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This incident occurred in November 2025. We're only posting it now because we missed it at the time.
The body of a missing 31-year-old Polish tourist has been found on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Authorities confirmed the
man from Poznań was discovered on Sunday in a steep, wooded area about 500 meters from a hiking trail near Levada dos Tornos in northern Madeira.
Police said the location was "difficult to access." The man had been missing since November 2 after setting out alone toward Pico Ruivo, the island's highest peak at 1,862 meters.
Five Portuguese security agencies took part in the week-long search, which was hampered by
poor weather and rough terrain.
Later, the services said that there was
no evidence of third-party involvement in the man's death, adding that he died as a result of a tragic accident.
The case adds to a pattern of disappearances in Madeira's mountains.
In the past five years, four young foreign hikers have disappeared without a trace - three of whom vanished between 2020 and 2021 - on the island's trails, Portuguese news outlet Noticias ao Minuto reported.
One of those missing was Polish
ultramarathon runner Michał Kozek, who vanished while on holiday with his family in 2021.
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