Woman reported missing unknowingly joins search for herself

A woman in Iceland was reported missing Saturday night after a tour group that she was with thought she went missing. The woman later joined a search party, not knowing that she was actually searching for herself.

According to Cnews, the tour group was traveling in a bus near Eldgja canyon when they made a stop. The woman decided to change her clothes during the stop and later rejoined the tour group. No one on the bus recognized her when she returned. The woman was later reported missing on Saturday night. Yahoo! News reports that a description of the woman was released stating that she was "Asian, about 160cm, in dark clothing and speaks English well." The woman initially did not recognize the description as being herself and later joined the search party. 9News reports that the search lasted throughout the weekend but to no avail. On Monday, the woman finally realized that she was the missing woman in question and notified local authorities of the confusion and told them that she was safe.