Michael Mosley hunt joined by police dog who finds people 'alive or dead'
A police officer and his sniffer dog will today join the hunt for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley, who has not been seen since Wednesday
A police officer and his sniffer dog have joined the search for missing TV doctor Michael Mosley on the Greek island of Symi. Lieutenant Vaggelis and his six year old Alsatian, Scar, who is trained to locate humans in remote areas, arrived by ferry on Friday morning.
The pair will join a search party of over 25 people, including officials from neighbouring Rhodes and locals. The security officer leading the rescue operations said that using the dog will be "crucial" during the search.
They told The Sun: "We'll retrace his footsteps, we'll scour the entire area. The arrival of the dog, trained by police for exactly this kind of situation, is crucial."
Greek police were informed about the "disappearance of the 67-year-old British national on the island" on Wednesday. On Friday, the mayor's office confirmed that locals, a helicopter from Rhodes and Greek officers are scanning the Pedi area and surroundings.
In a blood-chilling twist, the Mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakalodoukas, has voiced that firefighters concluded it to be "impossible" for him to still be there.
The mayor had previously confided to BBC, saying: "It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So, if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now.", reports the Mirror.
Reports suggest that first responders are actively combing the Pedi region of the isle after an eyewitness claimed to have seen the doctor ambling around. A local social media outlet disclosed that Mosley embarked on a walk from Saint Nikolas Beach around 1.30pm Greek time on Wednesday.
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Arising doubts, a friend of the host Mosley was lodging with cannot comprehend how he could misplace his bearings on that stretch of the island.
While speaking with BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive programme, she stated: "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."
