Dad had like zero faith in him.
I believe you Jamie Neale. I'm glad you survived. 😻
I've gone bushwalking through those same forests. It is very easy to lose the trail, especially if there's anything less than full daylight to see by. Water at this time of year isn't hard to find, and with so much rain in recent times there would be plenty of water pockets and little streams out there to find. He probably could have survived a few more days without food, any little bit of bush food he found - and there's a lot of that out there too if you know what to look for - would have helped a lot. As for the cold, yeah he absolutely would have suffered but it would have been a little bit easier for him to survive that being from and acclimated to a colder climate to begin with. He was most likely walking in circles, that's completely normal for lost people to do, so his reappearance being not too far from where he disappeared 12 days earlier isn't surprising either. There's nothing about his story that is so unbelievable as to warrant calling it a hoax.
He got lost back in 2009 but it would have been in winter and water is not too much of a problem for sure.
Wow you can comment now?well all I can say is I love watching 60 minutes Australia and I love you Tara Brown.❤️ watching from Michigan USA.
They only let comments on non political issues, they don’t allow people to share different views.
helllo USA!
I believe him. I’m a trail runner and I see unprepared young hiker all the time and shake my head at their ignorance coupled with exuberance of youth.
Great to see a success story!
It was only 12 days. He did have a bit to eat. Why is it so impossible to believe him.
The rolls and some water could last almost a week.. half way there.. sure he will drop a good 15 or 20lbs but won't die
You can last 3days without water, and 3 _4 weeks without food. He had plenty of ground water and didn't need food for another 2weeks
All of the doubters can say all they want. They weren't there with him. It's a great lesson on the resilience of the human body and the young man's strength of will to survive. He resolved to eat bush tucker to keep himself somewhat nourished and was quick to work out the need to make some form of shelter and to keep himself hydrated to increase his chances of being found and survival. Respect to him, heartfelt relief for his loved ones and a big thumbs down to the naysayers.
Happy he's OK . Usually the survival stories that are the hardest to believe are the ones that are true. God Bless you and yours. Please stay safe.
What an awesome story! I’m so glad he survived! Good for him! People need to stop trying to discredit him, he has nothing to gain
Dumb Brit gets lost... Brits are a lost nation anyways 😅
Amazing Story❤
Wow 60 mins actually has its comments turned on for once, I jave wanted to comment on other videos and couldn't
I got lost and I am an Australian and knew the area very well. It was just that I took the wrong track only to realise down the bottom I knew only then I was in the wrong spot but it was getting dark so I stayed where I was. Lit a fire, made some soup and was amazed that the chopper found me that night when I told family a I would be back home by 8pm.
Rule number one ALWAYS take a cigarette lighter with you and a space blanket.both will fit in a pocket with ease.
Wow
What an amazing adventure
Shout out to Underworld for the background Breaking and Entering soundtrack music ...big hugs to the survivor boy...The Aus bush demands respect
I believe him. No reason not to. Glad he is safe.
His father seems emotionless
Absolutely dead.
Older British bloke, it's not all that uncommon for them to come across that way. Some older Aussie blokes are the same way. Their pragmatism comes across as callous and cold, but underneath it all the ol' man would have been hurting so badly when he thought he lost his son that he would have been overwhelmed to the point where it numbed him too much to show much of anything. That's just the way some older blokes are. They care deeply, sometimes more deeply than those that wear their heart on their sleeve, but they have a lot of trouble showing it.
@@grandmothergoose💯
If he didn't care then he wouldn't have flown out to Australia.
@@boblouden6663 emotionless people still do things with no emotion. It got a lot of coverage. Perhaps he was pressured to go.
Research Anthony "AJ" Elfalak the little 3 yr old boy who was lost in the bush for over 3 days and Steven Walls who was also lost in the bush for days as a 4 yr old. Both were found alive despite the odds.
I’m unsure why people doubt his story. If you you were going to go missing this is a good environment to try and survive.plenty of resources. It’s green that s likely plenty of water. Trees, shrubbery for shade and to make a shelter. Although cool the weather pretty optimal stayed above freezing. If he had the same supplies but in a dry, barren hot desert then 12 days would be beyond challenging if not impossible especially for a novice outdoorsman.
