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The family of a tourist who has been missing in the Swiss Alps for five days say they are enduring a "nightmare". | The family of a tourist who has been missing in the Swiss Alps for five days say they are enduring a "nightmare". |
Myles Robinson, 23, disappeared after leaving the Blue Monkey bar in Wengen to take a friend to her hotel just after 0200 GMT on Tuesday. | Myles Robinson, 23, disappeared after leaving the Blue Monkey bar in Wengen to take a friend to her hotel just after 0200 GMT on Tuesday. |
Mr Robinson had been staying at the Hotel Eiger with his family, from London, a few hundred metres away. | Mr Robinson had been staying at the Hotel Eiger with his family, from London, a few hundred metres away. |
"There's no news at all. We are just so confused that he has just vanished into thin air," his mother Sarah said. | "There's no news at all. We are just so confused that he has just vanished into thin air," his mother Sarah said. |
"We can't think of any reason why, we just don't know. It's all a bit of a nightmare. | "We can't think of any reason why, we just don't know. It's all a bit of a nightmare. |
"Christmas hasn't occurred in our lives this year; we just live one day at a time and we just do the best we can." | "Christmas hasn't occurred in our lives this year; we just live one day at a time and we just do the best we can." |
Locals said it was a clear night when Mr Robinson went missing | Locals said it was a clear night when Mr Robinson went missing |
Posters have been put up around the town in an attempt to find Mr Robinson and DNA samples have been taken from his parents for identification purposes. | Posters have been put up around the town in an attempt to find Mr Robinson and DNA samples have been taken from his parents for identification purposes. |
The Swiss army has been involved in the search, using helicopters, sniffer dogs and infra-red cameras. | The Swiss army has been involved in the search, using helicopters, sniffer dogs and infra-red cameras. |
Mr Robinson was wearing jeans, a white shirt, dark jumper and jacket when he was last seen. | Mr Robinson was wearing jeans, a white shirt, dark jumper and jacket when he was last seen. |
He and his family have been visiting the resort for 15 years, and his girlfriend was due to fly out to spend new year with them. | He and his family have been visiting the resort for 15 years, and his girlfriend was due to fly out to spend new year with them. |
His father, Michael, of Wandsworth, said: "The police have been very good. We've had an hour's session with them at our hotel. They have completely searched the hotel we're staying at, they had a sniffer dog here for the third time. | |
"We had a TV interview that went out yesterday and there are posters all around, we are literally trying everything we can." | "We had a TV interview that went out yesterday and there are posters all around, we are literally trying everything we can." |