THE search for missing Holton-le-Clay man Scott Ogden is planned to continue today, but freezing temperatures and treacherous winds are hampering the mission.
As day three of the search for the 27-year-old, who was last seen at 4am on Thursday, gets underway, police have made an urgent appeal for information surrounding his whereabouts.
Both Humber and Yarmouth Coastguards have now pulled out of the search following orders from Lincolnshire Police, who continued their own search on foot last night.
Scott's devastated family, were too distraught to talk to the Grimsby Telegraph, but one family member, Craig Ogden, posted the appeal for information we had made on www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk on his Facebook wall.
On it, he wrote: "Scott! You have made the news! If you read this, please let someone or anyone know you are okay. No one will be angry!"
It is understood that Scott, who lived with a lodger in Tetney Lane, Holton-le-Clay, had moved to the village from North Cotes six months earlier.
He is described as 5ft 11in tall, with fair hair and glasses and was last seen wearing combat gear.
His car was discovered abandoned at Horseshoe Point on Thursday afternoon.
Specialist police search units and Louth Search And Rescue Dogs originally scoured Horseshoe Point, between Marshchapel and North Cotes, and a two-mile radius of the fields and banks.
Yesterday they extended their search to North Coates Airfield, which backs onto the beach, but were forced to scale it down as night fell and temperatures plummeted.
A police spokesman said: "We have serious concerns about the missing man and there are ongoing searches in the area and we are making other inquiries into his background.
"The search will go on over the weekend if needed, but it is blowing icy winds. We have to contend with freezing temperatures and, especially because of the terrain of this area, that makes the search very difficult."
As well as searching the area, police officers are also talking to Scott's closest friends and family and have made a direct appeal to anyone who may know where Scott is to come forward.
The spokesman added: "As well as searching physically, we are making enquiries with his family and friends and visiting his usual haunts.
"We want anyone who knows where he is or where he might be to come forward, or indeed Scott, if he is reading this, to let us know he is okay.
"We just need to know he is safe and well and if he is reading this, to get in touch."
Can you help?
If you have any information, contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 or call the emergency number on 999.
