I have just returned to Nuweiba this evening and find that my latest posting has once again disappeared, so here it is again...
http://www.ScubaBoard.com/showthread.php?postid=903838#post903838
Posted by: swisssinai
On: Yesterday 09:29 AM
I posted another reply to this thread a few days ago but it seems to have disappeared.
If my first posting has offended anybody then I apologize. That was not my intention.
However, I do get upset when unconfirmed rumours are spread on the net through forums. Such rumours can be very upsetting if proved to be true and equally upsetting ( if not more ) if not true. This is especially the case with Oleen as she is so well loved here. I myself have seen her at the Nuweiba Holiday beach on several occasions, in front of Swisscare beach, and have swam with her a couple of times at Maizena. I also supposedly know the true story of the origins of how she and her partner were injured those so many years ago, ( her partner later dieing ).
There were reports of a young British girl being killed a few months ago by a shark at the Dahab Hilton beach. No one here could get any confirmation what so ever that this ever took place. We have a pretty good network here and usually get to know what is happening, such as the Engish guest who died recently in a Nuweiba hotel, a member of staff who died in another, or about this and about that.
If Oleen were to die business here in Nuweiba would not be affected as for quite a few years now tour operators have stopped the excursions to Maizena because she was no longer always ( almost guaranteed ) to be found there. So there is no reason for such things to be kep secret.
2 -4 years ago she was a frequent visitor to the Nuweiba Holiday village, rotating between there and Maizena ( and there is a story behind that as well ) and more recently she was more frequently seen at the Nuweiba Hilton, returning only rarely to Maizena.
The photograph that Alan refers to was taken at Nuweiba Hilton on 3rd November 2004. I know who took the picture, her husband and her daughter. These British guests are actually right now on holiday once again at that same hotel. I was sitting with them last Thursday evening after they arrived. I am in Cairo right now but will be back in Nuweiba in a couple of days time, and shall be meeting up with those guests.
Note, in my posting I mentioned two young dolphins ( not babies ) - one of which is swimming next to Oleen. I have no evidence that it was Oleen but everyone at the hotel assumes it was. I don't know if she has been back since because I simply did not check with anyone at the hotel.
I have checked with friends in Nuweiba and no one seems to have heard anything about Oleen being killed or of a dead dolphin being found near Nuweiba.
So where, or who is the source of this story, where are the photos, on which beach, and exactly on which date did this supposedly happen. I checked the two links but did not see any pictures and am unable to find any pictures as I do not understand Hebrew. If anyone wants my help to investigate this I d be delighted to help - just simply email me with all details - in the meantime, I shall remember Oleen fondly in the present tense - and as all ladies that we know, we are not able to disclose her actual age !!!
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Now back to this evening. Thanks to Alan I have received pictures from the Israeli forum of Ooleen.
I have also been able to see the picture supposedly of Ooleen on the beach. Hopefully on Saturday I shall try and find that location and ask the people at the nearby camps what they know. Although there appears to be camps on the beach in the background, the hills behind are not correct unless the picture was cropped.
Hope to have news in a couple of days. If anyone has other, better quality pictures please send them to me.
And lastly... why was my previous posting removed ?
