ohthesharkbabe
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Sorry, I'm late to the discussion, but has there been any mention of the Tom Hilton story, or has that been discounted?
The historic case has been mentioned many times, what do you mean by discounted?Sorry, I'm late to the discussion, but has there been any mention of the Tom Hilton story, or has that been discounted?
Ebm to add link.From article linked above.
Local Ofelia Medina Hernandez revealed overnight how she had seen the teenager walking the wrong way along a twisting mountain road shortly after he stopped her outside the house to ask about bus times.
She said: “"He was alone when I first saw him just before eight o’clock on Monday morning. He asked me what time the bus went by although he didn't tell me where he wanted to go.
"I told him it came at ten and because he obviously didn't understand he asked me the same question again and this time I put my fingers up to indicate it was ten o'clock.
"Then I went back home briefly before starting to drive to the town of Buenavista del Norte and that's when I saw him again, but this time walking on the road out of the village on the same side as me.
The missing lad seemed okay. I imagine he'd been drinking if he'd been at a festival but it didn't show in the way he spoke to me and I remember thinking when I saw him so far up the road as I went to Buenavista that he was going fast. He wasn't trying to get cars to stop when I saw him but I don't know if anyone then picked him up.
"It's a twisting country road but it's not dangerous. But if he was trying to head south he was going in completely the wrong direction and the bus stop is in the village, not where he was heading. I only found afterwards he was apparently trying to get back to Los Cristianos. He didn't ask me where the bus was going, just what time the next bus came by.
Interesting. Hadn't thought like that. You never know.I wonder if he thought her holding up ten fingers meant the bus comes in ten hours?
I don't remember if anyone mentioned it, but it might be that he only wanted to walk to Santiago Del Teide to catch the transfer bus which might be going more often? (there would have been two transfers if he had taken buses) He didn't have to intend to walk the entire way.I wonder if he thought her holding up ten fingers meant the bus comes in ten hours?
I doubt this is the case, "minute" in spanish is "minuto" and slang for it is also a homophone of minute, so it would have been understood if she had tried to tell him 10 min in spanish before holding up 10 fingers, but it is possible.I wonder if he thought her holding up ten fingers meant the bus comes in ten hours?
Ebm - Incomplete original postI doubt this is the case, "minute" in spanish is "minuto" and slang for it is also a homophone of minute, so it would have been understood if she had tried to tell him 10 min in spanish before holding up 10 fingers, but it is possible.
Apologies, I'll read through all the previous posts.The historic case has been mentioned many times, what do you mean by discounted?
I think he was walking in the wrong direction because he didn’t realize traffic drove on the right and not the left. That is a very simple explanation.
Nobody has said otherwise. He can be both a missing person and the perpetrator of a violent crime.What does it say in relation to his victim friendly status or how does it connect with his missing status?
He has to be found.
Nobody is perfect but if they're lost they're entitled to a decent search using all possible resources.
That’s true but at least in my experience I can be completely sober and gather nothing from Spanish even though I know plenty of Spanish words. If it’s too fast, if Im tired, or actually especially if the speaker is using a mix of Spanish and English and I am not sure which language to listen for. Granted I have ADHD and my auditory processing is slow regardless of language. But hungover and/or sleep deprived that might be comparable. Not that it matters immensely at this point, I just think it’s possible he didn’t gather a darn thing she said to him.I doubt this is the case, "minute" in spanish is "minuto" and slang for it is also a homophone of minute, so it would have been understood if she had tried to tell him 10 min in spanish before holding up 10 fingers, but it is possible.