MailOnline's Nick Pisa reports from Greek island of Symi after a body is found in the search for missing Dr Michael Mosley.
READ MORE:Dr Michael Mosley's children desperately retraced his steps yesterday after he went missing on his holiday walk and tragically they were just 350ft away from where his body was eventually found.
Hopes were raised after a man matching his description was reported in similar clothes and Dr Bailey rushed to look at the footage, only to have her heart crushed when he wasn't her husband. Friends and volunteers in Symi, Greece, where a search and rescue operation has been under way for Dr Mosley Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Body found in search is Dr Michael Mosley, Greek police confirm - after Mail columnist went missing The body was found by a waiter at a nearby beach bar after being alerted by the mayor who spotted something 'unusual' from the seat. The body was found at Agia Marina around 30 minutes walk from Pedi where he was last seen.
He then called the beach restaurant and alerted staff who rushed over towards what he had seen with a group of British journalists who had remained behind. 'I was sent up there and as I turned the fence to go up I saw a glint from a watch and I then I saw the body at the same time.' His wife Dr Clare Bailey, 62, raised the alarm when he failed to return home by 7.30pm and local authorities began tracing his route overnight.
The medic was seen leaving Saint Nicholas beach towards the town of Pedi, via a rocky path with steep sections.Police believed Dr Mosley was likely hiking towards the town of Symi, due west of Pedi, but took a wrong turn and ended up on a 'dangerous' mountain path heading north. Read More Missing Dr Michael Mosley may have 'collapsed from heat exhaustion', Greek mayor claims Hopes were raised after a man matching his description and wearing the same clothes was spotted walking along the waterside at around 4.30pm on Wednesday with a woman.
He had left his phone at their friends' home, and when Dr Bailey and the couple returned to the property, they found that Dr Mosley had not returned and his mobile was where he left it. Mr Papakalodoukas added: 'The British broadcaster has come for holiday with his wife and is being hosted by a couple of their friends on our island. We know he had gone for a swim... but because he likes hiking and the area, he would walk back.
He married Clare Bailey in 1987, after meeting in medical school, and they had four children together. His sense of adventure and unquenchable scientific curiosity sometimes led him to put himself in danger by accident, although - as yet - there is no way of knowing if this irrepressible side to his character contributed in any way to his disappearance.
Then disaster struck. On a family holiday to Cornwall in 2021, he went out on a boat with his wife, Dr Clare Bailey — also a Daily Mail columnist — and decided to swim back to shore. The chilly Atlantic waters sent his nervous system into shock. Forced into starvation mode, the body starts burning its own fat to survive — so that excess calories pass through the system instead of turning to flab.
'That was a nasty shock,' he said, 'because my overweight dad had developed diabetes in his 50s and died of diabetes-related illnesses at the relatively young age of 74. I didn't want to go down the same path. 'This was revolutionary stuff,' he said, 'as most doctors believe type 2 diabetes is incurable and that the only way to treat it is with drugs.'
All this flew in the face of traditional advice, which was based on cutting out fats and carbohydrates, and restricting calorie intake without actually fasting. Long hours of wakefulness and a natural inclination to philosophy forced him to confront life's toughest questions.He sometimes talked to journalists with characteristic insouciance about death: 'I would like to die surfing or sky‑diving. I wouldn't mind falling off my bike and going under a bus either, something short and sharp — with apologies to the driver.
'I absolutely freaked,' he admitted. 'It obviously made good television because there was a lot of screaming.'
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