Michael Mosley missing after disappearing on holiday walk

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Just that really. Will he be found?

Yes but everyone's different. I know people from all generations who aren't that interested in their phones and don't take them everywhere. Even a phone addict like me (and my daughter!) occasionally forgets my phone, especially on holiday when there's a lot going on.

It's the stampede to share bad news. It doesn't matter what burble comprises the OP & title, as long as they are first to post.

I'm 60 too
If my phone runs out of power and i'm on holiday, too right id leave it at home on charge.. im on holiday!

I don’t know how they can possibly be saying he’d have been found by now if he were on the island?

Although very differentl, it reminds me of the case of the woman who went missing hiking alone in the Pyrenees - her remains were not discovered for about 9 months and I remember reading an interview with her partner than was convinced she had been kidnapped because the area had been searched so extensively. In the end her remains were found beneath the path that she had been believed to have been walking on, suggesting it was simply a case of her having fallen and her body not having been found despite extensive searches. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Esther_Dingley

This is the piece by her partner: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-57818035.amp

I'm well below 60 and wouldn't take my.phone to the beach in Greece. I will take a book, sunglasses, a little money for a drink, a towel and sun lotion. Nothing more.

I hope he's ok.

I know it's speculation however given the mystery as to the man's whereabouts on a tiny island, I wonder if he is down a well or in a crevice somewhere? If he has fallen into the sea, I'd say he will be found somehow. If he left the island, the boatmen/women would know.

He could just turn up of course, which is the very best scenario obviously. Here's hoping for the best.

@4fingerKitKat Something really loud like a rape alarm, just in case you’re stuck somewhere. And really decent footwear suitable for the terrain of course.
From memory ( it’s 20 years ago) the people who went missing simply got lost, decided to climb stone riddled rocks in sandals and fell between rocks and at least one woman went walking in flip flops and couldn’t carry on walking. Person I remember found dead had gone out shooting rabbits or birds, hadn’t broken his shotgun ( rifle? not sure of correct name) and tripped into a ditch. Gun went off.
And thousands of people walked and hiked ( including us) perfectly safely.

His poor family, it’s not looking good is it.

I thought he’d left his phone on the beach though.

People who habitually travel solo in remote places tend to carry something like this…

Not looking good. Sad news.

So if it's true that witnesses saw him in Pedi, doesn't sound like he's had an accident/been taken ill on the way back to the village, which I'd have thought was the obvious scenario. So hope he's found well for him and his family.

Sadly I suspect an accident tlike that is going to the the outcome, it's not uncommon for people not to be found for a while when going missing near water or overgrown areas

Also so you have 'What Three Words' which is what Mountain Rescue will ask you to upload if you have an accident.

It doesn't sound good to me. They are having a heatwave at the moment a stumble or a faint straight into the sea sounds quite likely...and explains the disappearance. I hope I'm wrong but I very much doubt foul play

I can't stop thinking about this. I have so many of his books and love him on the telly. Its incredibly sad, his poor family.

Same. I keep looking on the news and on here to see if he’s been found.

But surely if he was worried about his heart he’s got more than enough money and medical knowledge to get it looked at/seen to. Although I know it’s not as straightforward as it sounds.

My thread was NOT started to share bad news. I just posted as others do here as I’d seen it in the media and thought this would be a post about a nice man. I’m certainly not a grief hound poster and i take exception at someone thinking I am.

Your post alerted me to the news so I for one am glad you posted.

Although I can't stop thinking about him either.

His wife is a doctor. If he did have a medical episode and had stayed on the beach he would have been in the best possible hands.

I just hope for her sake there is news very quickly, whichever way it goes.

Come on op. You aren't a grief hound but you wrote "will he be found?"

I mean, thats a grief hound to me

Some people clearly have nothing better to do with their lives than needlessly give you a hard time, OP. I also started a thread (which got immediately shot down by another bizarrely confrontational poster!) as I genuinely was shocked by the news and hadn’t seen it elsewhere. He is quite popular on MN, especially with the 5:2 diet and I just wanted others to know about the situation.

It's just a question. Will he? Who knows? Let's hope so for the sake of his family but many people go missing and, sadly, aren't always found.
Let's hope this isn't one of those scenarios.

This incredible man has been a huge inspiration- my diet guru the last few years. I’m so upset by this news, I’m praying he is found like everyone else. Seems such a lovely warm person too 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