A friend of Michael Mosley has shared the one thing they "can't understand" about the TV doctor's disappearance.
It comes as local police on the Greek island of Symi confirmed they had resumed their search for Michael on Friday morning. Officers are scouring the island following them pausing the search-and-rescue operation for the 67-year-old British TV star on Thursday night. He has been a familiar face on TV and radio, having made appearances on This Morning and the One Show.
Amid the search mission, the friend of the person Michael was staying with has admitted to not being able to understand how anyone could get lost on the part of the island he was last seen on. Michael was reported to have vanished after setting off on a walk to the centre of the island on Wednesday.
His wife Dr Clare Bailey raised the alarm after he failed to arrive at their accommodation several hours later. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Drive programme, the friend explained that they were baffled over Michael becoming a missing persons case due to the route he chose home.
“It’s a road that sort of heads over the mountain side but it’s been recently widened and there is only one route, so it’s not possible to lose your way.
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Michael has gone missing on the Greek island Symi (Getty Images)“So, it is probably a 20-minute walk down the side of the mountain, but it’s not overly rugged or something that would be seen to be too dangerous, it’s something that tourists do every day in the summer. I’m having trouble understanding how you could get lost.” A statement from Greek police, which has been translated, said officers were informed about the “disappearance of the 67-year-old British national on the island” on Wednesday.
Police then asked for assistance from the Greek fire service, with six firefighters, a vehicle and a drone team arriving from Rhodes at about 2pm (12pm BST) on Thursday. The rescue operation is said to be focusing on the Pedi area of the island after a woman reported seeing Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2 diet, there on Wednesday.
Mayor of Symi Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said firefighters had told him they believed it was “impossible” Mosley was still there. He told the BBC: “It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So, if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now.”
A woman in the area said Mosley’s disappearance was “strange” as the path he was thought to be on is “clear”. She said: “It’s a quiet place … if you see the map of the area it’s a clear path, it’s nothing dangerous, many people go every day, every few minutes, that’s the reason it’s very strange because it’s a clear path.”
Posts on a local Facebook group said Mosley went for a walk from Saint Nikolas Beach at about 1.30pm Greek time on Wednesday. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who is missing in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.”
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