Bush rescue backpacker: It's no hoax; SUSPICION.Byline: FRANK THORNE RESCUED Jamie Neale went on TV yesterday to retrace his steps during his Aussie bush ordeal - and insisted he had not faked it. Backpacker Jamie, 19, was followed by a TV crew in temperatures down to 2C through the Blue Mountains near Sydney. He dismissed scepticism scep·ti·cism n. Variant of skepticism. skepticism, scepticism a personal disposition toward doubt or incredulity of facts, persons, or institutions. See also 312. PHILOSOPHY. — skeptic, n. over his 12-day ordeal and said: "I'm not lying. I was genuinely lost. These impossible stories do happen - and luckily I'm one of them." He said he was foolish to set off on July 3 in light clothes with no mobile phone. Jamie, of Muswell Hill Coordinates: Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey It is situated 6.2 miles (10 km) north of Charing Cross. , North London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). , said: "I'm an incredibly smart person but I have no common sense." He had heard rescue helicopters but they could not see him through the thick trees. He was so sure he would die he wrote goodbye notes to his family. And dad Richard Cass even left a shrine to him. But Jamie was rescued after finding a trekkers' camp. CAPTION(S): ORDEAL Teenager Jamie |
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