four-year-old lost in the Siberian wilderness gets a miracle from an
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now four year old Karina chicka Tova lived in a remote Siberian village in
the Far East region called the Sakha Republic there she shared a small home
with her father mother grandmother and her dog maiden like most kids her age
Karina was energized by a youthful curiosity that urged to explore and know
and understand which is why in July 2014 she followed her father
Rodion on an expedition into a part of the Siberian wilderness also known as
the taiga now this decision was problematic for a few different reasons
the first reason being that the otega is very much an animal kingdom dominated
by bears tigers and wolves with really sharp teeth and an appetite for people
the second problem with Karina's decision was that she had not told her
grandmother the person in charge with watching her at the time that she would
be following her dad into the bear infested wilderness in fact she hadn't
even told her dad that she would be following him so literally no one on the
planet knew that this four-year-old girl was diving headstrong into the most
dangerous territory on the planet no person at least Karina did have a
companion at her side Naida the family dog that evidently was all the comfort
the little girl needed but it was little comfort to her mother to Lena when she
realized the little girl and the dog were both missing at first - Lena
figured her youngster in the dog followed Rodion to his native village
but Siberia wasn't exactly flooded with quality LTE so she couldn't pull out a
cell phone and check instead she waited to hear from her husband
in the meantime Karina followed her father until somehow managed to lose his
trail her dad disappeared from view leaving
her very much stranded in Siberia with Naida and the Bears and the wolves it
took four days of waiting for mother talena to learn that no her daughter was
not with her husband in his home village no stranger to Siberia she understood
this to be a very bad thing so she alerted authorities they deployed
a 100 person rescue team to head out into the Siberian wilds to find her the
team carried rifles to fend off bears yeah there were that many bears in the
woods helicopters sliced the sky and rescue
workers on foot combed through the trees and tall grass but their search proved
fruitless Karina was nowhere to be seen but then nine days after she went
missing authorities found a clue more specifically a clue walked right up to
the authorities and introduced herself Naida had returned to her home but
Karina was not with her what should have been a hopeful moment only seemed to
confirm to Lena's worst thoughts if she was to hug her puppy Tolima said we
thought this would have given her a chance to survive so when her dog came
back we thought that's it even if she was alive and chances were slim now she
would have definitely lost all hope but Naida hadn't wandered absent-mindedly
home she seemed eager to show the desperate
family and the rescue crews something important the dog headed the group of
rescuers and led them into the wilderness the dog led authorities to a
spot in the wilderness but none of them saw Karina there Naida it seemed
couldn't find the exact area where she'd left the little girl
authorities wondered if they were anywhere near her at all but three days
later 12 days after Karina first went missing
rescue workers spotted a child-sized footprint on a riverbed beside a dog's
paw print the footprint revealed Karina was barefoot a crucial detail for
investigators this told rescue workers that Karina likely was not in the woods
too many sharp sticks there would have been a nightmare on her feet
narrowed their search down considerably and the following morning they executed
that new search plan and sure enough just 20 meters from where they started
searching one rescue worker noticed a peculiar lump tucked away in a patch of
tall grass the whole crew rushed over they found her nestled in the grass she
was starving thirsty exhausted and covered in mosquito bites
but nevertheless alive they brought her tea before carrying her to a car and
whisking her away to the nearest hospital the child spent some time in
the hospital but physicians determined there wouldn't be any lasting damage
a psychologist examined her mental state and found shockingly her mind was in a
good place talk about mental fortitude so how did a
four-year-old girl survive in the Siberian wilderness the little girl told
reporters and her family that she survived off wild berries and river
water then of course there was Naida the loveable canine that gave her warmth at
night and companionship in the daytime the two reunited for the first time back
at home when the hospital released Karina the meeting did not go as
expected when Karina first saw her dog she looked her in the eyes and chided
why did you leave me those three days of solitude must have really affected the
little girl but eventually she came to understand what the dog did for her
it was naita who rescued me Karina said sometime later I was really really
scared but when we were going to sleep I hugged her and together we were warm
Karina's story gripped everyone watching and locals even erected a statue of the
girl in her pooch to celebrate their strength and will to survive not bad for
a four-year-old and her dog huh in the end Karina made a full recovery and by
2018 attended a ballet boarding school 350 miles away from the village she'd
wandered away from all those years ago her teachers believed she had the talent
to compete in Russia's competitive ballet scene when she just started her
classes Karina was very served a boarding-school leaders said
she's changed so much and become a lot more open sociable friendly and
independent she's made many friends who love her a lot but even as she danced
like an expert and earned friends with her exuberant personality she would
never forget the friend that made it all possible
Naida the loyal canine it's crazy that a four year old girl could survive 12 days
in Siberia it's even crazier that a four year old girl could survive 12 days in
Siberia and then make such a