'Missing' Drunk Man Spent Hours Helping a Search Party Look for Himself

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A “missing” drunk man joined his own search party and helped look for himself for hours

'Missing' Drunk Man Spent Hours Helping a Search Party Look for Himself
He helped look for himself for hours before realising who the search party was looking for.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg87wg/missing-drunk-man-spent-hours-helping-a-search-party-look-for-himself

A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party and looked for himself for hours before he realised he was the target of the rescue mission.

According to local media reports, Beyhan Mutlu, a 50-year-old man from a rural region in Turkey, was out drinking with his friends when he wandered off into a nearby forest and didn’t return. Worried about him, his friends then alerted authorities, who set up a search and rescue mission to find him.

According to Turkish channel NTV, when news of the missing man got out, efforts to find him intensified in nearby neighbourhoods, with a large group of volunteers joining the mission. This search party was calling out Mutlu’s name for hours when suddenly a man from within the group spoke up and reportedly said: “Who are we looking for? I am here."

It is unclear how Mutlu found himself in his own search party or how his friends didn’t realise that he was right under their nose the whole time. Police were able to safely escort Mutlu to his home.

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[Historic NY]

1. ....

[ornotna]

2. Thank the stars they found him

[C_U_L8R]

3. What was Steve Brannon doing in Turkey?

[Celerity]

13. this

[Notek]

4. Haha

This has all the makings of a Steven Wright joke.

[smirkymonkey]

5. This just cracks me up!

Mostly because I can see it happening to a number of people that I know.

[bahboo]

6. inspirational....

[LisaM]

7. This is the best thing I have read all day.

I can totally see this happening. It sounds like a 1930s screwball comedy.

[Beacool]

8. This is the funniest thing I read today.

"It is unclear how Mutlu found himself in his own search party or how his friends didn’t realize that he was right under their nose the whole time."

This leads me to think that his friends were just as drunk.

[ZonkerHarris]

9. This was a Turkish delight.

[Kali]

10. Raki is dangerous

[UTUSN]

11. O.J. ?????!1

[berniesandersmittens]

12. .

This is awesome!