The Identity of the Man in a Suit Driving the Wrong Way on the Road Amid Heavy Rain... Even the Police Were Shocked

Missing Dementia Elderly Found Safe and Returned to Family Thanks to Police on Rainy Night

An 80-year-old man who went missing late at night during heavy rain due to dementia symptoms safely returned to his family with the help of the police. This story was revealed through a video titled "Goosebumps all over! A mysterious man approaching in a police car?" released on the official YouTube channel of the National Police Agency on the 8th.

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At around 11 p.m. on the 22nd of last month, a report was received that a husband with dementia symptoms had gone out and could not be contacted in Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi Province. On that day, Yeoncheon experienced rain accompanied by thunder and lightning. The daily accumulated rainfall reached 115mm.

Despite continuously operating the vehicle's wipers in the pouring rain, it was difficult to secure visibility. The police quickly checked the missing person's cellphone location and headed to the scene. When they arrived near the cellphone location, a man dressed in a suit and holding a broken umbrella was walking across the road toward the patrol car. The man was walking on the road in the opposite direction, completely soaked. He was the missing person the police were looking for.

The police immediately put the man in the vehicle to dry his wet clothes and contacted the police officer in charge of the residential area to hand him over at the meeting place. Thanks to this, the man returned safely to his family without any injuries.

The number of missing elderly people with dementia is increasing every year. According to information released by the National Police Agency, the number of missing dementia patients was 7,650 in 2012, 14,257 in 2022, and 14,677 in 2023, showing an increasing trend annually. To prevent disappearances due to dementia, it is advisable to obtain a wandering elderly identification tag or use pre-registration systems such as fingerprint registration. Additionally, applying for a wandering detector that sends alert messages to family members when a dementia patient leaves up to three safe zones set by their caregiver can also be helpful.