“We heard it faint like ‘ahhh, ahhhh’ – (I said) to my partner ‘does the man say help?’ So we got a little bit closer and said ‘I can see you’, Faust told 9News.
The couple then noticed Luke Voskresensky (40) who was naked and clinging to a tree. He had swollen feet, cut all over his body and was covered in mud, reports 9News.
Voskresensky was wanted for allegedly violating bail due to an armed robbery. According to 9News, he broke loose from a single bracelet that had tracked his findings days before.
The two men told 9News that Voskresensky had been living in the mangrove for four days. He begs them for water and tells the couple that he ‘lived on snails’.
According to 9News, Voskrensky said he got stuck after getting lost on his way to a New Year’s Eve party.
Faust and Joiner told 9News that Voskresensky was happily rescued. They give the refugee a cold beer, and Faust lends the man his panties.
The waterways around Darwin are known to be inhabited by crocodiles, and the East Point area is a nesting site for reptiles.
After reaching the shore, the two men called an ambulance, 9News reported. Voskresensky was arrested and is being treated for exposure at Royal Darwin Hospital.
“He’s in the hospital with handcuffs on while two police officers look after him,” Faust told 9News.