87 Year Old Man Hitchhikes From Utah To Pennsylvania In 2 Days (Didn't Tell His Family)

[matcom]

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Road trips across the country are popular this time of year, but a cross-country trip an 87-year-old Utah man made, is not too popular with his family.

His family isn't too happy, because he didn't tell them he was going. 87-year old Andrew Hentz was in a retirement community in Clinton. This past Monday, he left. Later his family reported him missing. Late last night he was found in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and it looks like he hitchhiked there.

There are probably some days Jennifer Croft wishes the phone would just stop ringing. Last night, though, she was thrilled it finally rang with the news she'd been waiting for.

On the other line was a family member in Pennsylvania, letting her know her grandfather was ok. "All of a sudden, he's fine and he's back, and... It's unbelievable," Croft said.

Unbelievable is an understatement. It seems Hentz, 87-years old, hitchhiked some 2,000 miles, from Clinton, Utah, all the way to Hershey, Pennsylvania. That's what he told his family anyway.

Hentz did the trip in only two days. Monday, his family in Utah called police and reported him missing from his retirement community.

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[Hugin]

1. I do that sometimes...

and nobody notices.

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

2. I wonder when some independent filmmaker is going to make a movie about him?

:shrug:

[underpants]

3. Old man goes to the doctor

Dr. says, "you need to walk 2 miles a day. Do that and call me back in a week"


a week passes and the Dr. gets a call

"It's me"

"GREAT! How are you doing"

"Oh I feel fine but I am 14 miles from home"

[JVS]

4. Did they find him on the Hershey Highway?

[hunter]

5. I want to do that when I'm 87 years old.

And it'd be pretty cool to get a ride across the Atlantic and hitchike around Europe too.