Another missing tourist has been found dead on the Greek islands amid a spate of deaths including that of TV star Dr Michael Mosley.
The Dutch tourist was found dead early Saturday on the eastern Greek island of Samos, local media reported. Some, if not all, had set out on hikes in blistering hot temperatures.
Dr Mosley was found dead last Sunday on the island of Symi. A coroner concluded that he had died the previous Wednesday, shortly after going for a hike over difficult, rocky terrain. Samos, like Symi, lies very close to the Turkish coast.
The body of the 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found by a Fire Service drone lying face down in a ravine about 300 metese (330 yards) from the spot where he was last observed on Sunday, walking with some difficulty in the blistering heat.
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A massive search was launched after Dr Michael Mosley went missing (Getty Images)Authorities were still searching for four people reported missing in the past few days. On Friday, two French tourists were reported missing on Sikinos, a relatively secluded Cyclades island in the Aegean Sea, with less than 400 permanent residents. The two women, aged 73 and 64, had left their respective hotels to meet.
A 70-year-old American tourist was reported missing Thursday on the small island of Mathraki in Greece ’s northwest extremity by his host, a Greek-American friend. The tourist had last been seen Tuesday at a cafe in the company of two female tourists who have since left the island.
The resort of Agia Marina, Symi, where the body of Dr Michael Mosley was discovered (Tim Merry/Mirror Express)Mathraki, population 100, is a 3.9-square-kilometer (1.2-square-mile) heavily wooded island, west of the better-known island of Corfu. Strong winds had prevented police and the fire service from reaching the island to search for the missing person as of Saturday afternoon, media reported.
On the island of Amorgos, authorities were still searching for a 59-year-old tourist reported missing since Tuesday, when he had gone on a solo hike in very hot conditions. U.S. media identified the missing tourist as retired Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Albert Calibet of Hermosa Beach, California.
Among the dead is horse racing trainer Toby Sheets, 55, who was found on Mathraki on Sunday. “He did pass away in Greece,” Sheets’ cousin, Greg Sheets, confirmed to the Thoroughbred Daily News. “As of right now that’s all we know. The family is trying to figure out what happened.”
The body of Toby Sheets, a Floral Park resident for more than 20 years, was found on a beach on the Greek island of Mathraki on Sunday (CBS)Amorgos, the easternmost of the Cyclades islands, is a rocky 122-square-kilometre (47-square-mile) island of less than 2,000 inhabitants. A couple of years ago the island had a record number of visitors, over 100,000.
Some media commentary has focused on the need to inform tourists of the dangers of setting off on hikes in intense heat. Temperatures across Greece on Saturday were more than 10C (18F) lower than on Thursday, when they peaked at almost 45 C (113 F). They are expected to rise again from Sunday, although not to heat-wave levels.
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