DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Warden Service are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Austrian man who has been visiting Maine.
Johannes Stummer, 25, last was seen about 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Big Moose Township in the Hartford Point area of Moosehead Lake just north of Greenville, Piscataquis County sheriff’s Lt. Robert Young said Wednesday in a news release.
Stummer arrived in the United States around March 1 and spent time in Vermont and then Canada before coming to Maine on March 12. He had been staying in the Big Moose area since March 18, according to Young.
Stummer is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds and has short blond hair.
He has been traveling on a black Suzuki 650 motorcycle bearing an Austrian license plate, wearing black clothing and a black motorcycle helmet.
Stummer was reported missing Friday by the staff at Moose Mountain Inn in Greenville, where he had been staying, after he did not return to his lodgings, Investigator Allen Emerson of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
Emerson said Stummer initially was reported missing to the warden service, which on Friday began ground and aerial searches of the area and has been looking ever since.
The case has been turned over to the county sheriff’s department, Emerson said.
Among the places that have been searched are a remote wooded area and Moosehead Lake, Emerson said.
“The lake’s not safe to go out on, so that’s a concern,” he said.
Emerson said investigators in Maine have uncovered some information about what brought Stummer to Maine.
After riding his motorcycle throughout Europe last year, Stummer this year planned to tour the United States, Emerson said. He said the missing man’s travel plans called for a trip to Mexico in May. Emerson said Stummer was traveling alone when he went missing.
Piscataquis County authorities were working with Interpol to locate and contact the missing man’s parents Wednesday afternoon.
Emerson said foul play is not suspected.
Anyone who has seen Stummer or who has information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office at 564-3304.
Sheissen !!
Doesnt sound good for the Visitor on his motorbike.
Glad the good folks up that way are keeping an eye out for him.
Does he speak English as well as Austrian ??
Perhaps the local ATV clubs can help look.
They know their way around the back woods.
Best of luck to all.
Speak Austrian? The official language of Austria is German.
Speak Austrian ?
I thought Obama said the Austrians speak Austrian.
http://www.gadling.com/2009/04/07/president-obama-thinks-austrian-is-a-language/
OK, forget Austrian.
Does the missing traveler speak English?
The searchers may understand him saying help , in English.
Cold night.
I hope he is OK.
Guess Obama took grammer lessons from the NEW- CLEAR Bush … LOL … Hope this gentleman is well and safe. I am sure the good citizens of Maine will be on the lookout for him.
German is Austria’s official language and is spoken natively by 88.6% of
the population—followed by Turkish (2.3%), Serbian (2.2%), Croatian
(1.6%), Hungarian (0.5%), Bosnian (0.4%) and Slovenian (0.3%).[8]
Hoping this man is found safe.
Please God, let this man be found.
A lot of people are doing the back roads on sports adventure bikes.Bmw gs,Kawasaki klr,Suzuki vstrom,ect.They do the job but it seems he might have misjudged the weather here.I just hope all works out ok for him and he can continue his dream.
what is going on here in Maine seems like everyday lately there is something on the news about someone missing. Hope he is found soon.
I just posted this article on the facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/228429040505808/ Hope he is found soon and safe.
Hope there are no new holes on the ice in Moosehead lake.
i hope hes found ok,doesn’t look like visitors make it when they come here no matter where they are from!
Hopefully he is found alive and unharmed. It is starting to seem like Maine is ‘the’ place to get lost or go missing.
I really admire this young mans lust for life and adventure. As a biker and a Mainer I stand by waiting to help, but I fear there is little any of us can do.
I lived in Greenville for a long time. This is no place for a bike until June at the earliest-The roads are full of slippery gravel. I have a bad feeling about this young fellow.