A 27 year old man dies after falling off the Clifton suspension bridge

Locate International, a missing people charity, is requesting assistance with the case of an unidentified man discovered dead on the bank of the River Avon 27 years ago.

The man, believed to have fallen from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, is thought to have had connections to Wales.

Despite numerous public appeals and the passage of time since his death, the man, referred to by the charity as the Clifton Suspension Bridge man, has never been identified.

In hopes of discovering his name, a new depiction of how he might have looked at the time of his death was created using an old passport photo found on his person.

The man was white, of medium build, and was estimated to be between 25 and 35 years old.

He was approximately 6ft tall with blue eyes, and wore a black sweatshirt and jacket, blue Lee Riders jeans, and brown boots.

Volunteers at the charity disclosed that the man was found with a copy of Thomas More’s Utopia, missing an outer cover, which had “West Glamorgan County Council” written on the first page.

The man was thought to have been travelling around the UK at the time.

The man was also discovered with a cardboard sign that read “sleeping rough, thank you,” a red penny whistle, a bible, a paperback copy of The Greatest Batman Stories, an A-Z map, and an adventure guide map.

Dave Grimstead, Locate International CEO, stated that they believed the man had been visiting or travelling around.

Grimstead said, “So we’re confident someone, somewhere must have interacted with him, or remembered him.

That might have been in the Bristol area or anywhere else in the UK.

Ask yourself if this is someone you encountered – maybe on the street, busking with a penny whistle, or while travelling around the country.

He could well have been an interesting and memorable man to talk to, with a range of interests, so someone out there must remember meeting him.”