Missing Person – Pants

A pair of pants belonging to an OBOB member has been found by coastguards on a Cornish beach.

After extensive DNA testing, forensic experts identified the owner of the pants as Pete Nottingham.  Nottingham, 42, was reported missing by his employer who had telephoned his wife at their Cotswold home after he failed to arrive for work on Monday morning.  The silver Audi A4 estate that Nottingham had borrowed, which was booked out for a test drive that afternoon, has also disappeared.

Pete Nottingham practising in a Jacuzzi

Neighbour Scott Norman, unemployed, was staying at the same holiday cottages as Nottingham in Cornwall with his wife and six children.  Norman said that Nottingham’s behaviour became increasingly bizarre during his two week stay.  To begin with he noticed nothing out of character, but became concerned when Nottingham arrived home late one evening wearing a beaded necklace, hair extensions and a Billabong wet suit.  When he approached Nottingham to ask if anything was wrong, he was told to “chill out dude and hang loose”.  Later in the week, Mrs. Norman noticed that her lemon juice and hair wax were missing, coinciding with the appearance of blonde streaks in Nottingham’s unkempt hair.

Scott Norman ‘ increasingly bizarre’

The case bears remarkable similarities to the 1976 hit TV series, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, in which Leonard Rossiter played a disenchanted employee who faked suicide to escape his mundane job at Sunshine Desserts.  It is believed that Nottingham had similar misgivings regarding car sales and empathised with Rossiter, remembering him as a childhood role model.  Following intensive surfing lessons, Nottingham saw the opportunity he had been waiting for.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen Nottingham, who is described as odd looking with gangly arms and baggy shorts.  He was last seen with three days of facial hair growth, however they speculate that his appearance may be changing daily as he adapts to his new stress-free lifestyle.  Nottingham’s wife, Lisa, is hopeful that he will return by November in time for their 20th wedding anniversary, by which time the sea will be very cold.