Benedict Allen 'missing' in Papua New Guinea

[LondonBlackCat]

A colleague went to PNG a month ago and he was their guide for some of it, apparently a really nice bloke but a bit "out there". Reckons he was pushing it to be at the airstrip when he planned to be there anyway so he could just be running behind. Hopefully nothing more to it.

Marching off to Heathrow. I may be some time (don't try to rescue me, please - where I'm going in PNG you won't ever find me you know...)

Wild Speculation: The bold bit is a quote from Captain Oats of the Scott of the Antarctic Expedition who self-sacrificed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Oates#Last_words). The "don't try to rescue me..." part seems to say he is expecting to not return and to be missed by those he leave behind. I read it as saying: I am off, I won't be back. I wonder if he has had enough of the western life and wants to go to a place where he found much joy in the past.

Hope not, he's got a wife and kids.

 

[Epping]

I expected the tribe to have eaten him tbh.

probably sat with them and got addcted to a boxset on Netflix and then borrowed their phone and Hilux to get to an airfield

 

[The Exile]

Spotted alive and well apparently.

 

[ErichZann]

Leaving your 3 children with a good chance of making them lose there father................great bloke aye

 

[Epping]

Spotted alive and well apparently.

keep up at the back

Leaving your 3 children with a good chance of making them lose there father................great bloke aye

earnign a living isnt he.

some people are born with wanderlust in their genes

 

[MackemBob]

A colleague went to PNG a month ago and he was their guide for some of it, apparently a really nice bloke but a bit "out there". Reckons he was pushing it to be at the airstrip when he planned to be there anyway so he could just be running behind. Hopefully nothing more to it.



Hope not, he's got a wife and kids.

All’s well that ends well.

 

[Typhoonftm]

earnign a living isnt he.

some people are born with wanderlust in their genes

Better than sitting on the rock n roll, teaching your kids about white cider and how to fiddle the benefit system I suppose.

 

[Gideon Gungeon]

great news the swashbuckling bastard's on his way home mate, can't wait to be regaled with tales of his valiant quest in the media there

 

[The Exile]

keep up at the back

Sorry, took a while to get here.

 

[Jasper]

Tidied.

I'm getting too cynical but that was my first thought.

 

[b1gals]

Who's paying for this 'rescue' ?

 

[Nipple Salad]

When's the book coming out?

 

[Sneech]

Ate his own dog to survive

 

[lurker]

great news the swashbuckling bastard's on his way home mate, can't wait to be regaled with tales of his valiant quest in the media there

Killed a load of them mate, with venereal diseases there.

 

[Brian Griffin]

earnign a living isnt he.

some people are born with wanderlust in their genes

This.

You gotta do what you gotta do

Ate his own dog to survive

Proper blerk.

 

[Gideon Gungeon]

Killed a load of them mate, with venereal diseases there.

a swordsman of some repute iirc mate

 

[mux]

great news the swashbuckling bastard's on his way home mate, can't wait to be regaled with tales of his valiant quest in the media there

I've never said this mate but you've got an absolutely exceptional way with words there mate