??!! Amnesia and Job-Related Stress: The Michael Schreck Mystery Thickens
posted by on June 1 at 8:58 AM
In this week’s Last Days, I devote a few hundred words to the saga of Michael Schreck, the Issaquah man who disappared after going jogging on Cougar Mountain, setting off a massive and fruitless search before turning up three days later at home without a scratch on him.
At the time of his reappearance, Schreck attributed his disappearance to a fall from a trail that left him unconscious in a ravine for three days; Schreck reportedly fought off hypothermia by covering himself wtih leaves and branches.
The whole thing stinks with unanswered questions, from “What kind of fall knocks someone unconscious for three days but leaves no visible bumps, scrapes, or bruises?” to “How did Schreck manage to fend off hypothermia by covering himself with leaves and branches if he was unconscious?” and beyond.
Today Q13 helps the mystery thicken, reporting on the two letters written by Michael Schreck and his wife to King County rescuers (who spent a rainy weekend scouring Cougar Mountain in vain).
Emily Schreck wrote that her husband has been diagnosed with amnesia since his mystery run on Cougar Mountain two weeks ago.Michael Schreck blames his four-day disappearance on job-related stress and says he hit his head and went unconscious during that time.
Uh, what the fuck? What part does “job-related stress” play in rendering someone unconscious in a ravine for three days? And if Schreck is suffering from amnesia, where did all the details of his miraculous return—his memories of coming to, hauling himself out of the ravine, keeping himself alive with muddy creek water, etc—come from?
My guess: “Job-related stress” is what drove Michael Schreck to do whatever he actually did for those four days, and “amnesia” is how he wants to get out of explaining it now.
But whatever. As Q13 reports:
[The Schrecks’] notes offer their thanks to the searchers. They also offer a one-thousand dollar donation. King County Search and Rescue accepted the one-thousand dollar donation, but is declining to lend Emily Schreck a guide to find where her husband says he collapsed.Deputies say the case is over and there’s no sense diverting a rescuer to find a spot Michael Schreck might not remember.
As ever, stay tuned.
one of the local news shows last night was reporting it as a one HUNDRED thousand dollar donation, which made this new development seem really disturbing. one thousand makes a lot more sense, phew!
Drug fueled binge
or
Felony
My money is on a combination of the two.
I'm going with the mistress, las vegas theory.
I'm with ky...
Smoking meth and banging a male prostitute.
I hope he had a fabulous time!
Raft. Of. Fucking. Crap.
I hope he came clean with his wife, at least. And I hope if I ever try to pull some ridiculous shit like this, someone slaps me.
I saw that on Q13 news last night. They also mentioned something about his letter being accidentailly dated March instead of May, as a sort of hint at this being something he'd planned ahead of time. The wife didn't want to comment much and Michael didn't return the reporter's calls. Fishy, indeed!
I'd say the wife wants to see where he was cuz she's not buying his bullshit either. Maybe she thinks he was shacked up with a stripper for the weekend, or something.
I vote mistress.
I think the March/May thing was an accident, I don't believe he really wrote it in March.
Everyone knows he wasn't really in that ravine, his story doesn't add up. It doesn't sound like he's told his wife the truth though, she's asking for a guide to find where he collapsed? She wants to believe him, and it's a lot harder to call bullshit when it's someone you love feeding you a big lie.
I agree with both of Kristi's points.
The event thus far seems suspicious, but there is a slim chance he experienced an episode of "transient global amnesia," which does happen to people under mental and/or physical stress. The sufferer really doesn't remember what happened, and may ask the same questions repeatedly, with increasing anxiety.
Fuck these excuses. Stress, work, blah, blah, blah. It's very possible this dude had - at least what we used to call - a hard core freak out.
Anxiety is a generalization for a million different things these days, but it can be a REAL bitch. I've seen it happen. My good friend's father jumped their second floor living room window, like through the glass, doesn't remember a bit of it, or the week or so surrounding it. This stuff happens.
Sucks that searchers occasionally put there lives on the line when a missing person might not be missing in the way they think, but that's how it goes.
Now, if was of sound mind and body, and was aware people were looking for him but he chose not to pipe up - then this guy needs to hold a town meeting and be publicy humiliated.. I mean appologize.
Oh, I guess I was agreeing with #12, only with typos and curse words.
Yep, all the excuses sound pathetic... I especially feel bad for the wife... I agree with what #10 said-- she probably desperately wants to believe him, but is having a hard time doing so. It's no surprise that Search and Rescue is declining to lend her a guide. I imagine they have their own opinions on Michael Schreck, and they are probably glad they didn't waste any MORE money or resources on him. I bet they spent a hell of a lot more than a thousand bucks on helicopters and horses and dogs and people and everything else.
This attention whore needs to fess up.
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