A dog who was separated from her owner when his car got bogged in bushland has miraculously been found alive after almost a month.
Robert Weber was last seen leaving the Kilkivan Hotel Motel in southeast Queensland with his Bull Arab Nessie on January 6.
The 58-year-old was found sitting under a tree, dehydrated and disoriented, 18 days later - but there was no sign of Nessie.
Mr Weber feared the worst, until his pet stumbled on to the property of Gympie MP Tony Perret on Sunday afternoon.
Pictured: Robert Weber, 58, after he was lost in bushland for 18 days with his dog, Nessie
In a twist that you couldn t script , the beloved dog of Robert Weber, a man who was missing in bushland for 18 days, has been found alive. Local MP for Gympie Tony Perrett said Nessie the Bull Arab wandered into a house on his property on Sunday afternoon. While it s dropped some weight, it had no injuries, it was still lively and still strong, Mr Perrett said. I called Robert yesterday to let him know and he was just elated that we d found the dog. Just a good outcome, it was just lucky that it did wander into the home on the property and somebody was there.
Robert Weber was found by Mr Perrett near a dam on his Kilkivan property more than two weeks after the 58-year-old went missing, and despite the dam having already been investigated during comprehensive searches led by police. Robert Weber, 58, was found by local MP for Gympie Tony Perrett who went out checking his property after the main search was called off. Picture: Michele Perrett
Mr Weber was last seen with Nessie leaving a Kilkivan hotel in a white Ford Falcon on January 6.
He and his companion had become separated and the dog was thought lost, at least until late Sunday night.
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Subscriber only Member for Gympie Tony Perrett was in the right place at the right time when he and wife Michele drove over a crest in to find missing man Robert Weber waving frantically at them. After losing his way home from the Kilkivan Hotel on January 6, Mr Weber s car became bogged in a very remote part of Mr and Mrs Perrett s Kilkivan property. Our musterers were out mustering a paddock at the back end of the property, which is about 15 000 acres, and they found the vehicle wedged in some rocks, Mr Perrett said. Mr Perrett immediately alerted police to the vehicle, who alongside SES personnel and the Lifeflight Helicopter, launched a widespread search of the land.