Fears lacking teenager is attempting to relive the storyline of bestselling ebook Into the Wild after his household discovered a cryptic observe he left behind
- Samuel Thomson went lacking from his south-east Melbourne house on Feb 9
- His deserted automotive was discovered close to Swan Hill final Monday afternoon
- Mr Thomson, 19, left a observe about going 'walkabout' in a replica of Into The Wild
- The ebook tells the Nineteen Nineties story of ill-fated US adventurer Chris McCandless
- Mr Thomson was impressed by the ebook, his mom instructed reporters this week
A younger man lacking from Melbourne after going 'walkabout' could have been copying a US man who tried to stay off the grid within the Alaskan wilderness, after a cryptic observe was discovered inside certainly one of his books.
The household of Samuel Thomson, 19, haven't heard from him since he left his house at Lysterfield South in Melbourne's south-east on February 9.
Mr Thomson's household have descried his disappearance as 'out of character'.
Police stated he's carrying a Blue Pioneer mountain climbing pack, a sleeping bag, and a crimson and black tent.
'He's probably travelling on foot (or hitchhiking). His empty automotive has been positioned close to Swan Hill. However we don't know when it was left there,' Mr Thomson's mom Elizabeth posted to Fb.
She instructed reporters she was involved after discovering a observe inside Samuel's copy of Into The Wild, a 1996 ebook by Jon Krakauer that tells the story of US adventurer Chris McCandless, who perished after dwelling 'off the grid' for 113 days within the Alaskan wilderness in 1992.
McCandless's story was later become a film in 2007 by actor Sean Penn.
'He was taken by the story of the ebook when he purchased it and browse it a yr in the past. That prompted us nice concern,' Ms Thomson instructed reporters.
She stated her son's observe stated he was going 'walkabout' and would quickly return house.
Ms Thomson stated she final spoke to her son on the night time of February 9 after he returned house from a trivia night time with associates.
'I heard him in his room the subsequent morning early and he had instructed me he was going tenting that day. I went to work and didn't suppose anything about it,' she stated.
Mr Thomson's Nissan Navara was discovered deserted subsequent to the Murray River close to Swan Hill final Monday afternoon.
The final sighting of him was on February 11 when he was picked up by a pair whereas hitchhiking.
'He camped out of their yard in his tent they usually have then taken him to Nyah which is 10km north west of the Swan Hill space,' Senior Constable Imogen Brill instructed reporters.
Mr Thomson talked about he could also be heading in the direction of Mildura.
Anybody who could have seen Mr Thomson is requested to contact Narre Warren or Swan Hill police instantly.
'We're conscious of the ending of that ebook and it does play into our issues, however that's not essentially the rationale we're looking for him,' Snr Cnst Brill stated.
Adventurer McCandless travelled throughout North America in 1990 after leaving college within the US state of Georgia.
He ultimately hitchiked as much as Alaska and trekked down the Stampede Path with restricted provides or tools, planning to stay off the land.
McCandless discovered an deserted bus within the wilderness through which he lived and the place his physique - weighing simply 30kg - was discovered by a gaggle of hunters in September 1992.
His reason behind dying was dominated as hunger.