Portugal, Greg Monks, 38, from Glasgow & missing after a night out with friends. Albufeira , 27 May 25.

[Firstsnow4]

I had assumed police located him via his phone pings.

Have police said specifically his phone was off during the whole of his wandering or did it perhaps turn off at Cerro Aquia?

According to the family in the missing group Log into Facebook his phone was either not working or out of battery before he even left for the night out so he took a business card for the apartment location so that he would be able to get back should he need to. I’m surprised you wouldn’t ensure your phone was fully charged before going out in a foreign country but apparently they had only arrived at the apartments 20 mins before leaving for the night out, so perhaps there wasn’t time to charge it. JMO.

 

[Dotta]

Perhaps he misheard Greg’s Scottish accent and he was dropped off in the wrong place?! The fact his phone had no battery as well is worrying as they can’t even track that. Very sad and strange.

The 2 names don't sound similar at all.

I mean,
Novochoro and Cerro de Aguia.
(Despite "cho/Ce")

Besides
his accommodation was "Apartamentos Turisticos"
and I'm sure the alleged taxi driver
(if such was called)
knows perfectly well the name and
could understand even if it was pronounced with Scottish accent.

I don't think taxi was called.

JMO

 

[Cedars]

I wish they’d show his family the CCTV sighting of him in the residential neighborhood.

First of all, so they can ensure that it IS him.

But also, what was his demeanor on the CCTV like: was he stumbling? Look confused? Or did he look purposeful, like he knew where he was going?

Did he encounter a fake taxi/Uber? Or a street scammer of some kind?

Or did he experience some kind of sudden mental health crisis?

A couple other possibilities are that he likes exploring/walking around at night in a new place (I followed a few of those cases), another is that he went with or went to meet someone...

JMO

 

[Firstsnow4]

A couple other possibilities are that he likes exploring/walking around at night in a new place (I followed a few of those cases), another is that he went with or went to meet someone...

JMO

Yes those are both possibilities - I am just surmising given what limited information there is on the Facebook missing group. You would hope they have checked all CCTV from the strip too to see how he left and if he left with anyone. I find it strange how police knew to check CCTV in Cerro de Aguia - something or someone must have led them there?!

 

[Cedars]

The 2 names don't sound similar at all.

I mean,
Novochoro and Cerro de Aguia.
(Despite "cho/Ce")

Besides
his accommodation was "Apartamentos Turisticos"
and I'm sure the alleged taxi driver
(if such was called)
knows perfectly well the name and
could understand even if it was pronounced with Scottish accent.

I don't think taxi was called.

JMO

I expect taxis are cruising the streets in late May - not yet the busy season. However, there's no known crimes against tourists there, it's a small, very safe town and tourism is their bread and butter.

I wonder how much Greg had travelled before. By age 38 most men are experienced with both visits abroad and partying...

 

[Firstsnow4]

New update from the group - am I allowed to post screenshots from the official group? He has been seen going further past Cerro de Aguia in opposite direction to his accommodation.

 

[slowpoke]

Update!

Missing Person Greg Monks - Albufeira, Portugal | *** Important update*** | Facebook

*** Important update*** Greg has been seen on CCTV going further in the opposite direction of his accommodation 😭💔 See map of the area police are now moving their search to! We need to share this...

www.facebook.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1929209089768272113

"And the last picture
taken of him before he vanished has now been shared online
in a bid to help track him down.

It shows that he was wearing
navy Nike shorts and a t-shirt by the sports brand
and gives loved ones and the authorities searching for him
more to go on in the hunt to find him."

 

[slowpoke]

Saying the obvious here, I know, but…If he’s out somewhere wandering in the wrong location—for DAYS now, and with his return home date passed…something must be not right with him!

If he was just lost, I feel like in a normal situation a person would find a way to get help. Borrow some helpful person’s phone to call someone, or find a police station, or go to a business and ask for help.

Please let him be found, and safe.



jmo

 

[Dotta]

Saying the obvious here, I know, but…If he’s out somewhere wandering in the wrong location—for DAYS now, and with his return home date passed…something must be not right with him!

If he was just lost, I feel like in a normal situation a person would find a way to get help. Borrow some helpful person’s phone to call someone, or find a police station, or go to a business and ask for help.

Please let him be found, and safe.



jmo

It all depends on the access to drinking water.

You know this rule of threes in survival...

"3 minutes without oxygen
3 days without water
3 weeks without food ........."

JMO

 

[Firstsnow4]

Saying the obvious here, I know, but…If he’s out somewhere wandering in the wrong location—for DAYS now, and with his return home date passed…something must be not right with him!

If he was just lost, I feel like in a normal situation a person would find a way to get help. Borrow some helpful person’s phone to call someone, or find a police station, or go to a business and ask for help.

Please let him be found, and safe.



jmo

Yes it’s very odd - he has either fallen somewhere out of sight and unable to get / call for help. Or he has had a mental health episode and decided to go off grid.

I do hope he is found but it’s been five days now and he could be anywhere from that last known location. They need to keep a step ahead of the sightings and be looking further afield at CCTV imo.

