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Car found after seven months
« on: Sep 21^st, 2006, 8:49pm »

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By JOHN TROUP
September 16, 2006

MOTORIST Eric King has been reunited with his car seven months after FORGETTING where he parked it.

Absent-minded Eric, 57, left his black X-reg Ford Focus in a space in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, last February so he could walk into the town centre.

But when he had finished his sightseeing trip he couldnt remember the name of the residential road he had parked the car in or where it was.

Eric searched for the Ł3,000 motor for four hours before catching a coach back to his home over 60 miles away in Milton Keynes, Bucks.

He reported the Focus missing to police but could not make an insurance claim as it had not been stolen.

He returned to Bury St Edmunds TEN TIMES to look for his motor, often booking himself into bed and breakfasts overnight and lost two stone tramping the streets in his quest.

He finally got the car back this week after it was reported abandoned where he had left it in Blackbird Drive on the Moreton Hall estate.

Two neighbours both assumed the car left outside their homes belonged to the other, eventually alerting the local council when they realised neither was the owner.

St Edmundsbury Council officials notified a delighted Eric, who caught a coach back to the town and was taken to his car.

Its road tax had expired but the car was undamaged apart from a flat battery and started first time with jump leads.

Planes enthusiast Eric had only stopped in the town on the way back from a show at nearby Rougham Airfield.

Last night he said: I had almost given up hope of finding the car again but I knew it must be there somewhere. In future Ill make sure I park in places I know I can find.

Council officer Andrew Harvey said: We got an e-mail about this abandoned car.

"I remembered Mr King had been in contact in February to report he had lost one. We were delighted to reunite him with it rather than towing it away to be crushed.

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #1 on: Sep 21^st, 2006, 11:08pm »

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Jeez, if there was ever a guy that needed to carry around a bag of breadcrumbs with him . . . . it's this dork!

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #2 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 12:01am »

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I can just hear things now at his house...

Mrs King: "Eric? Where's Bobby? Didn't you take him to the airshow?"

Eric: "Uh-oh."

« Last Edit: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 8:42am by MediaScribe »

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #3 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 8:38am »

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oh..... my..... word.....

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #4 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 10:39am »

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Thats to funny!

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #5 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 11:49am »

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If I was him I would have contacted the local TV station and get help in finding the car.

Then again that would be too embarassing!

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #6 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 12:04pm »

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on Sep 22^nd, 2006, 11:49am, JP wrote:

If I was him I would have contacted the local TV station and get help in finding the car.

Why would he call the TV station? Wasn't this a job for Scotland Yard?

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« Reply #7 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 2:07pm »

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on Sep 22^nd, 2006, 12:04pm, ExIsle_be_back wrote:

Why would he call the TV station? Wasn't this a job for Scotland Yard?

Well, first, per the article, the car wasn't really "stolen" so there was no crime to report to the Yard. (Altho he did report it, but the police didnt get anywhere near in finding the car). Also, he'd be more successful if he can get as many people as he can to know that he's looking for his car. What better way to do that but on TV?

"Eric: Hi guys! I forgot where I parked my car! It's somewhere in St Edmunds, and here's what it looks like. *shows a picture* If you live in that area and see my car, give me a call."

I bet it won't take him seven months. Grin

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #8 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 7:37pm »

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My first thought after reading this was, "I guess my memory retention could be much worse after all." Grin

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #9 on: Sep 22^nd, 2006, 8:47pm »

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on Sep 22^nd, 2006, 2:07pm, JP wrote:

He'd be more successful if he can get as many people as he can to know that he's looking for his car. What better way to do that but on TV?

Well, I work for a TV station, and if some guy approached our News department asking for airtime to find a lost car, we'd laugh at him a lot just after we called Security... :wave:

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Re: Car found after seven months
« Reply #10 on: Sep 23^rd, 2006, 12:53am »

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I would've called the cops (I mean bobbies) and told them the car was stolen. Sure, it would be a lie. But at least it's better than goin' on the telly and telling millions of people you're the twit that couldn't remember where he parked his bleeding auto.

I'm just wondering what he told his wife when he got home. (And how he managed to stay alive.)

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