Mystery ‘phantom post snatcher’ on Snowdonia Slate Trail boggles walkers

Local people puzzled over motive for theft of signs on route around a lonely moor in north Wales

The culprit has been called the phantom post snatcher", who for some unfathomable reason has taken to whisking away signs installed to help guide ramblers across a lonely moor in north Wales.

The snatcher, or snatchers - there may be more than one - has been pinching way-markers from a remote spot on the 83-mile Snowdonia Slate Trail, putting walkers at risk of wandering off the beaten path in misty weather into the mire.