Crime & Safety

Woman Survives Off Yogurt For 6 Days In CA Snow: Report

A woman managed to survive for six days in the wilderness by rationing a six pack of yogurt.

LASSEN COUNTY, CA — A woman survived for six days by rationing yogurt in a snowy wilderness area of Northern California, KTLA reported.

Sheena Gullet, 52, had been driving through treacherous weather conditions on dirt roads off of Highway 44 in Lassen County with Justin Lonich, 48, when their vehicle got stuck in the snow on April 14, according to the Lassen County Sheriff's Office.

The pair attempted to walk back to the highway, but Gullet fell behind after the soles of her boots wore out, the station reported. The two became separated in heavy snowfall.

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Lonich survived in the wilderness for two days before he found the highway. Gullet was found by a sheriff's office inside her vehicle "very emotional, but physically okay."

She survived by rationing a six-pack of yogurt and by eating snow since she was without water.

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