Italian Forrest Gump

Do you remember Forrest Gump, who one morning, sad that his Jenny had left him again, went for a run and ran for three years? Well, something similar happened a few days ago in Italy, with the fact that the reason was an argument, that it was not a run but a walk, and that the whole thing took much less time. The story goes something like this.

A 48-year-old man from the city of Como, which lies a little north of Milan, had an argument with his wife at the end of November. The argument escalated to the point where the husband had had enough and preferred to retreat by going for a walk. To cool down a bit. But apparently the head was very hot, because the walk ended only after a week of days in the city of Gimarra, just under 420 kilometers from Como. And I probably wouldn't have if it weren't for the corona. As part of checking whether people are following the curfew due to the coronavirus, the police in Gimarra came across a man walking down the street at two in the morning. They stopped him, asked him who he was and what he was doing, and since they were not satisfied with the reason "my wife made me angry", they took him to the police station. When they checked in more detail how and what they found that his wife, who had apparently cooled down in the meantime, reported him missing to the local police.

“I just walked the whole time and didn't use any transportation, and I got food and drink from good people I met along the way. I'm fine, I'm just a little tired," he was brief.

The story ended with the police calling the wife to come pick up the unfortunate husband, and imposing a fine of €400 for violating the police clock. The way home must have dragged on like a snake...

Source: Il Resto del Carlino

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