Overview
- A 69-year-old German tourist, Gottfried Dieter Meyer, failed to return to his hotel on Thursday and has been missing in the Naturpark Fanes‑Sennes‑Prags since then.
- Rescuers resumed searches at first light and as of Sept. 19 roughly 30 mountain rescuers remain active in the park supported by firefighters with drones and search dogs.
- Teams are searching around popular sites including Pragser Wildsee and the Plätzwiese inside the roughly 25,400-hectare park, but they have found no concrete lead.
- Rescue leaders say dense fog, heavy cloud and the hiker’s unknown route are hampering efforts, and authorities are asking anyone with information to call the Landesnotrufzentrale Südtirol at 112.
- The operation underscores how large, rugged Alpine parks complicate searches and how mobile phone data or a civilian sighting can be decisive in finding missing hikers.