 

[Seni]

Had Greg been there before? I find it strange that he disappeared on his first night when with friends. Have we heard anything from them as to why he left?

 

[Cedars]

Saying the obvious here, I know, but…If he’s out somewhere wandering in the wrong location—for DAYS now, and with his return home date passed…something must be not right with him!

And ruining his best buddy's stag event - meaning, as a close friend he wouldn't be careless about that...

 

[slowpoke]

Another, older case that came to my mind after hearing this one—

I recall another case where an older man disappeared suddenly at halftime from a stadium during a Broncos game, leaving behind his son and a younger couple, who were his good friends.
This older man was found several days later, over 100 miles away! He seemed physically ok, but was evasive as to why he just up and left the way he did. He said things like he had had enough of football and wanted to walk to where it was warmer. Uhh, what?? Very strange, that one.
The family said he was in a ‘fragile’ state, and afaik there wasn’t any further updates, which is understandable. So I guess it was some sort of mental health issue, maybe? But prior, they said he had had no mental health problems ever, at all.

Could this be what happened to Greg?

 

[Cedars]

I happened to be walking in a forest park yesterday without a map or phone (a very safe and familiar place). I got onto the wrong trail, and it didn't go where I expected it to go. I didn't feel lost, just unwilling to continue until I found the loop route back. So I turned around and retraced my steps, recognized landmarks as I came back - big tree here, trail veers left here....

But I started thinking how some people have no sense of direction, don't pay attention to landmarks, and just panic because they feel lost. Especially in a strange place, in the dark, after alcohol...? So maybe they just keep going instead of turning around?

 

[ChasingKaty]

Okay, story time...

When my younger brother was about 20, him and a group of mates went to Zante. They were in a bar and pretty drunk. My brother decided he was going to walk back to their apartment. So he leaves the bar and on the street turns left, which is the way (he thought) back to where they were staying.

He winds up on a beach. "Where the hell am I?" he asks himself because as far as his drunk could remember, there was no beach between the bar and the apartment. He tries phoning his pals but because they were still in the noisy bar, none of them heard their phones. So my brother, being drunk, decides to lie on a beach recliner for a bit to clear his head. He falls asleep and is woken up with the sunrise, slightly more sober than the night before. It's only then he realises that he should have turned RIGHT when he left the bar and not left. He was only a mile away from his hotel but he'd managed to get completely turned around and had no clue how to get back. So, tired and with the beginnings of a hangover, he staggered back to the apartment and probably slept until midday.

Why am I telling you this story? To try and show how easy it can be to get completely turned around. And because my drunk brother could have been this dude. He was just lucky nobody targeted him while he was lying passed out on the beach and he got back to his friends unscathed.

 

[Dotta]

Okay, story time...

When my younger brother was about 20, him and a group of mates went to Zante. They were in a bar and pretty drunk. My brother decided he was going to walk back to their apartment. So he leaves the bar and on the street turns left, which is the way (he thought) back to where they were staying.

He winds up on a beach. "Where the hell am I?" he asks himself because as far as his drunk could remember, there was no beach between the bar and the apartment. He tries phoning his pals but because they were still in the noisy bar, none of them heard their phones. So my brother, being drunk, decides to lie on a beach recliner for a bit to clear his head. He falls asleep and is woken up with the sunrise, slightly more sober than the night before. It's only then he realises that he should have turned RIGHT when he left the bar and not left. He was only a mile away from his hotel but he'd managed to get completely turned around and had no clue how to get back. So, tired and with the beginnings of a hangover, he staggered back to the apartment and probably slept until midday.

Why am I telling you this story? To try and show how easy it can be to get completely turned around. And because my drunk brother could have been this dude. He was just lucky nobody targeted him while he was lying passed out on the beach and he got back to his friends unscathed.

A night on the beach!
How romantic!

Oh wait...
Ooops

 

[ChasingKaty]

A night on the beach!
How romantic!

Oh wait...
Ooops

You can imagine the words I used to tell him how fantastic an idea it was. /s

If I remember right, this was the same holiday where he had to phone me to ask "how sunburnt do I need to be before I go to A&E?"

Thankfully he's not quite as stupid anymore.

 

[Dotta]

I also got lost.
It was in Turkey.
Our group were widow shopping and suddenly I saw this place with....ummm....
handbags Aaaaargh and I dived there.

When I finally left the shop my group was nowhere in sight!!!
Masses of ppl around, but where are my friends????
I decided not to move.
I stood there like a pillar of salt clutching my new handbag...
And guess what?
My friends came back looking for me!

 

[Sarahlou]

Yes it’s very odd - he has either fallen somewhere out of sight and unable to get / call for help. Or he has had a mental health episode and decided to go off grid.

I do hope he is found but it’s been five days now and he could be anywhere from that last known location. They need to keep a step ahead of the sightings and be looking further afield at CCTV imo.

That made me think of Michael Mosley. He collapsed and died out of view behind a wall.

I hope they find Greg soon.