US Edition‘My heart dropped’: Friend says Canadian who died on Australian beach circled by dingoes loved life, nature
A 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on K'gari beach surrounded by about 10 dingoes; authorities await autopsy results to confirm cause of death.
- On Jan. 19, Piper James, a 19-year-old Canadian tourist, was found dead on a K'gari beach north of the Maheno shipwreck.
- Friends say the trip was spur-of-the-moment and free-spirited; Piper James had been working on K'gari for six weeks and travelled with a fellow Canadian friend.
- Around 6:30 a.m., authorities say Piper James's body was found after she told people at 5 a.m. she planned to swim, with remains 'interfered with' by dingoes and two men in an SUV seeing around 10 dingoes nearby.
- A post-mortem is scheduled for Wednesday to determine cause of death and whether dingoes played a role, Global Affairs Canada is providing consular services, and the RCMP confirmed Canadian citizenship.
- K'gari is known for its wild dingoes and World Heritage status, the Queensland government warns visitors to be `dingo safe`, ranger patrols have increased, and past incidents include a 2001 fatal mauling and a 2023 attack.
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19-year-old Piper James from Canada was found dead on a beach in Australia on Monday. Her body was surrounded by 12 dingos, a type of Australian wild dog.
A Canadian tourist of only 19 years of age has been found dead on a beach in K'gari, in Queensland, Australia, surrounded by "approximately 10 dingos," according to local authorities. Although the body had marks consistent with "having been touched and interfered with by the dingos", the police have not been able to confirm whether she died from an animal attack or drowned and the canids were subsequently drawn to the body.According to the Canad…
"I'm 18 and you can't stop me!" were the last words a young Canadian traveler said to her father before she set off on a backpacking trip. The now 19-year-old was found dead on a beach on K'gari Island, also known as Fraser Island. Her body was surrounded by a group of dingoes.
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