Edinburgh Man

He was believed to have been between 25 and 40 years of age, white European, 6’2”” in height and of a slim build. He had brown/hazel eyes, brown wavy, medium length hair, a full moustache and beard, a mole on his left cheek and a scar on one finger on his right hand.

He had stained teeth, although this could be ante or post mortem. The man was wearing a long, black overcoat, a brown tweed jacket/blazer, two jumpers – one green, one grey, blue jeans, grey socks, a grey woolly hat and brown walking boots with red laces (unknown size).

He had in his possession, a number of items including a silver chain with a ‘Catholic medallion‘ (which he was wearing), and a rucksack containing a gents Avia watch, a set of keys, and a plain paper sketchbook including sketches of:

• South of Whitley Bay, The Moorings pub in Aberdeen

• The Ferry Boat Inn pub in Ullapool, the Waverley Centre in Edinburgh, Inverness

• Edinburgh Town Centre

It has been suggested that he was a homeless man from the north of Scotland, heading to the Edinburgh Festival to work as a street artist.