Hunted Australia 2023 Fugitives Megan Colwell and Gracie Dale were captured (albeit separately) after an intense game of cat and mouse, and for the aunty and niece duo, having the camera crew trailing them made them feel like the game was “rigged”.
Speaking to Mediaweek after their July 18 and 19 eliminations, Gracie said that they were concerned about the film crew giving away their whereabouts, especially when they were wearing disguises on the ferry in their final scenes together.
“We were very worried about that,” she admitted. “We kind of felt that it was rigged because obviously, the hunters are just going to look for [the camera crew].
“But our camera boys were awesome. They were part of our team, and they cared about us moving as much as we did, so they tried their best to hide as much as they could. Honestly, we were not worried about them at all.”
Gracie and Megan on Hunted. Ten
Megan added that the cameramen were partially hidden from view during the aforementioned ferry trip. “On the ferry, they were behind the pole and it’s not as obvious as it made out,” she explained. “They were either really far in front of us or really far behind us or using GoPros and stuff like that. So it wasn’t as obvious as people probably think, they’re actually really good at hiding, just like we are.”
And at one stage they were hiding under a rock, but their camera guy was “right next to us, cramped up on the rock.”
How Megan found out that Gracie was captured
Given Gracie was captured first, it wasn’t until Megan saw the Ground Hunters pull up and heard them talking that she realised that her niece had been caught.
“Neither of us knew you where the other one was, then after an hour of hiding in the bush. The Hunter’s cars pulled up behind the bush. I couldn’t believe it. I heard them pull up and they got out of the car and said we’ve got Gracie,” she explained.
“I only heard from them having a joke about who caught her and what happened, and I also heard them say they were going to put a drone up in the air,” she added.
Megan. Ten
Megan then revealed that she had overheard them talking about bringing out a “dog squad” which caused her to give up hope.
“I had actually sliced my thumb open when I jumped the fence so I was sitting in the bush dripping blood and I heard them say dogs and I was like, ‘No, this is too much’.”
Hunted Australia 2023 airs at 7.30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on 10 and 10Play.