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Search for OAP missing overnight near Cruden Bay | Search for OAP missing overnight near Cruden Bay |
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Search operations are being carried out for a 78-year-old man missing in the Cruden Bay area of Aberdeenshire since Wednesday morning. | Search operations are being carried out for a 78-year-old man missing in the Cruden Bay area of Aberdeenshire since Wednesday morning. |
Ernest Mackie, from Ellon, was last seen near Cruden Bay golf club. | Ernest Mackie, from Ellon, was last seen near Cruden Bay golf club. |
A search - involving an RAF helicopter, Peterhead lifeboat, coastguard and police mountain rescue teams - has so far failed to find any trace of him. | A search - involving an RAF helicopter, Peterhead lifeboat, coastguard and police mountain rescue teams - has so far failed to find any trace of him. |
Grampian Police urged locals to check sheds, outbuildings, or any other place where Mr Mackie may have found shelter. | Grampian Police urged locals to check sheds, outbuildings, or any other place where Mr Mackie may have found shelter. |
Mr Mackie was described as 5ft 6ins to 5ft 7ins in height, of slim build with short grey hair. He was wearing a blue jacket, brown cord trousers and a flat cap. | Mr Mackie was described as 5ft 6ins to 5ft 7ins in height, of slim build with short grey hair. He was wearing a blue jacket, brown cord trousers and a flat cap. |
He was last seen at the golf club at about 10:40 on Wednesday. | He was last seen at the golf club at about 10:40 on Wednesday. |
A police spokesman said Mr Mackie's family had been kept fully up to date with the efforts to trace him and extensive searches would continue. |