A Dundee man has travelled to Europe within the seek for his lacking brother who has not been heard from since falling sick after consuming wild mushrooms.
Steven Harper, 38, left Scotland final 12 months to cycle to India and saved in contact with household and associates all through his journey.
However, he has now gone radio silent after he foraged, boiled and ate mushrooms close to Monaco.
In a message despatched to his sister-in-law on 23 November, Steven stated: “I ate some mushrooms that you shouldn’t eat last night.
“I’m nonetheless right here to let you know I made it and I’m nonetheless alive. It was [tough] and my physique was in a state of poisoning, however I reside on.”
Steven stated he was “sure” he’d picked edible mushrooms, however added: “I just had to vomit it up when I woke [because] I could feel that I’d eaten something I shouldn’t have.”
Steven, who taught English as a overseas language on-line, final uploaded photos to his Facebook web page on 22 November.
His household stated the final submit was “geotagged” to a hilltop overlooking Roquebrune-Cap-Martin between Monaco and Menton within the French Riviera.
His older brother, Dale Harper, flew to Nice in France on Tuesday to move a search and has been making an attempt to retrace his sibling’s final recognized steps.
Dale, 40, advised Sky News that he has already scoured a part of the coast from Nice to Sanremo in Italy, and Friday’s search will give attention to the world between Menton and Ventimiglia in northern Italy.
He believes his brother managed to make it into Italy.
Dale stated: “If he did ingest and ultimately survive a potentially lethal dosage of a toxic mushroom, then he is more than likely in a state of debilitation from kidney, liver or other damage.
“We do not know what he ate clearly – and it’s hypothesis – however in the end that’s the most terrifying half.
“We need to know if he is safe or needs medical attention.”
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Dale stated all of the related authorities have been notified and close by hospitals have been checked “many times”.
Messages from associates have reported that Steven was robbed of his cellphone, bike and passport originally of November.
Dale added that his brother was additionally attacked in Barcelona in Spain and suffered an injured eye.
The search alongside the beachfront from Ventimiglia to Bordighera will give attention to the deserted tents and homeless shelter pitches.
Dale stated: “There are so many places he could have curled up, but we just don’t know what he did.
“Steven and I are not any stranger to hazard, however what considerations me is the state he could also be dwelling in and barely anybody will discover in that a part of Italy.”
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been contacted for remark.
Source: information.sky.com”