zwiebel
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You have a point about the stumbling across remains gitana. I am absolutely haunted by the case of a hiker who stumbled across remains and decided not to call that discovery in though. Thank heavens, he did confide in his friend though, and eventually the friend informed LE.
I have no idea if that friend had once seen a missing person's poster and been touched by it so felt they had to tell police, but there has to be a chance.
What worries me so much is that there might be other walkers and hikers out there who have done the same - walked on past a missing person's remains for some reason, and maybe because they have no idea of who they are, and feel no connection with them.
I guess what I'm saying is that publicity might very well be ineffective in helping hikers to find someone, but it might be effective in ensuring if they do stumble upon someone, they have an idea who that person is and who is waiting and hoping and praying for that person to be found. So that any thought of not getting involved becomes harder.
I really hope so anyway. It had never crossed my mind before that anyone could find the body of a fellow human and not let anyone know. I found that very depressing.
I have no idea if that friend had once seen a missing person's poster and been touched by it so felt they had to tell police, but there has to be a chance.
What worries me so much is that there might be other walkers and hikers out there who have done the same - walked on past a missing person's remains for some reason, and maybe because they have no idea of who they are, and feel no connection with them.
I guess what I'm saying is that publicity might very well be ineffective in helping hikers to find someone, but it might be effective in ensuring if they do stumble upon someone, they have an idea who that person is and who is waiting and hoping and praying for that person to be found. So that any thought of not getting involved becomes harder.
I really hope so anyway. It had never crossed my mind before that anyone could find the body of a fellow human and not let anyone know. I found that very depressing.