Grenada: Visitor rescued after being lost in forest

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC -A French national, who had been reported missing after entering the Grand Etang Forest reserve area, a naturally occurring body of water set in the crater of an extinct volcano, two days ago, has been rescued, officials here have confirmed.

The French Honorary Consul in Grenada, Mathias Dorel, said that Heyse Celine, a passenger on the Costa Fortuna cruise ship that berthed in Grenada on Monday, had gone into the forest without a guide.

“She took a bus to Grand Etang and asked for directions to a waterfall, she was unable to find the waterfall and got lost on the return but was determined to find a way out. The next day, she called her daughter in France, who called the cruise line and then the police and me and the search began,” he said.

“So, she slept two nights in the mountains. The police found her on Wednesday morning, and she [was] taken to the hospital, she has cuts and bruises and is exhausted, but we expect that she will be fine,” said Dorel, adding that arrangements are being made for her to return to France by the weekend.

Police had earlier issued a missing person report without sharing details of her circumstances other than to say she entered the island on December 18 and last spoke with her friend on that day.

The police also advised owners of hotels, Airbnb and apartments to be on the look for the 51-year-old.

In a statement Wednesday, a drone which had been used in the search had located her in the mountains of Birchgrove, a community on the edge of the Grand Etang Forest Reserve in the centre of the island.

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