10 Craziest Survival Stories!

Plane crash survivors, people forced to commit acts of cannibalism, and the Japanese soldier left in the jungle for 29 years – here are ten of the most incredible survival stories ever!

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10: Plane Crash Survivor
Having a fear of flying is quite common, but I’m sure this first survivor on our list may never want to travel by air again! Juliane Koepcke survived not only a plane crash, but also being lost in the jungle! She had been flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother back in 1971 when her plane was struck by lightning! It was Christmas Eve and everyone was happy to be on their way home.

9: Adrift in the Atlantic
There's nothing more impressive than being lost at sea and surviving. Steven Callahan lived through what most of us would never be able to handle. He lived for 76 days adrift in the Atlantic Ocean on nothing but a flimsy life raft.

8: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes Mountains on October 12, 1972. Out of 45 people on the airplane, only 16 of them survived the crash and the horrifying days that followed.

7: 9 Days in Arizona
Most amazing survival stories that you hear are young people living through extraordinary circumstances. You don't often hear about the elderly. This next story is about a brave older woman and her dog who survived being trapped in the wilderness.

6: 29 Years in the Jungle
Almost everyone has heard the story of the Japanese soldiers who stayed hiding in the Philippines for decades after the end of World War Two. But the truth of these rumors is even stranger than you might think.

5: The Donner Party
The Donner Party was one of the most gruesome pilgrimages in the new world. According to History.com, the Donner Party began their trip very late in the pioneer season. They were traveling from East to West and were the last major pioneer party of 1846.

4: Aron Ralston
Aron Ralston didn’t survive a plane crash and he wasn’t stuck in the jungle. He instead got trapped inside of Bluejohn Canyon in the southeast of Utah. He was out enjoying the day and climbing alone, when a boulder dislodged from overhead and pinned his right wrist against the canyon wall.

3: Hugh Glass and The Revenant
Have you seen the movie, The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio? If you have, this story might sound familiar. Hugh Glass was born in 1783 and was an American frontiersman and the inspiration for the film The Revenant.

2: The Gremlin Special
On May 13, 1945, 24 men and women boarded the Gremlin Special and flew over a valley hidden in the country of New Guinea where roughly 100,000 tribespeople were still living a Stone Age existence.

1: The Lykov Family
The Lykovs were an extraordinary family. In 1936, the family made the hard decision to flee their hometown of Lykovo to escape religious persecution and move into the middle of nowhere.

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