Can you imagine waking up on a beach, with no idea who you are, let alone where you are? No money, no phone, nothing? Well spare a thought for this man who had that happen to him.
Yesterday, Police sent out an urgent appeal to find out who exactly this person was. The man in his 20s or 30s was found unconscious on Brighton beach near the pier by a passer by. He had clothes on him (well, thankfully. It would’ve been that little more awkward had he not…) but little else. Nobody knew the person, neither did he. All he knew was that he’s now in Brighton for some reason.
It wasn’t like he was homeless or poor or anything. He was described as being well-dressed, spoke good English and unfortunately suffering from hypothermia (but I can kind of guess where that came from…).
After his picture was released to the news services, today his identity has been “95%” confirmed and someone’s coming up from London to try and figure out what exactly happened.
But imagine that. Just appearing randomly on Brighton beach, or anywhere for that matter (because Brighton’s just a bit too scary to randomly end up in) with no idea who you are, let alone how you got there. Not knowing anyone, no money, no form of contact. You’re essentially born again, but in the body of a 20-something. What would you do?
The case mirrors another one that happened in 2005 where a German man called Andreas Grassl somehow ended up in England, at a beach in Sheerness. He refused to talk when found and when given paper, drew a piano. When they gave him a piano, he then continued to play music such as The Beatles for about four hours until hospital staff took it off him.
Other times, he drew a Swedish flag and when shown a map, pointed to Oslo. However his identity was revealed to be German when one day he woke up and “just knew who [he] was”, after speculation printed in The Mirror as to his identity.
Creepy as. But what would you do if you were in this sort of situation – Woke up with no idea who or where you were?
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