Hide And Seek Austrian-Stye

It appears that the reigning champions of Hide-And-Seek are all Austrians with the latest revelation that an Austrian man hid his daughter, so that he could continue sexually abusing her, for 24 years. Obviously a new champion of this sport has emerged after beating the eight years set recently by Natasha Kampusch's captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, who managed to hide her away after abducting her. In another recent game a mentally ill women kept her three daughters locked away for seven years. Not really a contender methinks.

I think that someone needs to explain the rules of hide-and-seek to the Austrian population as a whole.