Once Amanda realized she was completely lost she kept walking, hoping to find her way back to civilization, but this made it worse because she kept going farther into the forest. She was missing for a total of 17 days and while rescuers were looking for her, it was hard to find her because she was always on the move.
She lived off of berries, guava and insects, and her body was severely blistered and sunburned when she was found. After all those awful days in the wild, she was found by a friend and taken to a hospital where she stayed for only two days.