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The mystery of the disappearance of the Australian in Valbona/ New details are revealed, the last message with his girlfriend
2024-11-25 11:31:06 / AKTUALITET
The disappearance of Australian climber Cameron Twiss in Albania remains a mystery.
According to the Daily Mail, it is suspected that he may have been killed by a bear.
The 28-year-old from South Australia was last seen on October 13 after setting out on a 17km trail between Valbona and Theth in the Albanian Alps, a busy tourist area.
Twiss was reportedly traveling alone without a guide.
Police and volunteers from the Mountain Search and Rescue Service of Albania and Kosovo spent two weeks searching on foot, with helicopters and with drones for the missing Australian.
On Saturday, a volunteer of the Albanian Search and Rescue Service said that Tëiss may have been attacked by a brown bear.
Such attacks are extremely rare, as there are only 200 raptors still in the wild, but some of the animals are known to be close to the trail.
Tour guide Arben Kola told the Adelaide Advertiser he initially thought Mr Twiss might have become disoriented at a tricky junction on the trail.
However, search and rescue teams have determined that Twiss had followed the correct route before disappearing.
"It just adds to the mystery," Mr. Kola said.
This is the second case in two months, after a Lithuanian man went missing in September.
After the alarm was raised, authorities discovered Twiss' 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 she was drinking vodka with a 'random Albanian'.
"He was the consummate traveler and always made friends wherever he went," she said.
Flanagan said Twiss had set out on the Valbona Trail with a group of tourists from the city, but a short distance away decided to go it alone.
It was only after her messages went unanswered that she learned he was gone.
"I just don't understand how nobody could have seen or heard anything. I believe he had made friends in that town, he was an experienced climber and he was good with direction," she said.
Official search efforts were called off on November 3.
In the town of Theth, experienced Dutch climbers Gido and Stella told The Advertiser that they had seen missing persons flyers for both Tjeiss and the Lithuanian hiker, they worried it was foul play.
"At first I was thinking, 'Oh was there a kidnapping here' or something," Stella said.
"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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