Story 1. The Mystery of the High Country

Over the last decade, the Australian state of Victoria has been the scene of multiple unexplained disappearances.

What is happening to the people who vanish into this region's isolated rural areas, and

could a mysterious figure potentially hold the key to uncovering their fates.

This week we explore the mystery of the High Country. I'm going to be. And then. And the For six days now, the photographer had been cautiously circling the area identified to him by local residents as the place where he would find the mysterious individual he was looking for.

In all that time, despite having captured some of the park's most attractive wildlife on camera,

there was still no trace of the so-called Buttonman.

For years, he had heard tales of this aging wonderer who haunted the trails and

pathways of Victoria's Alpine National Park. Some described him as quiet and benign. Others reported that he was a somewhat difficult

and confrontational character. All the witnesses were in agreement, however, that this enigmatic Bushman's tracking skills were far in advance of anyone else they had ever encountered.

He reportedly moved with the speed and agility far greater than any man of his advancing years, emerging from

thick scrubland which no other hunter would even consider attempting to penetrate before

disappearing back the way he had come.

Despite not having managed to locate this nomadic figure,

the photographer had managed to uncover signs of his movements.

On occasion, he had taken pictures of small piles of pebbles which had been placed alongside tracks to show if anyone had passed. Other times he had encountered snares and the remnants of deer antlers that had been sliced down

into buttons or small items of jewellery. Having ultimately failed in his quest, jewelry.

Having ultimately failed in his quest, the photographer settled down for one last night in the park,

packing away his equipment in readiness for an early departure the following morning.

When he rose the next day, it was only as he began to collect his belongings that he noticed

someone else had apparently trespassed inside the boundaries of his camp during the previous evening.

Several items of food had been removed from the bags and containers they had been stored in,

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