Prospector says Dezi Freeman could survive for 'a year or more' if he is hiding in an abandoned mine
Victoria's Mount Buffalo National Park has officially reopened after an extensive, eight-week manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.
Freeman has vanished without a trace, with a new police taskforce, Taskforce Summit, established as the search continues in the Great Alpine area.
One of the many theories police have been working on is that Freeman escaped into an abandoned mine in the mountains surrounding Porepunkah.
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Victoria's Mount Buffalo National Park has officially reopened after an extensive, eight week manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman. A Current Affair
Darren Kamp, prospector from Gold and Relics Gold Prospecting Adventures, says some of these mines are kilometres long.
"They can go in 500 metres, and then there'll be a shaft, and then it might go another 500 metres to the left or to the right, it could be five km of tunnels underground," he told A Current Affair.
Kamp says searching through them all would be an incredible feat, as many are dangerous and at risk of collapse.
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Kamp says searching through all the mines would be an incredible feat, as many are dangerous and at risk of collapse. Aussie Bushwhacker Adventures
"In some gold areas, there'd be hundreds of tunnels and then 1000s of shafts, and some of them are very deep, very deep. And searching all of those, it's a mammoth task," he said.
According to Kamp, who has been exploring mines and prospecting for over 50 years, someone could survive for a long time in one of these tunnels, with flowing water and air flow prominent in many.
"If you're prepared, you can live underground for probably a year or more," he said.
Anyone with information on Freeman should report it to Crime Stoppers Victoria on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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