People are discovering this hilarious story of a ‘missing’ tourist in Iceland

What could have been the harrowing story of a woman lost in the Icelandic wilderness is cracking people up because of its unexpected twist.

The internet is in hysterics over the story of a tourist who joined a search party to find a missing member of a tour group — without realising she was the missing tourist they were looking for.

A newspaper snippet of the story, which has gone viral on Twitter, describes the incident near Eldgja Canyon in southern Iceland.

It said the group of tourists, travelling on a tour bus through Iceland, became concerned about a missing member of their group during a stop near the volcanic canyon.

It’s the funniest missing tourist story you’re ever likely to read.

“The woman, who had changed her clothes, didn’t recognise the description of herself and joined in the search,” the article read.

“But the search was called off at about 3am, when it became clear the missing woman was, in fact, accounted for and searching for herself.”

The incident appears to have happened back in 2012, according to a Time report from that year, but only recently has the story taken off on social media.

**HAPPY FRIDAY: "A group of tourists spent hours Saturday night looking for a missing woman in Iceland, only to find her among the search party. The search was called off at 3am when it became clear the missing woman was, in fact, accounted for & searching for herself." @OANN pic.twitter.com/3uluRJOemu

— Patrick Hussion (@PatrickHussion) September 13, 2019

That's unfortunately hilarious

— J_Parley (@J_Parley) September 14, 2019

That is hilarious. Bet the search started at the local pub!

— LD Stanton (@stanton_ld) September 14, 2019

Aren’t we all searching for ourselves 🤔

— Jared Son of Jared (@JaredIRoybal) September 11, 2019

I Love it!! This would be so many people iknow LOL

— Gabriel A. Rodriguez (@WabbyPatty) September 15, 2019

When they got back to the bus, they should have asked everyone that was not present to raise their hand.

— Steve LaCombe (@TXchilinobeans) September 14, 2019

It must be all that Cold air up there 😉that has frozen their brain cells and affected their thinking

— Clare A. Schoenherr (@ClareSchoenherr) September 13, 2019

I guess they never heard of a concept named Roll Call...

— Elizabeth Walker (@Bwalkercox) September 13, 2019

Bahahahahahaha! pic.twitter.com/GGMXPy1HSQ

— Nursecanada67 (@nursecanada67) September 13, 2019

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