A man was hired to pick berries in Salla, Lapland, Finland. He later called his employer to report an unknown weird creature that was following him. There was no further contact or trace of the victim.
"Hey, Lon. I thought you might be interested in this mysterious account. Back in mid-2014, a Thai man working in Salla, Lapland, Finland as a berry picker was waiting for a lift back to his apartment. He called his contact and during this conversation, he stated, "Something weird is following me, it's like a dog or something." After this, despite being afraid of the weird creature, he hung up and immediately his cell phone was switched off either because he ran out of battery or he turned it off.
After this, the man disappeared without a trace. Police stated they haven't found any tracks whatsoever from the area he disappeared from, human or animal-like. Despite this happening, police announced a few weeks later that they were stopping all efforts to find the man except by starting an "official investigation?" The man in charge of the operation first made a statement that this is a total mystery but later stated that it is an animal attack and nothing else, almost wanting everyone to lose their attention to the story and calling back all the search parties from the area. The parties were mainly made up of Finnish military and police personnel and just a few of co-workers were allowed to contribute to the search despite knowing the man and speaking his language.
Later they were all called back to work and for the last few days, it seems to have been strictly a military/police operation. They found a berry bucket and intact clothes identified as belonging to the man at the scene but the police quickly announced that they had been brought there by the man's co-workers which seems a bit odd. Why didn't they just hand them over to officials instead of taking them into the deep forest and just leaving them there? They found no trace of the man, no blood, no tracks, nothing. No one has any clue what could have happened to the man.
The particular area has some bears and wolves but bears usually tend to avoid humans instead of following them and wolves hunt in packs. So what was this weird creature he saw and why did he hang up the phone call despite being afraid of this creature? The only specs of this creature are "a large, dog-like dark animal." There is no information on whether it was bipedal or not.
The Finland national broadcast network YLE (then owned by the Finnish state with a 99.98% share) has removed all stories related to the case from its website. Finnish media have been very quiet about this except for tabloids which are rather strange because our country is so small that even small events make it to national news.
Now this could be just an animal attack but it's really a strange one if it is. For example, ending the phone call to his Finnish contact person who is from the area and is familiar with the local fauna, and the heavy military presence, removing the information from the news, and ending the search in just a few days. Also, the description of the creature does not make any sense, or the lack of tracks. The only logical options for a large dark creature in that area are a bear and maybe a moose and as I stated before bears don't attack people often. I personally can't remember any cases. In all the cases involving bears, the bear stumbled upon someone and then left the scene very quickly.
If there is any more information or possible remains or tracks found, I will let you know." V
NOTE: In a recent update, the missing man, or any trace of him, has never been found. Here is an interesting site that details the wild berries & mushrooms found in the boreal forests of Finland. Any thoughts? Lon
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