An Australian tourist missing for more than three months may have been spotted on Vancouver Island.

Owen Rooney, 24, had been living in Kelowna before he went missing.

He was last seen outside the hospital in Grand Forks August 14.

Rooney had attended the Shambhala music festival in Salmo and was on his way back to Kelowna.

Police picked him up hitchhiking near Christina Lake after noticing he had bruising on his face.

He was taken to hospital in Grand Forks and hasn't been seen since.

Police have now received a tip from a woman in Nanaimo who says Rooney bore a resemblance to one of three men who knocked on her door on November 5 selling dream catchers.

The woman says she never spoke directly to Rooney who was standing off to the side.

She says she spoke with a man with a Jamaican accent who was wearing his hair in dreadlocks.

Rooney's parents, two sisters and family friends have come to Canada to aid in the search for Owen.

Through their investigation, they learned that Rooney was seen having breakfast in Grand Forks with a man and a woman in the days leading up to his disappearance.

The woman apparently had dreadlocks and the man was described as scruffy looking.

"There were no other reports received of these males going door to door and investigators in Grand Forks have advised that the majority of sightings were reported in the Cranbrook and Kimberly area," says Constable Gary O'Brien with the Nanaimo RCMP Detachment.

"Having said that, we felt it would be prudent at this time to post Mr. Rooney’s picture in the possibility he has made his way to the Island."

Rooney is 5 foot 9 inches tall, 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.