Bird-watching American tourist mysteriously disappears while visiting Mayan ... trends now
Guatemalan police are searching for a Texan tourist who vanished without trace after visiting Mayan ruins.
Raymond Ashcroft, 66, was last seen seven weeks ago, on February 3.
His wife of 40 years, Van Phung - who met Ashcroft when they both worked as pharmacists at a Houston cancer hospital - said that he suffered from memory problems and manic, meaning he was not able to be left alone for stretches of time.
She said he also had problems walking, which now makes her suspect that he was taken by someone, because he was not able to go far alone.
The couple had been on a wildlife tour with a group of other travelers, visiting the famed Tikal ruins - a UNESCO World Heritage site inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.
Raymond Ashcroft - who Guatemalan authorities named as Ashcraft - was last seen on February 3
Search and rescue teams are pictured looking for the missing American
They were traveling with Canadian tour company Eagle-Eye, local media reported. Eagle-Eye Tours, which offers wildlife excursions worldwide, currently offers on their website an 11-day Belize and Tikal trip for $4,075 per person.
Eagle-Eye Tours is yet to confirm he was one of their tourists, and has not responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
Phung told Prensa Libre, a Guatemalan newspaper, that they set out on the morning of February 3 on foot to try and spot birds.
'Around midday our group was walking back towards the Jungle Lodge for lunch when we saw a crocodile on the banks of a pond in front of the entrance to the hotel,' she told the paper.
'We went closer to the pond to take photos of the crocodile and a tiger heron.'
Ashcroft left the group and said he was returning to their hotel - Phung assumed he wanted to
