Rescuers are scrambling to find a British teenager who vanished eight days ago near Dracula’s Castle in Romania after calling for help.

George Smyth, 18, went for a hike towards the village of Bran, home to Dracula’s rumoured home, in rural Romania.

After reaching the Tiganesti Valley, a dense portion of forest in the snowy mountains, he called emergency services and said he was suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia.

The British teenager hasn’t been heard from since.

His mother, Jo Smyth, flew to Romania after the alert was issued for her son on Friday night.

Authorities have shared a photograph of George and said he’s wearing the jacket in the picture. Anyone with information has been urged to contact authorities.

Daily search operations have been repeatedly hampered by dangerou

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