My mind goes to all the dams and tanks on the property. It has to be the most likely non-sinister scenario right now for mine (IMO).
Do police divers always find what they are looking for? I imagine it’s a pretty difficult job. How often have police divers searched a water body only to have the body still turn up years later?
Or if not the dams, hiding/misadventure eg in an old barrel, tank, vehicle or ruins of an old building.
But there would be footprints / tracks surely?! And all of that should/would have been thoroughly searched.
And why would so many people involved in the search say with such conviction that he’s simply not on the property?
By extension that leads me to:
- abduction (but surely the police would have a massive PR case going, and appeals, like they did with Cleo Smith).
- murder / cover up, but by who? and why? Accident with vehicle or machinery - but in this case Gus’ remains would be crucial evidence and I’m sure police would have sealed off the place and be crawling all over it still.
- hiding/misadventure, falling down an old mine?
- animal involved? Plausible but unlikely as per earlier post.
- Gus was never there? Has he been hidden / removed for some reason? To keep him safe?
Aside from those none of which seem to fit, I’m starting to ponder if aliens do exist.
IMO
