Missing man hoax appeals for ‘Walter Peters’ recirculate with different photo

Multiple posts on Facebook are sharing a hoax appeal for a missing man with dementia. The posts appear in community groups around the world.

One post, for instance, appears in a buy-and-sell Facebook group for Twydall in Kent, and has over 1,000 shares. It says: “FLOOD YOUR FEEDS ~ MISSING!! In #twydall Our Dad, Walter Peters aged 73 drove out last night with his dog Cami and he still hasn’t returned. He doesn’t know where he’s going, he has dementia. There is a silver alert activated on him. Please help bump this post so we can get him home safely”. 

Almost identical posts appear in groups for Malvern and Stourport in Worcestershire and Lismore in Scotland.

Other versions can also be found in groups abroad, including Samoa, Dartmouth in Nova Scotia in Canada,