Authorities rescued two lost naked men from the woods of Australia on Sunday, according to a New South Wales (NSW) Police statement.
At about 6:00 p.m. Sunday, the men called for help in bushland after visiting a remote beach, according to the statement.
Police Rescue, assisted by the State Emergency Service, NSW Ambulance and Polair, found a 30-year-old man carrying a backpack on the walking track near Lady Wakehurst Drive, according to the report. Police Rescue also found a partially clothed 49-year-old man.
The men were startled by deer, which caused them to run into the woods.
Two men are among 44 people issued with PINs for breaching a public health order yesterday, after they had to be rescued from the Royal National Park at Otford. https://t.co/VkGOSb8JJT
— NSW Police Force (@nswpolice) June 28, 2021
Authorities fined the men the equivalent of $750 for breaching a public health order that banned people in Sydney from traveling outside the area. Sydney is under lockdown as it battles the Delta variant. (RELATED: ‘Designed To Frighten You’: DeSantis Downplays New Variant Label, Advises Vaccination)
???? Stay-at-home order available in 15 languages:
Everyone living in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Shellharbour, Central Coast and Wollongong must stay at home until midnight on 9 July: https://t.co/J95TIlDoFm@NSWHealth Translations: https://t.co/ow0IS4r3Sg #COVID19 #CALD pic.twitter.com/w2siFl21ut
— NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (@mhcsnsw) June 28, 2021
“It’s difficult to legislate against idiots,” NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said Monday at a press conference, BBC reported. “Clearly putting people at risk by leaving home without a proper reason, and I think then on top of that, getting lost in the national park and diverting important resources away from the health operation, I think they should be embarrassed.”