Woman accidentally joins search party looking for herself

[rug]

by Alex Moore • Mar 9, 2014

A missing woman on vacation in Iceland managed to unwittingly join a search party looking for herself.

Toronto Sun reports that a tourist group traveling by bus to the volcanic Eldgja canyon made a pit stop near the canyon park. The woman in question went inside to freshen up and change her clothes at the rest stop, and when she came back “her busmates didn’t recognize her.”

Word spread among the group of a missing passenger, and the woman didn’t recognize the description of herself. Next thing you know, a 50-person search party was canvassing the area, and the coast guard was mobilizing to deploy a search party of its own.

About 3am, some genius in the group finally figured out that the missing woman was actually in the search party, albeit in different clothes, and the search was called off.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/216498/woman-accidentally-joins-search-party-looking-for-herself/

[mokawanis]

1. She shoulda waited

until they offered a reward, and then claimed the money for finding herself.

[lovemydog]

4. hehe

[Yavin4]

10. But, does anyone really find themselves in life?

I wonder.

[Frosty1]

2. This really made me laugh!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. LOL! That's too funny. nt

[MissMillie]

5. Everyone here in the office is cracking up over this

I can't believe the coast guard even got involved.

[pipi_k]

6. And so...

when asked the nature of her trip to Iceland, she could honestly say, "I went there to find myself"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Sounds like a Bugs Bunny routine...

[rug]

8. !

[treestar]

9. Reminds me of the Laurel and Hardy routine where

the people being chased join the back of the line of people chasing them.

[RiffRandell]

11. It's just not the same as your Sunday art.

[rug]

13. There, there.

There are some sacrifices we must make in life.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. It don't matter to me.

It don't matter to me
If you really feel that
You need some time to be free
Time to go out searching for yourself
Hoping to find
Time ... to go to find

[R B Garr]

14. LOL. She didn't recognize the description of herself

and her busmates didn't recognize her. What a snafu!

[marzipanni]

15. In my postcard collection I have one that says

"To discover who you are, first get to know everyone else. You're what's left."

[Incitatus]

16. The might want to modify their search protocols.

By including the name of the missing person in the details.

Just an idea.