Identity unknown … The woman is listed among Interpol’s missing persons. Source: Supplied
SHE woke up in a US hospital with a chipped tooth, a horrific cancer diagnosis, memories of Australia and little else.
Nurses say she speaks with an Australian accent, although it could be British, they admit. They think her name is Sam.
She doesn’t know who she is and can’t recall where she came from.
Now, in a desperate bid for answers, Sam hopes you recognise her.
Who am I? The woman known only as Sam is appealing for help. Source: Facebook
Her bizarre story began about February 1, when firefighters brought her to a hospital in southern California. She doesn’t remember that either.
Doctors believe she has retro amnesia, a memory-dissolving condition brought on by the volleyball-sized tumour found on her ovary. Tests later confirmed the tumour was cancerous.
“The doctors said it could have been growing for 5 years causing me to be forgetful of things,” she writes on a Facebook profile set up to find answers.
Fragments of memories have come back to her. They paint a picture of an idyllic life spent on the other side of the world, here in Australia.
Familiar … Sam recalls spending time at Bondi’s Icebergs among other Australian locales. Source: News Corp Australia
“All of my initial dreams had to do with a lap pool swimming in a salt water pool in Perth, then Icebergs in New South Wales and in Cairns in Queensland and Byron Bay,” she wrote.
“I also had many dreams of Hawaii living in a contemporary home there. Both Australia and Hawaii are extremely familiar to me.
“I remember having breakky almost every morning at the organic restaurant across from the ocean in Cottelsoe Beach outside Perth, and dining for months at the restaurants in Byron Bay.”
Interpol has established a missing persons page for her. They describe her has having a chip on front tooth, being right handed, caucasian, appearing to be in her 50s, having a piercing on each ear, and a shoe size of 39.
Anyone with information should contact their local police.
Originally published as Do you know this mystery woman?