Moral of the story...
Always carry a compass and satellite phone when going in the wilderness
No need for a compass if you know the time.
My 19 year old lad finds it hard to find an Uber taxi on an app. I’m not sure I’d of let him head out to Oz and tour the blue mountains.
"Let Him"? If he's 19 years old then he is legally an adult.
@@knowjusticeknowpeace15 I do let him… take Uber
@@micburns Although the brain stops growing in size by early adolescence, the teen years are all about fine-tuning how the brain works. The brain finishes developing and maturing in the mid-to-late 20s. The part of the brain behind the forehead, called the prefrontal cortex, is one of the last parts to mature. This area is responsible for skills like planning, prioritizing, and making good decisions.- National Institute of Mental Health (United States)
So funny…
God bless you and your family, absolute joy.
It makes total sense to me, this guy wasnt aware of the dangers because he hadnt done any real recon or planning.
He arrived he took off for a hill walk and forgot he wasnt at home.
He is showing his ignorance of the country he strolled into but he is admitting that he made a huge mistake and would be deemed to be a bit of a tool for going off like that without any planning and have to face his piers when he gets back home.
Being from the UK a much smaller country, he would be used to going to wooded areas that come to an end quite quickly and you can see distances more readily climbing to hilltops and are easier to manage in general.
Summer or Spring you dont need lots of equiptment other than your water and some food and a backpack if you plan on camping.
Unless you go out in Autumn or Winter and need some winter equiptment because there isnt massive extremes in temperatures and unlike Australia it isnt vast.
Even if you go to colder parts of the UK you wouldnt have to deal with the thick vegetation and plantlife, the vast distances and the impenetrable overhanging canopy of trees.
Being naive isnt an excuse but he clearly was and forgetting to bring basic equiptment tell people what he was doing, go in a group and of course bring a phone was life threatening in Australia.
Australia has a lot of animal and plant life that the UK wouldnt have, it has extreme temperatures and a vastness that is almost impossible to imagine unless you've been there.
This is a lesson to anyone else who visits from smaller countries thinking its the same, only just a little bigger and should be included in the tourist warnings on websites offering trips for young people taking a year out and travelling.
Poor dude! Glad he is ok.
How much did his silliness costed tax payers?
How many native animals do your cats kill each year?
Wow that's crazy
I find it hard to believe that somebody walking around iike at 1:49 servived for 12 days lmao
Those Blue Mountains are something else, no markings anywhere, Mark the Blue mountains state which way to go at many entrances please.
Poor guy, looks so sweet, I am so glad he survived!
Wonderful wonderful,great news.Enjoy great time with families.🌹
He is telling the truth.. but, its only 12 days in above zero condition with two rolls to start with.. not pleasant but most people his age and health will survive this as long as they have a water source
After watching so many similar episodes like this one I just want to watch outdoors activities from the comfort zone on my couch and if outdoors activities is your hobby please pack or the necessary gears and at least let your family or friends know where you are going and how much time you intend to stay just in case.
This happened in 2009. Why does ACA keep uploading old news?
Was wondering why I'd heard nothing about it on the news. Very confusing if it's that old. I guess one needs to read the description before viewing!
@@sheilaboston7051 Yea, I learned that when it comes to ACA you have to read the description to see when it was actually news!
@@TheMegaAshor look at their haircuts and clothes
@@TheMegaAsh it's 60 minutes not ACA.
@@boyunderbridge and presenters
I'm just saying it's kind of weird that his dad wanted to write him off so quick and say he was dead, ninety percent of the dads wouldn't stop until they found out something, but who am I to judge his story..... nobody that's who.
Thank you so much 👍
Has a bright pink backpack and uses a blue shirt to signal in the blue mountains 😂😂😂
Not often you can post a comment on “60 minutes”!
Anyway I believe him. I think it’s due to the fact that there are so many hoaxes out there that it puts it at the forefront of peoples’ minds when the seemingly impossible occurs.
It's kind of remarkable that nobody talks about water and dehydration
I'm glad he found a way to survive.
