THE STORY OF TWO ELDERLY GENTLEMEN ESCAPING THEIR NURSING HOME TO ATTEND WACKEN, NOT ENTIRELY TRUE

The Associated Press reports:

The story making the rounds of two elderly men escaping their retirement home to attend Germany’s largest heavy metal festival seemed too good to be true. And, alas, it was.

Itzehoe police spokesman Peter Berndt said Tuesday the two men were actually 58 and 59 and left a home for people with mental health issues to party Friday night in the town of Wacken, near the eponymous festival.

Festival-goers called police after finding the two “helpless, disoriented and intoxicated” waiting for a bus home at a main street stop after the buses had stopped running at 3 a.m. Saturday.

Police brought them to a first-aid station and then later in the morning sent them home in a taxi arranged by the care home about 30 kilometers (20 miles away).

source: apnews.com

6 Responses

  1. Well 58 and 59 just few years shy of elderly Metal is for yong and old
    And if they have mental health issues it they going to see Justine Beiber or any other current pop star
    Wacken is on my bucket list

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