Tokyo's oldest woman (at 113 years old) is missing. And... wait for it... Tokyo's oldest man has been dead for years.
Dun, dun, dunnnn.
Last week, officials found what that they believed to be their oldest living man to be dead and mummified "for decades".
They were updating their records in anticipation of the a holiday honoring their elderly and wanted to make sure everything was still good with these record holders.
So, with the oldest man on record being dead, they checked on the oldest woman on record and aparently can't find her.
"Officials visited Furuya's apartment last Friday, but her 79-year-old daughter said she has never lived there.
The daughter... said she thought her mother was just outside Tokyo with her younger brother, with whom she has lost touch.
But when officials checked that address they found a vacant lot."
Whose turn was it to watch grandma?
Even more intiguing is that at least 4 more people over the age of one hundred are missing and unaccounted for. No offense, but are they really that hard to keep track of? I know some spry elderly people, but seriously. How far are they getting?
Put a bell around their necks, something.
4 comments:
That's why I keep my gramma shackled in the unfinished basement.
Spunky old folks. That's the problem. Shackles and chains indeed.
You and Godzilla HAVE to start leaving Tokyo alone!
-Mercedes
www.abrokenlaptop.wordpress.com
I doubt we'll hear a Pythonesque "I'm feeling better!" coming from any one of them, but we can always hold out hope.
Mercedes - I haven't been to Tokyo in... let's see... what's a reasonable time? Months?
No, wait. Years! I haven't been there in years.
Heh. Suckers. Did I just say that out loud?
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