Woman Recalls How She Survived In Wilderness At Age 6 After Getting Lost

Haley Zega when she was rescued in 2001. She became separated from her grandparents - Jay and Joyce Hale - near a waterfall and took the wrong path, leaving her immediately alone. (Photo by Haley Zega via SWNS)

A woman who survived two days alone in the wilderness without food, water and shelter at just 6-years-old says her imaginary friend “kept her calm.”

Haley Zega, 27, got lost whilst on a hike with her grandparents and friends in the Ozark Mountains, Ark.