I am surprised his father gave up so quick..that is saddest part. I would have been searching with the others and wouldn't have left .But maybe he had to leave,don't know ..so just my opinion.
I always watch this channel (60 minutes);becaue, l like this channel. I from somalia and every day people lost and it seems ordinary sitiation here.
I'm sorry. That's really sad and disturbing and people should be covering those stories in Somalia and fight for justice and answers for all of these people.
I was raised in the mountains here in the state of Oregon USA. I was literally raised in the woods and living off the land isn't hard if you know what you're doing. That said, when I go hunting or prospecting or just out fishing, I let my girlfriend know where my camp will be and the area where I'm hunting/prospecting. I've always got the means to (easily) make fire and and a bit of high energy snacks.
This kid is lucky, he could be dead just like a thousand others that weren't lucky. Unless you know what you're talking about, stop talking. He made it out alive, that should be celebrated not sneered at. Just as there were thousands of people that weren't lucky, there's thousands that were. He's one of the lucky ones. Kid should by a lottery ticket the second he gets home.
I anticipated they were going to discuss HOW he survived?
It was mentioned in the video, he ate 2 roll sandwiches, and tree nuts and water.
@@aussiejenny777 yeah I got that, but what did he do for shelter, protection from the elements, did he forage anything else, etc. It was just so incomplete
I’m sure it’s very stressful to be back in the same forest hey got lost in 😮
My man watched all the bushcrafting videos on youtube.
God be blessed
lol
When all is said and done , he learnt a very valuable life lesson and will be better prepared in the future , as simple as that , very lucky guy .
There’s always doubters. I hope this awful experience doesn’t make him dislike our beautiful country and he comes back to have a better time!
Awesome
A brave young man and brave family. He kept his head, and made it out. Probably the naysayers would never have made it.
i believe it
I've been lost in the Victorian bush near Walhalla a few times. When lost in the bush everywhere you look is trees, trees and more trees.
I go bushwalking alone a lot some times just for few hours, I always take my phone, an extra battery, a mirror, water, a snack, matches, cigarette lighter and fire starters and some kindling. If I get lost I’ll be warm and people will see my Smokey fire.
Add a Space Blanket to your list.
Nodding his head no when he says he was genuinely lost. Just sayin.
There is a Google Street View of the Golden Stairs if you want to see how it looks on the ground.
Kinda dense.
His father seems very cold and as a matter of fact.
We should be raised such that spending a mere 12 days outdoors is a cakewalk.
Whether or not they planned out this thing - hard to say...
I think he is telling the truth. He is not constantly blinking as liers do. His head is not countering what his mouth is saying as liers often do.
The most important is the rime he was asked a question and you could see he was searching his memory for the info.
Yeah, because things like blinking excessively is only exclusive to lying and not social anxiety or other personality disorders. 🤦🏾♀️
@@guesswhosgoing2jail2nite78 Eye movement or lack of is one of the involuntary reactions a person does when they are talking.
You are correct that it can relate to anxiety or other health issues.
However since it is not being done it is not alluring to an illness and brings it back to the point I made.
If it was happening I would agree that your comment might be bringing up a good point. Since it is not, your comment is rather silly.
We don't go to jungle without machete and fire making devices, even if, its for just 10 minute walk. Just a simple tip for city people from tribes culture.
That Dude is a different man now. And great that you survive, next time please use your brain, as your father said.😂🤣. BEST WISHES
You can last on water for 12 days.
Easy 12 days
Oh, you can last a lot longer than that, just as someone who’s anorexic.
Depending on how much fat you have, you can survive for around 30 days without food.
@@shantishanti1949 the rule of thumb is. 3 days without water 3 weeks without food.before damage start's.
I certainly believe him - from the blood tests etc he clearly did survive. He is from near me in North London and although he was not prepared he is a boy and he is 19 years old (probably the strongest age you can be as a person) and you can tell from things he said that he understood some of the points about survival, shelter, food sources and he knew about leeches and even had knowledge of trench foot so he is not a useless as some young people from towns can be. Many thanks to Australia for looking for him and helping him in hospital. he is actually lucky it was quite cold and wet as it is lack of water that kills people off fastest. I presume he is post A level and on a gap year before university (probably starting his studies in the UK in September). Good luck to him.
