Brit grandad, 73, vanishes on Greek island making ‘almost impossible’ visit to mountain monastery after chat with mystery couple

A BRITISH grandad has vanished on a Greek island after chatting with a mystery couple during his “almost impossible” trip to a mountain monastery.

John Tossell, 73, set off to walk the monastery on Mount Skopos in Zante – but has still not returned a week later.

Greek emergency services have been searching for him but no trace has been found.

His family in Bridgend, South Wales, are hoping to track down a couple who spoke to him on the day he went missing.

The last confirmed sighting of John was at a cafe near the monastery around 3pm on the day he went missing on June 17.

He spoke to a lady who was aged between 45 and 55 with shoulder-length blonde hair and her partner.

A family member said: “We need to try and find this couple but we are also appealing for information from anyone that potentially may have seen him on his walk back down the mountain, but might now have flown home.”

A police helicopter has been searching the area, and members of the fire service, port authorities and special disaster response unit have been involved in the search.

He was wearing a khaki hat, a light blue T-shirt and beige knee length shorts.

The terrain in the search area is described as being very rugged and almost impossible by foot.

Anyone with information can call the local emergency number in Greece is 100 or 112 and anybody in the UK can call the British Embassy on 0207 008 1500 or British police on 101.