Wanlockhead: Emergency companies discover lacking man who hasn’t returned residence from the night time in Scotland’s “highest village”
The emergency services were made aware of the missing person in the early hours of Friday morning, with Moffat Mountain Rescue joining the Scottish Police in the search at around 4.15am.
The person had been out at night but did not return to their accommodation, which set off an alarm.
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A total of 14 members of the mountain rescue team and the three team vehicles were called. A checkpoint has been set up in the center of the village.
A search area was identified and volunteers quickly began tracking the route the missing person believed had taken while also searching watercourses in the area.
Police officers and Moffat Mountain Rescue were supported by teams from Galloway Mountain Rescue and Police Scotland (Strathclyde) Mountain Rescue.
Dogs from SARDA Southern Scotland also joined, as did officials from the Dumfries and Galloway Police Division.
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After the additional staff arrived, the search was extended to the area around the village.
A total of about 25 people were deployed to search, with a drone from the Search and Rescue Aerial Association, Scotland, on standby.
Fortunately, the teams found the missing man and determined that he had exceeded his goal before becoming disoriented in the remote area outside of Wanlockhead.
He was not injured after spending a night in the mountains, but he was very cold after his clothes were soaked in the nightly rain.
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