Brother continues to search for missing polish man who has disappeared in the mountains of Calheta

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Michal’s brother, the tourist reported missing in the mountains of Calheta, is still engaged in the search and is walking around the area where his brother disappeared.

According to him, so far there is no new information, so he will continue the journey accompanied by some people who offered to help.

A go fund me page has been set up also, the brother is determined to find his sibling, and the missing Pole’s Wife and two children are due to leave Madeira in the next days.

https://www.gofundme.com

 

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15 Responses

  1. Very strange, is the terrain such that a person could dissappear never to be found? Are there wild animals that may have eaten him. Was he in an area where he could have fallen into the sea?
    Strange situation?
    Did nobody see him start his journey? Did nobody see him on the track? I don’t believe he was the only person out there! Could he have been abducted?

    1. Often people think that because Madeira is a small island then these search and rescue missions are easy. But that is far from true. Many of these hikes have shear drops of 200 or 300 m and whilst it may be thought that all that had that had to be done is look down, the vegetation is so dense below that it would not be possible to visually identify a body from above. Earlier this week I mentioned a case here of a car with a body that was only found 8 years after it disappeared in Madeira mountains. Of course these cases are not usual, and this is why you should never make this type of hikes alone.

    2. Yes very possible he can just dissappear into the undergrowth, as what probably happened to the German at the beginning of the year. No wild animals, and more than possible there was no one around.

  2. Its called common sense, but we are not all blessed with it. After a while they start to use other means, which I won’t go into for it would be very upsetting for some to read.
    The poor man has probably paid the ultimate price for his error of judgement.

  3. … I think there should be some kind of advisory campaign by Madeira’s government and travel bodies to suggest anyone walking/hiking etc should carry a “WHISTLE”(maybe on a cord round the neck) to use when in serious distress ,, it could be a Life Saver in situation where someone is badly injured and maybe can’t shout or scream for help and would really speed up locating Lost or Injured people, for next to zero cost …

  5. Truly awful for his family. Do they have drones with thermal imaging cameras? Just hope his brother finds him.

  6. If the search party that was looking for someone coming off a road in a car couldn’t see where a car came off and not found for 8 years, what chance an individual, not much unfortunately.

    1. However it should be noted that in the case of the car no one knew where the car had crashed nor where the lady was driving from/to.

  7. Picks up heat source and I’m sure the new helicopter will be equipped with such apparatus, if said person has died it wouldn’t help, me thinks.
    As tragic this is for the family,I think lessons need to be learnt, as a young man i was a grade 5 pothole caver. and there was very very strict guidance when ever we went down pot holes and this was well before mobiles, tell people where you were going, what time you were going down and expected out, look at weather forecasts for not only immediate area but up stream from caves if rivers entered cave system etc was standard practice, not doing could not only endanger your lives but also cave rescue peoples lives as well.
    Just stand on one of the look out platforms here, and look at A) the steepness of the ravines B) the density of the islands woodland C) the inaccessibility of these places. This is a beautiful island but it can be a very dangerous one, look at what is directly above our heads when driving along most of the roads, lack of pavements and people who don’t hesitate and walk straight into zebra crossings, just to mention a few risks that come to mind.

  8. If it is the same case that I am thinking of , my memory is that the car was only found after large summer fires that cleared a lot of trees and vegetation

  9. Sorry Antonio but to our shame our Portuguese isn’t that good.
    Obviously something changed after 8 years to bring someones attention to the crash site and that would at least have brought some closure for the family one hopes.
    Let’s be pessimistic and hope for a better outcome to the current situation.

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