3 days and counting...
This will probably be the last STRANGE AND AMAZING WINNIPEG TALE! I'll have to relate. It comes from Arlea, who was just e-mailed some pictures from her friend Teena. Teena lives down in Peru with a newborn baby (hence the pictures) and her man. Teena's from Winnipeg, but has been in South America since last year. Back in July, she was in town for a spell selling handmade jewelry in Osborne Village -- that's where Arlea ran into her. And the first question that Arlea asked her was, "What the hell?" Because Teena is actually a little infamous (from Angelsmissing.com):
A Winnipeg woman missing in South America for a month has been found safe and sound – but broke – in Bolivia.
Teena Timm, 32, left to backpack through South America in March, after taking a buy-out package from her job at Manitoba Lotteries. She stayed in regular contact with family and friends until June 15.
Timm's mother, former city councillor Shirley Timm-Rudolph, said it was out of character for her daughter to stay out of contact for that long.
Timm reached her mother on Wednesday from Bolivia.
Timm-Rudolph said her daughter ran out of money, and she had to sell jewelry on the street to make enough cash to go to a web cafe and send an e-mail home.
Ralph McLean, a friend of Timm, left Winnipeg for Bolivia
Tuesday to search for Timm.
"Tina knows that after 28 days without communication I would be tracking her down, and so as far as I'm concerned, I'm already seven days late on that," he told reporters before he left.
A police investigation had shown no activity on Timm's bank account, credit card or email account for more than a month. Argentine officials confirmed Timm's passport had been used to cross into Argentina on July 5, but officials were not sure Timm was the person using document.
According to Arlea, the story she got from Teena about all this was while she was in Bolivia, her backpack was stolen. It was eventually returned to her with credit cards and passport inside but minus cash -- but not before Teena had cancelled all her cards. Fed up with Bolivia and cities in general, Teena crossed into Argentina and set off on an eco-tour. It was only when she returned from the tour and phoned a friend that she learned half the world was looking for her -- her face broadcast all over South American TV, a website dedicated to her disappearance, Ralph flying all the way from Winnipeg to look for her. Teena was pissed off about the fuss. Especially -- and this is the wierd part -- because this guy who kicked off all the hubub, Ralph, was not a close friend, but a co-worker who was, perhaps, a little too fanatical about their relationship.
Anyhow, a lesson for all of us: No matter how far into the jungle you are, find a way to give your mom a call once in a while and let her know you haven't been swallowed by a python.
A Winnipeg woman missing in South America for a month has been found safe and sound – but broke – in Bolivia.
Teena Timm, 32, left to backpack through South America in March, after taking a buy-out package from her job at Manitoba Lotteries. She stayed in regular contact with family and friends until June 15.
Timm's mother, former city councillor Shirley Timm-Rudolph, said it was out of character for her daughter to stay out of contact for that long.
Timm reached her mother on Wednesday from Bolivia.
Timm-Rudolph said her daughter ran out of money, and she had to sell jewelry on the street to make enough cash to go to a web cafe and send an e-mail home.
Ralph McLean, a friend of Timm, left Winnipeg for Bolivia
Tuesday to search for Timm.
"Tina knows that after 28 days without communication I would be tracking her down, and so as far as I'm concerned, I'm already seven days late on that," he told reporters before he left.
A police investigation had shown no activity on Timm's bank account, credit card or email account for more than a month. Argentine officials confirmed Timm's passport had been used to cross into Argentina on July 5, but officials were not sure Timm was the person using document.
According to Arlea, the story she got from Teena about all this was while she was in Bolivia, her backpack was stolen. It was eventually returned to her with credit cards and passport inside but minus cash -- but not before Teena had cancelled all her cards. Fed up with Bolivia and cities in general, Teena crossed into Argentina and set off on an eco-tour. It was only when she returned from the tour and phoned a friend that she learned half the world was looking for her -- her face broadcast all over South American TV, a website dedicated to her disappearance, Ralph flying all the way from Winnipeg to look for her. Teena was pissed off about the fuss. Especially -- and this is the wierd part -- because this guy who kicked off all the hubub, Ralph, was not a close friend, but a co-worker who was, perhaps, a little too fanatical about their relationship.
Anyhow, a lesson for all of us: No matter how far into the jungle you are, find a way to give your mom a call once in a while and let her know you haven't been swallowed by a python.
posted by Jeremy Boxen at 4:59 PM
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