Barefoot, hungry and alone, a 63-year-old British tourist saved himself by scrawling a desperate message in the sand.
Geoff Keys was rescued after two days in the Australian outback when a search helicopter spotted his “HELP” message on the beach in late July, Sky News reported.
The retired mechanic was attempting a shortcut back to camp in the 900-square-mile Jardine National Park in north Queensland when he got off track, leading him to endure a tough ordeal without food, water or shelter. Wearing just a T-shirt, swimming trunks and a hat, he wandered directionless, until Keys heard helicopters overhead, ostensibly searching for him.
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