In the news article
@ZaZara mention from Saltenposten.no some one states that she may have seen him the 21. august at Fauske. It was a man with ponytail, remarkable face and outdoor clothing (dark top/jacket) and a bag at a grocery store early daytime. The police have talked with one of the conductors at the train to Rognan they think he took. They have searched the cabin close to where his kayak and other objects where found. The ping is done at the base station in Fauske area about 10.00 the evening of 20. august. The area includes the place where his kayak was found and the cabin is.
The newspaper states that it was a leather bag with his ID and some change who was found ca. 50 meter from land. The police still search the information about the cargo ship, although the ship went straight to Bremen. And because of the strict norwegian laws about filming in shops etc., it is too late see them now ( the films is only accessable for 7 days.). So the last confirmed sight of him is at the hotel reception 20.august.
In an.no the police states that of of the main questions is where the rest of his luggage is? IF he went out in the kayak from Rognan took he with him everything? Or is it stored somewhere else? Police is not sure the kayak was in the two big bags he had with him when he checked out of the hotel. And the cargo ship was too far away from Vikeså that the mobil would ping there if he where on the ship. The Dutch police officers travelled back to Netherlands today, but they will still cooperate and search in both countries.
About that leather bag with the ID that was found. I read some tweets from Tarjei Abelsen who made the picture that goes with the article. Is he a reporter? His twitterbio says
researcher well, aren't we all? However, IMHO he may well be a reporter, or connected with the newpaper for research.
This is what he tells on twitter, in reply to questions:
Tarjei Abelsen on Twitter
I have published it(link, but not open):
leather case for belt with two pockets, one with Norwegian money and second with ID: name and picture. Not know exactly What document it was.
Tarjei Abelsen on Twitter
Would be interesting to know indeed. They dont even want to confirm officially that they found his ID, but
I talked to the fisherman that found it.
Local guy found it because of still ocean. It was floating deep, and he fished it up with a net. Opened it and saw immediatly who it was and called the police. They asked him to jump into land and wait for them. The same night they find the kayak when searching the area.
using boat and he think he saw it only because it came withe the strong current, close to his boat. most likely not visible from land, this was 50-100 meters from land.
BBM
This was a lucky find indeed .....
I wonder, if the case came with the strong current, why would LE search the bushes near where the kayak was found? If there is a strong current, the place where the kayak and the paddle where found is per definition not the starting point.
This is one of many brainscratch questions that I have. I have a feeling that the timing does not add up. If a wallet is floating near point X on day Y, it must have come from somewhere. The current has a certain speed.
Assuming that the wallet was still in possession of Arjen Kamphuis on August 20 and knowing that the wallet was found near Kvænflåget on September 12, what distance might it have covered between August 20 en September 12 based on the speed of the current?
I really wonder if it would take over 3 weeks from Rognan to Kvænflåget with a strong current.
