Eric Steward, the Australian man who went out to pick up the morning paper at the local store, but ended up taking a wrong turn which led him 400 miles the wrong way.
81-year-old Eric was visiting friends with his wife when he took off at 7:30 Monday morning to get the newspaper. Eric took a wrong turn onto the highway and drove nearly 400 miles for a total of 9 hours before he decided that he should probably ask for some help. Eric finally asked a police officer for some directions back home. By this time, Eric’s wife had already called the police and reported him missing! The police officer simply showed Eric the right way and he was reunited with his wife 9 hours later.
Eric told the Australian media, “I just went out on the road to have a drive, a nice peaceful quiet drive. I didn’t know where I was going but I knew it was somewhere, and with a bit of luck I would eventually find my wife again. When you get to 80 and beyond it doesn’t matter much. He’s out there waiting for us and you just got to wait your turn.” And when a reporter said he should get a GPS, Eric snapped back, “Why would you want one of those? You can’t get lost. There is no fun in that.”
I AGREE!
