Michael Mosley missing after disappearing on holiday walk

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Just that really. Will he be found?

i dont think his family and friends need to divulge to the press very much.
we know so much and dont Need to know more

I agree, he seems like just the sort of older man who'd never be told he can't do anything and would set off just because of the ridiculousness of the challenge. And good for him.

In case this hasn't already been answered, Symi is a small island and they were using the only resources they had immediately to hand. Firefighters and a helicopter have been drafted in from Athens by now, to help with the search which has already been resumed this morning.

And here we have an armchair detective coming out querying why the general public haven't been told much.

Why would we be? The general public are not investigating the case nor are they neck of kin. He's not even missing in this country. Why would we be privy to any information beyond 'this man is missing in this area and this is what he looks like, please contact local authorities if you know anything.'

And why would his family and friends speak about? Someone they love is missing, why do you have an expectation they speak about it? They are probably worried beyond belief, not sleeping, not eating and you think it's odd they haven't come out to update the British public about what exactly?

Obviously. But you prepare challenges. I live in Spain, it is going to be 37C today in my area. If you want to go for a walk at 1.30, please do so, taking enough water (large amount), hat, sunscreen, sunglasses and enjoy. I will stay in the shade. Heatstroke is very real and has strange effects on people. He liked a challenge, but he didn´t strike me as being stupid. The song "mad dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun" comes to mind.

I woke this morning and first thing I did was check the BBC website to see if he'd been found. I don't know him personally but as others have said, I love his TV programs, his podcasts, books...he's changed so many people's lives. My heart goes out to his family. Hoping he's found alive but as each hour goes by, with the heat and probably no water...just doesn't bare thinking about.

I hope he is OK but it is none of our business, the public do not own people

They are not puppets

I’m so gutted by this story. 💔💔

Why would we need to know all the details of conversations he had with his wife and friends? Obviously his wife and friends will have shared this information with the police but we (the general public) don't need such detailed information. The news is that he left the beach alone, hasn't been seen since and a search is underway. His wife needs privacy as she deals with this truly awful situation

@SpringerFall

"I hope he is OK but it is none of our business, the public do not own people

They are not puppets"

I think there's a balance, perhaps the other poster was too heavily involved I don't think we need to know every detail but I do think if you make your income from the public, you cannot expect to have a totally private life so the public should be updated if he is found or the reason for his disappearance is identified.

Also, I would've thought the local authorities would want to publish this info if only to stop it impacting tourism to the area

When he went missing I don't think he did a media deal first

My DF had TGA 3 times, twice after recently flying (which supposedly is something that can trigger it). He recovered after all 3 times.

It’s horrible to witness. Didn’t last long, usually a day and then he had no memory of it happening

@SpringerFall

"When he went missing I don't think he did a media deal first"

No but the previous media deals/book publications made sure it was in the public interest to report on his disappearance.

If you're in the media, you can't say you can report this aspect of my life but not that etc.

It's sad.

And I think that people can underestimate the danger of coastal island walks.

Physically it can be dangerous - the ground can be very crumbly , and there are no coastal barriers in a lot of places, if you fall, it is a very long fall

The other danger is that you are walking in an isolated area,
and wealthy tourists are targets for crime.

A man I went to school with, went missing after going for a walk in a Spanish island. His body was found over a year later, as the currents took him out to sea then brought him back over a year later.

We are still not sure if he fell, or if he was the victim of a crime

I'm sure his wife and friends have been more than effusive with information in the hope that it will help in the efforts to find Michael; what they don't need to do, however, is share it with us or the press.
It's bizarre that random members of the public feel they ought to be told anything.

Those random members of the public being the ones who bought his book, watched his programs etc? I think everyone is entitled to a private life but of course it's of public interest that a well known person in the public eye went missing and when/if he is found. We don't need to know the exact details of the investigation though. There can be a balance

He was at St Nicholas beach with his wife and a couple of friends. They got there by water-taxi from Pedi (presumably). At 1.30, he said he was feeling tired and decided to walk home, apparently a 25 minute/1km not too taxing walk from the beach, but along cliffs, I believe. He had left his phone at the place he was staying, it was not left at the beach. Like you, I wondered about the 6 hour delay between his setting off to walk back the the house where he was staying in Pedi and the reporting that he was missing, but if his wife and friends spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach, had a late lunch and then waited for the water-taxi to take them back at around 6.00pm or 7.00pm, that would easily make it 6 hours if they discovered he wasn't there when they got back to the house.

I've been trying to guage the terrain on the coast path he'd have taken and it does look as though it's v inhospitable and that a walker could fall from a height .
Google earth has v few shots and this is the best I've found

I really suspect the most likely outcome will be misadventure not foul play.

Yes, I'm afraid so, though I do still hope that he will be found alive and well-ish.

He might well have decided to return to the house as he was uncomfortable in the heat and it was making him feel a bit unwell. I'd definitely prefer to be indoors in the shade in that kind of heat. But the mode he chose to get back was hazardous.

I think it can be easy to underestimate both the effect of high temperature and unknown terrain. This is sad.

Why would they feel the need to tell us anything? They're probably distraught and sick with worry. It's not a detective story. We don't need to know anything other than that they are looking for him and let's hope that he is found soon.

Yes I hope he is found alive. But I'm losing optimism about that.

Firefighters have told the mayor of Simi that it’s ‘impossible’ that he could still be there. They have said they would have found him by now. Apparently the path he took was very clear and had no dangers

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/michael-mosley-missing-search-latest-greece-symi-missing-tv-doctor-bbc-b1162757.html