Missing 17-year-old found alive after 6 days lost in Australian woodlands
Verified: 16 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 1 of them from Australia.
A police helicopter crew found William, who has Level 2 autism, lying asleep on a flat rock beside a creek and he was later reunited with his mother.
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
1 outlet from Australia, where the story is: ABC (Australia) · how we count
- Nov 12, 1:09 AM UTCFirst reportBreaking: Police find teen who had been missing in Victorian bush for six daysabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 12, 2:57 AM UTC+2 hAustralian teen who went missing in bushland wearing only shorts and boots found alive after six daystheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 12, 3:10 AM UTC+2 hAustralian teen missing in bush for six days rescued alivebbc.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 3:45 PM UTC+15 hAutistic teen found alive after six days lost in Australian wildernessnewsofbahrain.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 4:01 PM UTC+15 hAustralia: Teen found alive after six days missing in bushfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 12, 5:51 PM UTC+17 hMum's tears after 17yo found alive after six days in Australian bush1news.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 6:52 PM UTC+18 h· you’re reading thisMissing 17-year-old found alive after 6 days lost in Australian woodlandsglobalnews.ca ↗
No verification data yet
Checks run automatically as new sources are ingested.
Score bands
What moves the score
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this