Susan Hornby, 76, went missing for 30 hours while on a walk in Tenerife, but was found in a ravine and treated in hospital, according to an update from her family
A 76-year-old pensioner vanished while on a solo hike in Tenerife, only to be found in a ravine 30 hours later. Susan Hornby was airlifted to safety after she was found alive, but dehydrated.
The alarm was first raised after she wasn’t heard from since early the previous morning after going on a walk that normally takes around three hours. Her sister in law posted a message online, and wrote: “My sister-in-law’s mother, Susan Hornby, aged 76, has gone missing in Tenerife after a walk on her own.
“She was wearing a red coat and a white hat. We have contacted the police but the language barrier is difficult.” Luckily, she was located, and was treated in hospital, as trported by The Sun. Lisa later wrote: “She was found in a ravine and has been airlifted to hospital.
“Thank you for your help and service. What a wonderful group of people—my faith in humanity has been well and truly restored.”
She added: “Just to clarify – she went off on a walk alone and then became unwell. She did have Find My iPhone enabled on her phone. Please tell your friends and relatives to always enable this if they can, just to be safe.”
It comes after a Brit holidaymaker from who vanished while on a walk in South Africa is feared to have been murdered for her body parts to be used in witchcraft.
Lorna McSorley, 71, went missing five days into a package holiday at the end of September while on a solo walk in Mkhuze in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province – and hasn’t been seen since. Four months later, detectives in northern KwaZulu-Natal have admitted they have no fresh leads.
However, accounts from local farmers, officials and experts around Mkhuze suggest the chilling possibility that Lorna from Devon was likely killed so her body parts could be harvested for “muti” – a form of witchcraft believed by some to bring strength and wealth, as reported by The Sun.
Jacob Sabelo Ntshangase, a Zulu culture and language specialist who grew up in the region, told The Times that body parts from white people or those with albinism were believed by some to bring strength and wealth, reports Devon Live.
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