Thread 3 - Michael Mosley missing after disappearing on holiday walk

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Why post this? Why speculate about "tensions" with his wife who is currently going through hell. What's your purpose? I know it's your opinion. But why post something baseless that you know full well would be distressing to the family?

Wouldn't this be a natural progression though?

I mean, initially working with obvious routes etc. Following the information and subsequent evidence that had before widening the search.

They have clearly exhausted the usual, logical routes and now have to expand the search - which sadly, as the hours pass today, is looking like a recovery mission 😔

The walk to the town is 20/30 mins. That's where they thought he was going.

I didn't say it was 'weird behaviour' actually - those are your words. I said he'd only be likely to leave and do a walk alone in that kind of heat if he was unwell or unhappy. You think it's unwell. That does seem to be a worrying detail.

It is unusual to head off for a mountain hike in 40 degrees without water or a map

We don't know he did this. We know he walked to the end of town and went behind a building.

His family have much bigger things to worry about than what people say on here. Why are you policing what other people post?

I said he'd only be likely to leave and do a walk alone in that kind of heat if he was unwell or unhappy

Yes, and many of us are saying we might do the same, when well and happy @Justrelax Your interpretation of 'likelihood' isn't objective.

Is she quoted as saying that?

It’s one thing speculating about where he went. It’s a whole other thing to start on saying there is tension in the group etc. it’s pure bullshit

we went on holiday with a group of friends last year. One of the guys can’t sit still for too long. He often went off for walks on his own. No tension in the group. He liked walking , exploring etc. he never took his mobile.

im astounded anyone would stoop so low as to suggest as he went for a walk there is likely something wrong.

The problem with all this is, we dont know if he was out for a walk or if he was heading home cos he wasnt feeling too well. There's a huge difference and it changes the whole dynamics of the mystery.

Even if he was perfectly fine and just out for a walk, as many of us do on holidays, how many of us at that age would decide to scale a mountain that even the locals never go up. Who would go off the beaten track in midday sun, dressed in trainers with only an umbrella.

I urge anyone to take a look at a map or pics of the area where they're searching. Its pretty high and unpassable if ill equipped.

I'm not sure why the idea that he's gone deliberately is somehow worse than he's fallen down a cliff or into the sea. If he has gone deliberately there's a chance he's physically well. That's what I'd be hanging onto if I were his wife.

Just watched the BBC report from the area. Why would any sane person scramble up that barren rocky slope in 40oC heat?

To be honest, sadly I know a few blokes who would do this.

Who would go off the beaten track in midday sun, dressed in trainers with only an umbrella

Someone who didn't intend to go very far up, and wanted to see a higher up view, whilst they waited for the next bus?

It's not bizarre

OK, I guess I'm wrong. I find it very surprising that people think it's normal to go off alone on the first morning of a holiday, having gone there by boat, while staying with close friends, in very hot weather with no phone - unless something is wrong mentally or physically to some extent. I guess what's normal in my group of friends and family is different to yours and I accept that.

I have this gut feeling he is still alive, that he fell, broke his leg and is sheltering in a cave. He is a GP so knows how to stay alive. Praying I’m right

A lot of locals have also said it's not exactly usual to stroll about in that kind of heat. People don't tend to go 'exploring' in hot weather without a map or phone.

Yep - a bartender at the beach he was at who saw him leave the beach is quoted as saying “I thought it was strange to walk when it was so hot”.

We're all different @Justrelax Your family is only a benchmark for your family.

I’m watching BBC news now & also Sky news and they’re not mentioning it on the banner below the screen. I hope this isn’t a bad sign. 💔💔

How is that 'stooping so low'? Since the first news report it's literally been suggested that there was something wrong ie that he wasn't feeling very well. It's how people have attempted to explain the sequence of events that don't quite add up. There's nothing 'low' about saying someone might have been unwell or unhappy.

You never know! I hope so.

And he might have bought a bottle of water in town

Totally fair enough, so in that case i raise you this.... where on earth is he?!

His wife said he went for a walk. I think if he was heading back to the place they were staying in, she would have said so.