Man who lost memory walked 100 miles in nine days

A man who disappeared after losing his memory due to a rare medical condition was found dazed and confused nine days later – having walked 100 miles. Father-of-two Mark Stott, 42, suffers from non-epileptic attack disorder (Nead) which causes him to forget who he is and lose days of memory at a time.

He disappeared from Frenchay Hospital during a routine check up in Bristol on May 21 and his family began to give up hope of finding him alive after a police search turned up nothing. However, Mr Stott was found ''in a dazed state'' in a supermarket car park in Swansea on May 30 and reunited with his fiancée Debbie Glasse. He still has no memory of the missing days but believes he must have crossed the Severn Bridge and walked 100 miles because his feet were blistered and bleeding and he had lost over a stone in weight.


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Mr Stott, who lives with fiancée Debbie, 37, and their 20-month-old twins Abigail and Amber in Little Stoke, Bristol, said he is ''so glad'' to be back with his family. He said: ''I haven't got the foggiest what happened or how I got to Swansea. My legs ache and my feet are really blistered.

''Now I'm trying to get my head around the fact that I thought I had only been missing for two days but I was actually missing for a week and two days. I'm so glad to be back with my family. I'd like to thank everyone who helped look for me and supported my partner Debbie and the girls while I was gone.'' Mr Stott will spend the next two weeks recovering at home before receiving more treatment for his condition.