On Thursday, his Greek-American friend reported the American missing. The tourist was last seen on Tuesday in a cafe in the company of two women who have since left the island. No additional information was released about the missing man, including his name or hometown, the Associated Press reported.
Matraki, with a population of 100, is a densely forested island of 3.9 square kilometers located west of the more famous island of Corfu.
Recently, several people have been found dead in Greece. Some, if not all, went camping in very hot weather.
A 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found face down in a ravine on Saturday about 300 meters from where he was last seen. Dr. Michael Mosley, renowned British broadcaster and writer, was found dead last Sunday on the island of Symi. Experts concluded that he died the previous Wednesday, shortly after hiking through difficult, rocky terrain. On Friday, two French tourists were reported missing from Sikinos, a relatively isolated island in the Aegean Sea with fewer than 400 permanent residents. The two women, aged 64 and 73, left their hotels to meet and disappeared along the way.
On Amorgos Island, authorities are still searching for a 59-year-old American tourist who disappeared Tuesday while hiking alone in very hot weather. US media identified the missing tourist as retired Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Albert Calibet of Hermosa Beach, California.
