Matthew Allen was reunited with his parents on Sunday after two bushwalkers came upon him near a well-used walking track less than 2km from his home in Westleigh.
SYDNEY - A mystery surrounds how or why an 18-year-old Australian was missing for almost nine weeks in bushland within a few kilometres of his Sydney home.
"We're waiting until he's well enough before we interview him," Detective Senior Constable Ben Wrigley said yesterday.
Matthew Allen was reunited with his parents on Sunday after two bushwalkers came upon him near a well-used walking track less than 2km from his home in Westleigh.
The accountancy student, who went missing on November 27, is being treated in Hornsby Hospital after being winched out of bushland by a rescue helicopter.
Those who found him told police he was disoriented, partially blind and covered in leech bites.
Wrigley described the formerly 85kg Allen as "well" and said there were no fears he would not survive. He said police had not expected to find Allen alive after 51 days on the missing persons list, but by the time they did, he had lost almost half his body weight.
Allen told rescuers he had survived only on water from a stream. Allen left home without his cellphone or any other belongings.
Man found after 51 days in the bush
Matthew Allen was reunited with his parents on Sunday after two bushwalkers came upon him near a well-used walking track less than 2km from his home in Westleigh.
SYDNEY - A mystery surrounds how or why an 18-year-old Australian was missing for almost nine weeks in bushland within a few kilometres of his Sydney home.
"We're waiting until he's well enough before we interview him," Detective Senior Constable Ben Wrigley said yesterday.
Matthew Allen was reunited with his parents on Sunday after two bushwalkers came upon him near a well-used walking track less than 2km from his home in Westleigh.
The accountancy student, who went missing on November 27, is being treated in Hornsby Hospital after being winched out of bushland by a rescue helicopter.
Those who found him told police he was disoriented, partially blind and covered in leech bites.
Wrigley described the formerly 85kg Allen as "well" and said there were no fears he would not survive. He said police had not expected to find Allen alive after 51 days on the missing persons list, but by the time they did, he had lost almost half his body weight.
Allen told rescuers he had survived only on water from a stream. Allen left home without his cellphone or any other belongings.
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