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MYSTERIOUS: Eyre bird observatory visitor rescued after spending night lost and alone on nullarbor plain - You Need To See This

The lost walker left messages stating the time and his direction of travel.  (Supplied: Marcus Scott / WA Police)

A 75-year-old who built a mattress out of tree branches and wrote a message for rescuers in the sand has been found after spending a night lost and alone on Western Australia's vast Nullarbor Plain.

Sergeant Dale Grice, the officer in charge of the Eucla Police Station, said the man was travelling from Perth to visit family in Tasmania when he pulled into the Eyre Bird Observatory on Sunday. 

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