A YOUNG angler is feared dead after disappearing during gales near a loch where four men drowned four years ago.
A YOUNG angler is feared dead after disappearing during gales near a loch where four men drowned four years ago.
MISSING: Michael Pringle was last seen walking on the A85 in the early hours in extremely windy conditions.
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Moira Kerr
Oban Coastguard stood down its search yesterday afternoon for Michael Pringle, 25, of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, after he failed to return to his camp on the shores of Loch Awe, Argyll, on Sunday morning.
Although police and mountain rescue team members continued the search into the night, a coastguard official said the missing man's prospects of having survived the cold for a second night were "not looking good".
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