Mr Collier said the Tyrrell mystery was often discussed at the pub - and recalled one man claiming over beers that he had seen something.
'One bloke, he'd come to the Johns River tavern one day and he said that he'd seen … I think it was a station wagon they were looking for at the time, a white one.
'And he said he'd seen a young kid at the back with a Spiderman suit on, but whether that was bulls*** or not…
'He said he went to the police, whether he did or not, I don't know.'
Inside the town haunted by William Tyrrell's disappearance | Daily Mail Online