Mystery deepens over loner who survived the winter in 'igloo car' - Telegraph.co.uk

Mr Skyllberg, from the central Swedish town of Karlskoga, had allegedly told Mr Östensson that he was from south Sweden and that he had worked as a carpenter but had had to leave the job.

But it has since emerged that he apparently got into money troubles after trying to buy a block of apartments. A local court ordered Mr Skyllberg's properties be seized after he was unable to pay debts of 1.6?million Kronor (£150,000). He had also broken up with his girlfriend.

A friend of Mr Skyllberg's claimed yesterday that he had disappered last May with debt collectors on his heels and had not been heard from since.

Police in Umea are baffled as to why Mr Skyllberg apparently did not try to leave his car. While the claim he had survived for 60 days with no food has drawn scepticism, experts say it is possible.

Mr Skyllberg is recovering in Umea's Norrlands hospital but refuses to talk to the press. Police believe his claims that he lived on snow and confirmed that he had not many hours to live when found.

He has not been in contact with his family for many years. "I have no information about him. He stopped contacting the family 20 years ago," his father said.