UK UK - Neil Skinner, 72, last seen midday, camping close Loch Dochard, Scottish Highlands, 8 May 2022

[Charlie Bold]

We are approaching three years missing and important to note that Neil was one of a cluster of men who went missing in the highlands in the first half of 2022 and still haven't been found. Neil Skinner at Loch Dochard, Glyn Smith at Oykel Bridge, Finn Creaney at Loch Naver, and Derek Hepburn at Loch Mullardoch.

It is a somewhat unusual cluster and the only other outstanding missing person in the highlands I believe is Goffredo Bondanelli, missing since May 2016.

Search teams could have been within feet of them at various times, it happens.

Not really unusual. A person goes missing in UK every 90 seconds. That's why we have Lowland Rescue. People go missing in mountains regularly, that's why we have Mountain Rescue. 600+ people drown every year in UK. That's nearly 2 people every day. That's why we have underwater search teams and RNLI.

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[Charlie Bold]

We are approaching three years missing and important to note that Neil was one of a cluster of men who went missing in the highlands in the first half of 2022 and still haven't been found. Neil Skinner at Loch Dochard, Glyn Smith at Oykel Bridge, Finn Creaney at Loch Naver, and Derek Hepburn at Loch Mullardoch.

It is a somewhat unusual cluster and the only other outstanding missing person in the highlands I believe is Goffredo Bondanelli, missing since May 2016.

Search teams could have been within feet of them at various times, it happens.

But yes 100% search teams can miss things. That's why they use large teams of trained and experienced people and recover ground multiple times and even then they can't guarantee an area is clear

 

[Deleted member 350032]

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I think the question everyone reading that post and what is stated today , why are the two stories so different?

That's sticking to the facts, facts that anyone viewing can see for themselves

The post was made only months after Neil went missing, it states ' there was never a camp, that they left Neil, and that the press get things wrong'

 

[Deleted member 350032]

I think the question everyone reading that post and what is stated today , why are the two stories so different?

That's sticking to the facts, facts that anyone viewing can see for themselves

The post was made only months after Neil went missing, it states ' there was never a camp, that they left Neil, and that the press get things wrong'

So how did the story change to 'they camped at Loch Dochard, the next day the the three hiked towards Glen Kinglass but Neil turned back after an hour and a half?

You dont need to be a super sleuth to see how the 'facts' have changed between two separate family members over the months

 

[ZeroAlpha]

There's nothing so funny as folks, as they say. Who knows why Neil's family got defensive, then hostile? It may not have had anything to do with you but just some unaccountable reaction of theirs due to past issues, like undealt with happenings, emotions, whatever, in their own family. Obviously not pleasant for you, though.

MOO

They might also feel a little bit uneasy or a bit guilty that someone is still out and about searching.

 

[stu112]

I've said before that this whole case doesn't sit right with me. Too many variables, misinformation, people not wanting to speak about it.

If there was no camp according to some reports, where did the belief he left a tent without taking belongings come from?

 

[ZeroAlpha]

I've said before that this whole case doesn't sit right with me. Too many variables, misinformation, people not wanting to speak about it.

If there was no camp according to some reports, where did the belief he left a tent without taking belongings come from?

That was what was stated by the verified family member on page 2:

He was on a planned 5 day hike/walk with two friends, who he has been walking with lots of times previously.

He decided after the first day he was feeling tired and pitched up his tent. They carried on walking and then day or so after they turned back and ended up back at his tent.

He wasn't there but all his stuff was - wallet, keys, phone, charger/battery, waterproofs.

So, if we follow the official narrative it was just Neil who camped at Loch Dochard and the other two carried on towards Glen Kinglass. Neil didn't turn back and pitch a tent which was reported in one newspaper.