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Missing Minnesota Woman Found Alive After Days Stuck in Mud

Kathryn Woessner, 68, told rescuers she had been trapped on her back in a two-foot-deep puddle for days after her car got stuck and she slipped trying to get out.

South façade and addition
Douglas County Courthouse

Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
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By Free News Press Editorial Team
Published June 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM PDT

A 68-year-old Minnesota woman who had been missing for several days was found alive after spending what she described as days trapped in a muddy puddle near her vehicle.

Kathryn Woessner was last seen on June 3. Two men, Mike Gravalin and Adam Sandbeck, found her on June 6, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Woessner had no personal belongings with her when she was found. She told her rescuers that her car had become stuck and that she slipped and fell into a puddle approximately two feet deep while trying to get around to the other side of the vehicle.

Woessner told the men the mud was like quicksand, Gravalin and Sandbeck told KSTP. She said she had been stuck on her back for days and had sustained serious sunburn on her face.

Due to her medical conditions, Woessner was taken to Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd following her rescue.

The court house in Alexandria, Douglas County District Court, Minnesota, part of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Photo: 22 April 2018.
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