Dr Michael Mosley missing on Greek Island | Body found (p 9)

[Ithryn Luin]

You can see why. None of it makes a great deal of sense. He's with his wife and a friend at the beach and decides to take off for a hike along difficult terrain, wearing unsuitable clothing, at the hottest part of the day and in 40 degrees heat. He's also 67 years of age. Now a normal Joe Bloggs doing this would be viewed as odd, but a famous doctor who would know all the risks of doing so to do it is even odder.
Also his body had laid there for a good four days in blistering heat before being discovered and apparently a family just yards away had had a picnic. Surely the smell must have been horrendous and aroused suspicion, especially as a full scale search was going on in the area for a missing person at the time?
I'm also surprised given the smell that his body would have emitted and what looks like a barren area to search, that with drones and sniffer dogs it took so long to locate him.

He was found half way up and on the other side of the fence on the right hand side of this picture some 50 odd yards away from the cafe at the bottom. I really can't see any family having a picnic on barren rocky ground in 40C heat yards away from his body.

 

[paulchapo]

He was found half way up and on the other side of the fence on the right hand side of this picture some 50 odd yards away from the cafe at the bottom. I really can't see any family having a picnic on barren rocky ground in 40C heat yards away from his body.

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That's what was reported.

 

[remember arthur mann]

I did 4.5 mile run today in Crete, no way I could have done anymore. Totally different heat and air.
Ran at a slow pace but sweat was blinding me after a couple miles.

Try the Samaria Gorge 18k plus, the beginning is quite steep, quite strenuous on the knee's. Heaven to arrive and dip your toes in the Libyan Sea. Over 40 years ago now, well worth the effort. You're counted out and counted in. There's been a few people lost over the years.

 

[heslops barnet]

Try the Samaria Gorge 18k plus, the beginning is quite steep, quite strenuous on the knee's. Heaven to arrive and dip your toes in the Libyan Sea. Over 40 years ago now, well worth the effort. You're counted out and counted in. There's been a few people lost over the years.

He’s on holiday ffs…….

 

[Plain Speaking]

I suspect the bar manager of the Marina Beach bar might feel a sense of guilt for not checking his CCTV footage earlier. Apparently Dr Mosley was recorded on his CCTV falling just behind the boundary wall out of sight but possibly within ear shot of the beach. I have marked with a red cross the approx position where he was found so close to safety. Tragic!

 

[pride in battle]

I suspect the bar manager of the Marina Beach bar might feel a sense of guilt for not checking his CCTV footage earlier. Apparently Dr Mosley was recorded on his CCTV falling just behind the boundary wall out of sight but possibly within ear shot of the beach. I have marked with a red cross the approx position where he was found so close to safety. Tragic!

How high was the fence I wonder ?

 

[Plain Speaking]

How high was the fence I wonder ?

It was a wire fence about 2m high but with barbed wire at the top so impossible to climb, sadly

 

[remember arthur mann]

He’s on holiday ffs…….

Different folks........

 

[1961_vintage]

Try the Samaria Gorge 18k plus, the beginning is quite steep, quite strenuous on the knee's. Heaven to arrive and dip your toes in the Libyan Sea. Over 40 years ago now, well worth the effort. You're counted out and counted in. There's been a few people lost over the years.

One of the worlds great hikes and of course everyone is properly kitted-out for the terrain and weather. Loved it.

 

[remember arthur mann]

One of the worlds great hikes and of course everyone is properly kitted-out for the terrain and weather. Loved it.

I'll be honest, I hadn't a clue what I'd let myself in for. I've a feeling I had worn something similar to hi-tech squash. Don't even remember if we'd taken water with us. The poor wife lost her toe nails days after the walk due to badly fitting shoes. Always remember the elderly, portly ranger, who had come up the gorge on his donkey to count us through. He wore a black,sweat ridden, long sleeved shirt, which was adorned with bees which had been blown up from the direction of the sea, away from their hives. He would return them back to base.