Body found on Finisterre beach

[Bradypus]

A local TV website has reported that two pilgrims have found the body of a man on a beach near Finisterre. The man is believed to have been a pilgrim and to have been dead for several days.

Encontran o corpo sen vida dun peregrino na Ruta dos Faros en Fisterra | CRTVG

Dous peregrinos atoparon o corpo sen vida dun home no Camiño, á altura da praia de Arnela, en Fis...

www.crtvg.es

 

[Tincatinker]

Buen Camino Peregrino.

 

[wayfarer]

Very sad news. Rest in Peace.

 

[trecile]

 

[Anniesantiago]

RIP

 

[Former member 49149]

Too sad. Too sad.

 

[Tassie Kaz]

A local TV website has reported that two pilgrims have found the body of a man on a beach near Finisterre. The man is believed to have been a pilgrim and to have been dead for several days.

Encontran o corpo sen vida dun peregrino na Ruta dos Faros en Fisterra | CRTVG

Dous peregrinos atoparon o corpo sen vida dun home no Camiño, á altura da praia de Arnela, en Fis...

www.crtvg.es

Oh dear... how sad.
Also spare a thought for those who made the awful discovery...

 

[natefaith]

How terrible
RIP peregrino.

 

[SYates]

May Santiago welcome him in the eternal albergue and may his family and friends be consoled.

BC peregrino, SY

 

[Kanga]

A sad end. I hope they identify him quickly and can notify his family. My sympathy to them.

 

[Bradypus]

A more recent report states that a rucksack was found beside the body but no identifying documents. The man appears to have been about 50 years old. Police are now searching through reports of missing persons to try to identify him.

Aparece en Fisterra el cuerpo sin vida de un peregrino en avanzado estado de descomposición

Dos personas que iban por O Camiño dos Faros localizaron el cuerpo de un hombre, de unos 50 años de edad

www.lavozdegalicia.es

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I find it rather odd that if a rucksack was found near the man that there was nothing to identify him inside, such as a credential with his name on it and possibly a passport.
However, there was a recent thread with a link to an article about pilgrims settling in Finesterre and some wandering the area indefinately. Possibly he was one such fellow...just a thought.

 

[nycwalking]

Well,

Pilgrim or not this journey’s way is over for him.

May he rest-in-peace.

 

[SYates]

I find it rather odd that if a rucksack was found near the man that there was nothing to identify him inside, such as a credential with his name on it and possibly a passport.
...

The credential would have been washed out by the water ...
BC SY

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The credential would have been washed out by the water ...
BC SY

I always keep mine in a small waterproof ziplock bag confined in my backpack.

 

[barnettstakeagiantstep]

A local TV website has reported that two pilgrims have found the body of a man on a beach near Finisterre. The man is believed to have been a pilgrim and to have been dead for several days.

Encontran o corpo sen vida dun peregrino na Ruta dos Faros en Fisterra | CRTVG

Dous peregrinos atoparon o corpo sen vida dun home no Camiño, á altura da praia de Arnela, en Fis...

www.crtvg.es

RIP pilgrim

 

[Anik2001]

Sad news... may he rest in peace.

 

[Robert B.]

RIP pilgrim.

 

[Sue127]

Sad news... may he rest in peace.

So sad. May he be at peace.

 

[bobbogram]

I presume he‘s made it to his desired final destination successfully. With so many family and friends’s passing during this past decade, there are far worse circumstances and locations to meet your end. RIP

 

[peregrina2000]

This is such sad news. I had originally thought this was the beach that has claimed the lives of several peregrinos, the Playa de Fora, which is very close to Finisterre. But this is a different beach, Playa Arnela, about 5 km north and on the coast. The article says this is on the Camino dos Faros (the Lighthouse camino) which goes all along the coast from Malpica to Finisterre. The tidal surges on these beaches are apparently totally unpredictable, and I hope that pilgrims will be careful before they take a celebratory plunge. Of course, we do not know what caused this man‘s death, and I am not pointing fingers, just sounding the alarm for others.

 

[SYates]

This is such sad news. I had originally thought this was the beach that has claimed the lives of several peregrinos, the Playa de Fora, which is very close to Finisterre. But this is a different beach, Playa Arnela, about 5 km north and on the coast. The article says this is on the Camino dos Faros (the Lighthouse camino) which goes all along the coast from Malpica to Finisterre. The tidal surges on these beaches are apparently totally unpredictable, and I hope that pilgrims will be careful before they take a celebratory plunge. Of course, we do not know what caused this man‘s death, and I am not pointing fingers, just sounding the alarm for others.

As his backpack was found close to him, there is sadly also a chance that he slipped and fell of into the water. The Camino de los Faros is not for the faint-hearted as friends who have walked it told me.
BC SY

 

[Cariad]

A local TV website has reported that two pilgrims have found the body of a man on a beach near Finisterre. The man is believed to have been a pilgrim and to have been dead for several days.

Encontran o corpo sen vida dun peregrino na Ruta dos Faros en Fisterra | CRTVG

Dous peregrinos atoparon o corpo sen vida dun home no Camiño, á altura da praia de Arnela, en Fis...

www.crtvg.es

This is such sad news. I had originally thought this was the beach that has claimed the lives of several peregrinos, the Playa de Fora, which is very close to Finisterre. But this is a different beach, Playa Arnela, about 5 km north and on the coast. The article says this is on the Camino dos Faros (the Lighthouse camino) which goes all along the coast from Malpica to Finisterre. The tidal surges on these beaches are apparently totally unpredictable, and I hope that pilgrims will be careful before they take a celebratory plunge. Of course, we do not know what caused this man‘s death, and I am not pointing fingers, just sounding the alarm for others.

rest in peace friend. Buen Camino

 

[Jeanne from Washington]

 

[RodlaRob]

Yes this is so sad. My thoughts to the family. No papers? Ziplock bags probably not a priority here.
Too many times we see an early end to lives that we think have much more to live.... but the maybe the end is such a relief ...and a peaceful choice. Rip .

 

[Carol06]

So sad for his family, but if it were me I would be thinking "what a way to go".... at the end of a wonderful and meaningful walk.

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

Buen Camino, Prergrino! Hasta el final, y más allá!

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

Hopefully he found his way to the big parador in the sky...

 

[Shaun Gudgeon]

Rip

 

[willydp]

Terrible news indeed
RIP Peregrino

 

[doctorherman]

I'd imagine the water is rather choppy and hiemal at this time. RIP

 

[Lucy Keenan]

As his backpack was found close to him, there is sadly also a chance that he slipped and fell of into the water. The Camino de los Faros is not for the faint-hearted as friends who have walked it told me.
BC SY

Just as a matter of interest, what have your friends who walked the Camino de Faros said? I was interested in doing it myself, but any info would be greatly received.

 

[SYates]

Just as a matter of interest, what have your friends who walked the Camino de Faros said? I was interested in doing it myself, but any info would be greatly received.

You might ask this question in a new thread (or the mods could cut your post out of this one and start it for you) but in short: They showed me photos that showed that parts of this route is not one for the vertigo-challenged like me.
BC SY

 

[notion900]

parts of this route is not one for the vertigo-challenged

And the weather has been very hazardously windy here in Europe these last days (storm Ciara). Sounds like a horrible accident. Hope he can be identified soon.

 

[Lucy Keenan]

You might ask this question in a new thread (or the mods could cut your post out of this one and start it for you) but in short: They showed me photos that showed that parts of this route is not one for the vertigo-challenged like me.
BC SY

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend. And thank you SY