Tortoise missing for 30 years found in attic

A tortoise, named Manuela, who went missing 30 years later has been found alive and well in the family's attic, Report informs, citing The Daily Star.

The woman lost her pet in 1982, when she was just eight.

But three decades years later, after the woman's husband had died, the family went to the house to sort out his posessions.

And while sorting through the attic, they were shocked by what they found in a box with an old wooden speaker inside.

It was thought that pet had managed to survive from eating termite larvae, which were also found in the room.

However, nearly 10 years later, in an update on the story, it turns out that Manuela is still alive – but is now called Manuel, as it turned out during a routine veterinary check-up this year that the plucky tortoise is actually male.