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We all know people who have “gone off in search of themselves.” Of course, when that happens, it’s usually just a figure of speech and nothing more. But one woman in Iceland recently went off to find herself in the most literal way possible.
According to the Iceland Review, on Saturday, August 25, 2012, a tour bus filled with people exploring the Eldgjá volcanic canyon in southern Iceland made a pit stop to allow travelers the opportunity to use the rest room and stretch their legs. Not long after the trip resumed, someone noticed that they were missing a passenger. Immediately, a search was made for a woman matching the following description: “Asian, about 160cm (or 5’ 2”), in dark clothing who speaks English well.”
No one could find the woman, so a 50-person search party was put together that combed the area for her all day and into the night. A Coast Guard helicopter was requested, but inclement weather didn’t permit it to arrive until Sunday morning.
But at some point during the nighttime search, it dawned on an Asian woman…who spoke good English…who was about 160cm tall…who remembered changing clothes at the rest stop earlier…that she just might be the one everybody was searching for.
After conducting a headcount – evidently, something that didn’t dawn on them to do much earlier – everybody realized that the missing woman was right there with them and had joined her own search party.
But that’s the problem with lost people: they usually don’t know they’re lost.
Click here for the online report.
Topics Illustrated Include:
Find
Lost
Mistake
Searching
Stupdity
Travel
(Resource cataloged by David R Smith)
