John Doe - The man who went to Ireland to disappear

June 2009

• In 2009, a man arrived in an Irish town with a plan to disappear forever.
  
  
• In June 2009, a man with grey hair and a leather jacket arrived in County Sligo by bus with the intention of disappearing without a single trace.
  
  
• Where he came from or what he hoped to achieve is a mystery – what we do know is that he went to tremendous lengths to erase all proof of his existence before dying on a beach at Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. His only footprints are recorded in the haunting CCTV footage from cameras in and around Sligo City Hotel, where he had checked in for three nights under the name “Peter Bergmann.”
  
  
• His body was found on the beach at dawn on the morning of June 16, 2009. He wasn’t carrying any form of identification – even the labels on his clothes were all cut off. An investigation was launched to establish his identity, but all it revealed was the seemingly painstaking measures the man took to disappear anonymously.
  
  
• A recent short film “The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” paints a picture of this haunting mystery through the CCTV footage of the man and interviews with locals who saw him during his last days, which he spent entirely alone.  Source:  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
  

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This is so strange and sad. I can't imagine not wanting to be with his family in his last days. It would be hard on them but harder not knowing what happened to him which leads me to believe he had no family. If so, that's so selfish. Even if we think we're going to be a burden it's more hurtful not knowing.

*Just watched the video. So he did have people! This is really weird. Why so secretive if he was dying anyway? If someone was after him he obviously wasn't going to live much longer so why try to "get" him and why run? This is going to drive me nuts cause I'd love to know what was in the letters and I'm wondering if they checked sewers. Gah!