Post by Connor Langille on Jan 9, 2023 22:25:35 GMT
Ran out of title space. Any way I already shared this to r/LostMedia (like 20 minutes ago and I can prove i'm the same person if need be) but if allowed i'm going to share this post (copy and paste the writing) here as well since this piece of lost media although it is not in English and falls into the "Existence Unconfirmed" category is being treated as real by police and if it is real and found it could help solve a 30-year-old John Doe case. This is also my first post on the forums
As this sub is not a true crime forum I will give a brief rundown of the context before getting to the lost media part. On September 12, 1992, hunters discovered the skeleton remains of a man in Norway's Hardangervidda national park. Based on his inadequate clothing, belongings and lack of any signs of violence on his person the police believed that he likely died of exposure sometime in 1991. The doe was named "Teddybjørn-mannen" based on an old but well-cared-for Teddy Bear found in his possession. A majority of his belongings such as clothing and food came from Germany which is where the lost media aspect comes into play.
In 2022 a Norwegian tv show called Åsted Norge aired an episode about the Teddybjørn-mannen and made sure to point out how he was likely a German national and even reached out to German authorities. This resulted in a man coming forward to tell the police about a potential lead.
Assuming the tipster isn't lying (which the police and media don't seem to believe) the tipster back in 1998 recalled watching an episode of a German talk show called Fliege where a female guest talked about her son who went missing while vaccinating in Norway not that many years before the episode aired. The tip was given to German authorities and the studio that made the show but this didn't turn out as the TV Station (named Bayerischer Rundfunk) couldn't find any records of the episode and Filege's host Jürgen Fliege was unable to recollect having ever had such a guest on his show.
In spite of this the police consider this to still be their best lead in nearly 30 years and theorize that the tipster either confused Fliege with a different show or that the records were lost and that Jürgen had simply forgotten about the guest. The woman being interviewed has never come forward although she may have passed away in the 24-31 years since appearing as a guest.
So to recap there is a piece of lost media from Germany that could help identify a man who has remained nameless for 30 years if found. The lost media in question if it exists is an episode of a talk/news/crime show that aired in Germany sometime in the 90s where a woman informs the public about her son who went missing in Norway not that long before the episode aired. Assuming this piece of hypothetical lost media actually exists it could give a man's family the closure they've been seeking if anyone is able to find it.
Native Germans or anyone who speaks German would be great assets for any search efforts. Are there any German users of the forums who remember seeing such a thing?
Sources
www.bild.de/news/ausland/news-ausland/deutscher-in-norwegen-gefunden-die-geheimnisse-des-teddybaer-mannes-81895592.bild.html
unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Teddybj%C3%B8rn-mannen
As this sub is not a true crime forum I will give a brief rundown of the context before getting to the lost media part. On September 12, 1992, hunters discovered the skeleton remains of a man in Norway's Hardangervidda national park. Based on his inadequate clothing, belongings and lack of any signs of violence on his person the police believed that he likely died of exposure sometime in 1991. The doe was named "Teddybjørn-mannen" based on an old but well-cared-for Teddy Bear found in his possession. A majority of his belongings such as clothing and food came from Germany which is where the lost media aspect comes into play.
In 2022 a Norwegian tv show called Åsted Norge aired an episode about the Teddybjørn-mannen and made sure to point out how he was likely a German national and even reached out to German authorities. This resulted in a man coming forward to tell the police about a potential lead.
Assuming the tipster isn't lying (which the police and media don't seem to believe) the tipster back in 1998 recalled watching an episode of a German talk show called Fliege where a female guest talked about her son who went missing while vaccinating in Norway not that many years before the episode aired. The tip was given to German authorities and the studio that made the show but this didn't turn out as the TV Station (named Bayerischer Rundfunk) couldn't find any records of the episode and Filege's host Jürgen Fliege was unable to recollect having ever had such a guest on his show.
In spite of this the police consider this to still be their best lead in nearly 30 years and theorize that the tipster either confused Fliege with a different show or that the records were lost and that Jürgen had simply forgotten about the guest. The woman being interviewed has never come forward although she may have passed away in the 24-31 years since appearing as a guest.
So to recap there is a piece of lost media from Germany that could help identify a man who has remained nameless for 30 years if found. The lost media in question if it exists is an episode of a talk/news/crime show that aired in Germany sometime in the 90s where a woman informs the public about her son who went missing in Norway not that long before the episode aired. Assuming this piece of hypothetical lost media actually exists it could give a man's family the closure they've been seeking if anyone is able to find it.
Native Germans or anyone who speaks German would be great assets for any search efforts. Are there any German users of the forums who remember seeing such a thing?
Sources
www.bild.de/news/ausland/news-ausland/deutscher-in-norwegen-gefunden-die-geheimnisse-des-teddybaer-mannes-81895592.bild.html
unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Teddybj%C3%B8rn-mannen
