Drunk Turkish man spends hours helping search party hunting for missing person without realising he is the one they are looking for

• Beyhan Mutlu, 50, was drinking with friends when he wandered into the woods
• He was reported missing but then stumbled across a search and rescue party
• He joined in the search and only realised his error when his name was called

A drunk Turkish man spent hours helping look for a missing person with a search and rescue party before realising they were looking for him.

Beyhan Mutlu, from Inegol in the north-western province of Bursa, had been drinking with friends when he wandered off into the woods.

His wife was unable to contact the 50-year-old for a few hours and she and his friends decided to alert the police.

 A drunk Turkish man spent hours helping look for a missing person with a search and rescue party before realising they were looking for him

While roaming the woods, Mutlu came across a group of rescue workers and volunteers involved in a search mission, unaware they were looking for him.

He joined the group and inadvertently started looking for himself in the woods with the search party.

It was only when one of the rescuers shouted his name and he responded, ‘I’m here,’ that they realised their error. 

Beyhan Mutlu, from Inegol in the north-western province of Bursa, had been drinking with friends when he wandered off into the woods (file image)

He was then taken aside by one of the rescue workers to give a statement in which he was worried about getting into trouble with his family.

He reportedly said: ‘Don’t punish me too harshly, officer. My father will kill me.’

The rescue workers then gave him a lift home, and it is not clear if he was reprimanded for his actions.

In 2012, an Asian tourist who went missing in Iceland was found in her own search party after she failed to recognise her own description released by police.

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