Rye Hunt's reality changed after taking a drug of some kind. He became paranoid.

June 2, 2016
By Lexi Metherell

Bruno Mouta, the nightclub owner, (click here) said Mr Hunt and his friend stayed at the club until it closed, and then he and several bodyguards walked them back to their hostel.

Mr Hunt vanished after separating from his travelling companion Mitchell Sheppard, 22, at Rio International Airport on May 21.

Police say on the night before he went missing, Mr Hunt and Mr Sheppard took MDMA at their hostel before going to the nightclub Raizes da Lapa, in the Lapa district.

Mr Mouta said he helped translate for the two young men because the bartenders could not speak English.

"I talked to them, and I could see they were like, high and they were not thinking straight, you know.

"They were under effect of a kind of drug, I don't know which one.

"So, they started to see things and they thought everyone there was staring at them, that everyone there wanted to kill them.

"They were really terrified, especially the one who is missing."...