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"Daily Mail": The mystery of the disappearance of the Australian climber in Albania
2024-11-24 20:19:10 / AKTUALITET
The British tabloid "Daily Mail" has paid attention to the case of the disappearance without leaving a trace of a 28-year-old Australian in the Albanian Alps in the north of the country. In an article published online, it is said that there are "dark theories" surrounding the fate of the young man identified as Cameron Twiss. According to the article, the fear is that the climber missing in Albania may have been attacked to death by a bear.
The young man was last seen on October 13 after setting off on a 17km trail between Valbona and Theth, a popular and well-trodden track for tourists. Twiss was reportedly traveling alone and without a guide. Police and volunteers from the Mountain Search and Rescue Service of Albania and Kosovo spent two frustrating weeks searching on foot, by helicopter and by drone for the missing Australian.
On Saturday, a volunteer with the Albanian Search and Rescue Service said it was possible that Twiss could have been attacked by a brown bear. Such attacks are extremely rare with only 200 such predators still in the wild, but several of this animal have been spotted near the trail.
Tour guide Arben Kola told the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper that he initially thought Twiss might have become disoriented at a tricky crossroads. However, search and rescue teams have determined that Twiss had followed the correct route before disappearing. "This only adds to the mystery," Kola said.
Twiss is the second such mystery in two months, after a Lithuanian man disappeared on this street in September. After the alarm was raised, authorities found Twiss' personal belongings and passport at his hotel in the city of Shkodra. Purnima Flanagan, a friend of Twiss, shared her last messages with the missing man. In the last message sent, Twiss said he was drinking vodka with a "random Albanian".
“That was Cameron. He likes to talk and mingle with people. He was the perfect traveler and always made friends wherever he went," she said. Flanagan said Twiss had set out on the Valbona Trail with a group of hikers from the town, but a short distance away decided to go it alone. It was only after a large number of her messages went unanswered that she learned he was gone.
"I just don't understand how nobody could have seen or heard anything. He must have made friends in that city. He was an experienced mountaineer and was good with direction," she said. Official search efforts were called off on November 3.
In Theth, experienced Dutch climbers Gido and Stella told The Advertiser they had seen missing persons flyers for both Twiss and the Lithuanian hiker. They said they became concerned, suspecting something worse.
"At first I was thinking. "Oh was there a kidnapping here," said Stella. However, both climbers believe that Twiss is likely to have lost his way. "I think it's always dangerous in the mountains, especially when you're up... one step can be fatal," Gido said.
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