For several hours, the'missing man' joined his own search party. Getty Images
According to reports, a Turkish man was reported as missing after failing to return home from a night of drinking.
According to The Times, he joined his own search party and searched for woods for several hours.
According to reports, it was only after a potential rescuer called his name that he realized that they were searching for him.
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According to reports, a drunk construction worker was reported missing and spent hours searching for himself with a search party on Tuesday.
According to The Times, relatives of Beyhan Mutlu (50) became worried after he didn't return home from a night of drinking with friends in Inegl, Turkey's Bursa region.
According to Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah, his wife couldn't reach him via his cellphone and officials advised him that his friends had lost him after he went into the forest.
According to The Times, Mutlu was part of a search party that looked through the woods with volunteers.
During the long search, Mutlu was shouted at by a potential rescuer in the darkness. He realized that the search party was searching for him. "Who are you looking for?" He reportedly stated that he was here.
Mutlu stated to Daily Sabah that he didn't think it was necessary for his friends or family to report him missing.
He said, "Basically, I'm paying my friends' errors." "What happened is all a joke."
Daily Sabah reported that Mutlu was later allowed to drive home by authorities after he gave a statement to the police.
According to The Times, a similar incident occurred in Iceland in 2012.
According to The Times, an Asian tourist who reported being missing was found by a search party after she did not recognize her own description.
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