An 85-year-old man from Châtillon-sur-Touët, a municipality in western France, embarked on the most difficult road trip of his life while trying to reach his doctor's clinic in Irville, a neighboring municipality located about 12 miles from his home. The elderly man missed his appointment with the doctor, but his family only began to worry when he missed a meeting of an association he was a member of. Over time, the family's concern grew, and even his neighbors noticed his absence. Soon, the police were contacted about his disappearance and, in turn, requested the army's help in locating the man's mobile phone. The family feared the octogenarian might have come to harm, but they never expected the response they received from the authorities. The army tracked the missing man's phone to a hotel in Croatia, 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) from his home. It appears he had driven for 20 hours, passing through Italy to reach the Southern European country. When asked why he had traveled there, the 85-year-old man said, "I didn't understand what happened," adding that his road trip was the result of a failure in the Global Positioning System (GPS). According to "France Bleu", the elderly man was not known to have any cognitive impairment or loss of consciousness.
