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Layton Keddy listed as a ‘missing person’ after eight-day Victorian trip without a phone signal
After turning his phone on after eight days of travelling without reception, Layton Keddy was shocked to see his face plastered all over social media and listed by Victoria Police as a missing person.
Key points:
- Victoria Police issued a missing persons alert for Layton Keddy
- A friend raised the alarm after calling Mr Keddy’s mother in Canada
- An avid bike rider, Mr Keddy was completing an off-the-grid high country ride
The intrepid Canadian traveller set off on a 330-kilometre bike trip from Marysville to Omeo in Victoria’s high country and told his family and friends he would be out of contact for the next two weeks.
“I told my colleague I wouldn’t be able to reply to his messages, but he just didn’t think it was possible to be travelling…
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