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Jungle John
This is John
Jungle
.. who went for a walk in the jungle
Search party
and got lost - so a search party was called out
John is found
who, after several anxious days, found him!
Adventure over
and the frightening adventure was safely over

Jungle John

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John Gillatt used to dislike mobile phones. A near brush with death changed his mind. 

On a business trip to Malaysia, John took what he thought was going to be a short, relaxing walk in the nearby jungle. But he got lost and his stroll turned into an exercise in survival in which his mobile phone played a key part.  

John, a microbiologist, and his wife, Noeline, talk to Paul about what happened and how Noeline organised the rescue from the Gillatt's home in Bolton.


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