After Will Theris’ sister had been missing for a month, he assumed the worst had happened. Then he got a call saying she had been found naked on the side of the road, telling investigators she’d survived by eating berries and drinking muddy water.
Lisa Theris, 25, was spotted on the side of the road by Judy Garner while driving down a highway in Alabama. Garner told NBC she initially thought the naked woman was a deer but quickly pulled over when she realised it was a person.
Lisa Theris and her brother, Will.
“I started shaking. I was crying, I was scared, and I didn’t know what to do,” Garner said.
“So I went over to her and asked her if she would stay there while I get water out of my van. She stayed, and I called 911 and told them I had found a girl on the road.”
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Lisa begged Garner not to leave her side and appeared very lethargic.
“I gave her a hug and said, ‘You poor thing. You’ve been through a lot,'” Garner said. “I don’t think she could have made it much longer.”
Authorities have said Lisa was with two men the night she disappeared who planned to rob a hunting lodge. When she learned of their plan, she fled and got lost in the unfamiliar terrain.
Sheriff’s Sergeant Chad Faulkner said “there was a whole lot more to [the] story” of Lisa’s disappearance, but declined at this stage to release further information.
“It’s going to be sad and heartwarming at the same time when the story is actually released,” he told WTVY
“I’ve been doing this now going on 15 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. Her will to live is incredible.”
Will told BuzzFeed News his siter was admitted to hospital in a critical condition but was slowly improving.
“She’s lost at least 50 pounds and her entire body is torn up,” he said. “But she is as strong as they come and is handling it all as well as anyone. The doctors said it will take at least a full month to recover her health.”
The circumstances surrounding Lisa’s disappearance are still shrouded in some mystery, with police saying they’re waiting until Lisa’s had some time to recover before they question her too strenuously.