You need paper maps & a compass, & you need to know how to use them.
You also register your route you intend to take with the Police, & you do your best to follow it as exactly as possible.
2009
I thurvived!
Sadly, I'd say the Belgian tourist that got lost in Tasmania last month isn't so lucky. She has been missing for much longer and conditions there are much worse.
When I attempted to go bushhiking in the remote Tassie, I was warned to register with the SES. Many places are so densely forested, and you need to be supplied food and water in case of emergency. We tend to overlook the harsh reality of mighty nature easily. Be prepared.
Why is it many times we hear the travellers from afar get lost in the Aussie bush? Or the other way around. Do they heed the local advice?
Say seriousness one more time so I can laugh 🤣🤣🤣
His eyes remind me of Lil' Reese
If you grow up in the Redwood Forests and hiking around our Alps you get to where you are not lost for the most part. You develop things, even many years ago, (my first GPS was gotten in the 90s. You develop ways to use radio. My latest plan is, if the chips are down, I will have the helicopter direct frequency in my radio. They will fly over me and hear me call them. All this takes pre planning. That said, I looked at him in the hospital and I can see why there are skeptics. Bushwaking is brutal to the body and he looked like he had been in his girl friends apartment the entire time ! That said, he would have had to be pretty cagey to walk into a camp 9 miles from where he went in and tell them he was lost. So, ok, quite the miracle ! That said, if I hadn't been ready, when I took the advice of a ranger the first time I went up Pack Saddle Ridge where MANY people had died looking for those Japanese Favorite Mushrooms, I would have been added to the list !
Oh Jamie!
What the fluff do you think that you were doing?
What caused people to doubt his story? The father, when in that pub, seemed weird. But I would not think of discrediting his mishap based on what I just watched.
He took 2 bread rolls and a bottle of water on a 10 hour hike? What is this guy like lol?
Wow how scary!! Thank you Jesus for bringing him out safe. 🙏🏼
Not jesus but God
@@artisthusnatalal3099 not God but Budda.
@@aussiemoe9426 Nope God Elohim
Not God but the Flying Spaghetti Monster
so Jesus was part of seach and rescue was he? lol bloody bible bashers.
Who spotted the tarantula? 😱😱😱😱😱😱
He is a mate now - Everyone decent bloke is a mate in Australia.
Yes 😮this is true 👍 but why ok it's in England bad weather but he is a scorpion and his father have him learn the things that he must to know but it's the thoughts that him back have bring 😢his parents are him all give up ( understand) but I sett till everybody the thoughts and the will is everything off course he have there self not an thought wet+ cold +no food +only a bottle water +overlive ..... yes the people are onbelievebel in what you do and lett 😮I wish you all the best 👍 👌 😍 🥰 ☺️
Why single this guy out with the dubious preface ? Lol
Did a 30 day water fast - easy. He was a long way from starving to death. Good on him - he was aware of 10 hours walk was doable to him. Most people won’t walk to a supermarket !!
You did a water fast in the comfort of your own home. In survival, after 3 to 4 days without food, it becomes significantly more difficult. Your mental capacity goes down and you lose the strength to effect further survival and it gets worse with every passing day. The caloric burn to push through rough terrain, heavy brush, etc, makes this problem grow even more quickly. Then there's getting through the cold nights, which consumes even more calories, continues to exacerbate the issue yet further. The arrogance to even think you could compare your comfortable, safe, water-fast to going without food in rough wilderness is just astounding. Judging by your age if your profile pic is indeed you, it makes sense. Your generation are the best at armchair quarterbacking.
@@d4rk0v3 absolutely, couldn't have said it better
The Israelites did 40 days in the harsh desert with no food. Lack of food was far from his biggest threat.
@@hahna77 hmmm they the Israelites actually had manna bread substance provided by god - he did not let them go hungry. It was Jesus/Yeshua that did the full forty days without food and past the temptation tests by Evil throughout.
