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Minnesota woman rescued after being trapped in mud pit for several days

The Guardian · Jun 14, 2026, 3:56 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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  • Photograph: Busà Photography/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Puddle and mud.
  • A woman has been rescued from a mud pit in Minnesota after becoming trapped for several days.
  • According to Sandbeck and Gravalin, Woessner – who had last been seen on 3 June – told them she had been trapped in the mud for several days, ABC reports.

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Puddle and mud. Photograph: Busà Photography/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Puddle and mud. Photograph: Busà Photography/Getty Images Minnesota Minnesota woman rescued after being trapped in mud pit for several days Two friends found Kathryn Woessner, 68, in wooded area almost entirely submerged in mud puddle

Prefer the Guardian on Google. A woman has been rescued from a mud pit in Minnesota after becoming trapped for several days.

On 6 June, two friends, Adam Sandbeck and Mike Gravalin, were riding their all-terrain vehicles through a wooded area near Backus and Hackensack in northern Minnesota when they discovered Kathryn Woessner, 68, almost entirely submerged in a mud puddle.

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