'It is a region much loved by hunters, skiers, anglers, campers, bushwalkers and the occasional gangland killer looking for a place to hide a body,' writes John Silvester
. He left the Upper Jamieson Hut on October 24 and two days later sent a message to his family from Vallejo Gantner Hut that he was heading to his car at Mount Stirling.The last confirmed sighting was by the Button-Man, who told police he saw the well-equipped hiker in his area. The track took him past the Button-Man’s camp.
On June 5, 2011, he went hunting with his brother-in-law from Tomahawk Hut, Mount Stirling, and has not been seen since. There were many theories, including that he was, who had been ambushed and murdered inside Barwon more than a year earlier. It is nonsense. Urban hitmen wouldn’t have a chance of creeping up on an experienced hunter. And most wear slip-on shoes with no socks – hardly appropriate gear for the high country.Loadingdisappeared from Dom Dom Saddle in March 2008.
Such as the experienced shooter who woke around 11pm for a night hunt to find Button-Man camped next to him. Police from the Missing Persons Squad have heard these stories too, which is why Search and Rescue Police hiked into a remote area near King Billy Track to buttonhole the Button-Man at his base, perched on a high point in the Alpine National Park.Police went there not to accuse him of anything but to seek his help because he knows the area as well as anyone and sometimes sits off hikers, silently watching them pass.
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