@@hahna77It was prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him and his companions. They survived in the desert with few Dates that one man held the date to the man next to him and the one next to him gave the one next to him and the one next to him gave the one next to him and it went all like that till it came back to the first man who offered the Date
dOnt ever tread on a slimey log.. Very slippery and don't even walk with your hands in pockets even when cold
Nothing like getting lost in the ruthless outdoors to make you pray to god. ❤ I’m glad he made it out alive.
You should not be reporting this if you don’t know if it’s true????
The level of supidity is unbelievable, why did he not carry a lighter to start a fire? Smoke to the helicopters to spot him.
Sure start a forest fire
This is the problem, Aust bushlands and wild places are reputed around the world to be harsh and inhospitable. Never the less people still come here from abroad with a complete disregard for it. You are right in saying it and it should be a mandatory thing that a pamphlet about the dangers here should be handed out prior to arrival.
@@roselee4445 you only need to make a small clearing on the ground for a camp 🔥 during the day burn green branches for lots of smoke.and STAY IN ONE SPOT. Don't waste energy and fluids walking.
@@roselee4445 forest fire? lol. good luck with that. get out of the city for once in your life
Well, thatd be 1 of the more unbiased presentations I've seen 60 minutes make. Still not to be trusted, but def better covered than most of their propaganda
Called be 19 young we all been there
Is it just me that has a crush on all of the 60 Minutes Australia female hosts?
Not the only one, but i like this host the best. 😅
Me too...
@@eduardoramos4182 Yes, I was gonna type earlier, but my hand is a little wet and sticky. But, I cleaned it off and can type now. Yes, I like her too.
Barely 2 minutes in there's a minute and half ad. Next!
I dont believe him. He lacks the physical or psychological scars of such an ordeal. He does not have the appropriate emotions for someone who has experienced this.
EXACTLY!!
Maybe got that from his dad, no emotion
@@desertgirl1392 there's a whole lot of emotions a person would experience in those circumstances. Eg anger " why is no one looking for me!" Despair,
" why has God forsaken me!" Fear, " This is it. I'm going to die here!"
When people recount an actual experience, the emotions they felt at the time is written on their face and you can hear it in their voice.
Anyone who'd been tracking through dense vegetation for a fortnight would be covered in cuts and scratches.
@@dougwhiley4028 No. Not everyone thinks and behaves the same way, not everyone shows emotion the same way. He wasn't wearing shorts and t-shirt, the clothing he had would have been more than enough to protect him from scratches, and the plants in that area aren't overly terrible to begin with. Some people get lost and go all "oh woe me" traumatic about it, and some decide to not let their emotions and fear get the better of them and just do something about it.
@@grandmothergoose I live in the Tasmanian wilderness and I've studied deception.
When a person recalls details of an event, they inadvertantly display the emotions they felt at the time of the event. Recollections of real events have unexpected details. His story was thin on detail. For example, someone in that situation may tell you about meeting a possum and thinking about killing it for food, but not being able to go through with it. People who have looked death in the eye, usually express a spiritual perspective.
I've spent the last year clearing bushland. I always have at least half a dozen visible injuries at any given time.
I'm living it. He's making up fairy tales.
That’s the problem with these parks.. all of the signs on the way in give you the feeling of safety.. so wrong
Why do people not believe him ? I dont get it why someone would lie about that
hatchet by gary paulsen
Great channel but a horribly insensitive piece, imagine having that experience and then being accused of being a liar.
how? I think she believed him but was just covering the full story and what people were saying
He is a liar.
@@JeffSmith-it4tm evidence? and motivation?
@@capio78 going through what he claimed he would have had cuts all over his body, significant weight loss and had been emotionally scarred. when youre looking at death like this, frustration, sadness and anger are common themes, and when you remember something like that you express it.
beautiful story the lads traumatised you can clearly see that maybe his gumption kept him alive but i would just like to say i love the aussies 🇬🇧❤️
Dumb Brit gets lost... Brits are a lost nation anyways 😅
That’ll learn ya,…
Armchair critics will Say ANYTHING from the comfort of home. Ignore all the jealous people, Jamie! You did it, you know it, I know it, now the world knows it! Good job, Jamie 💙💙💙💙
Dumb Brit gets lost... Brits are a lost nation anyways 😅
He seems weird