In May, I posted about the mysterious "piano man" who was picked up by police in Kent, England. He couldn't or wouldn't speak but apparently played magnificent piano. The German foreign ministry confirmed today that the mystery has been solved. The piano man is a 20-year-old from Bavaria and is on his way home. According to a BBC News article, very few details have been revealed:
A national newspaper reported on Monday that the man had finally broken his silence and stated he was German, before leaving the UK.
The health trust said the patient had been discharged following a marked improvement in his condition but the rules regarding patient confidentiality meant there would be no further statement…
The German embassy in London said it had been contacted on Friday morning by the Little Brook Hospital, in Dartford, with a report of a man claiming to be a German national.
"We contacted his parents and his identification was confirmed," an embassy spokesman said.
"We gave him replacement travel documents and he left the UK using his own arrangements on Saturday morning.
"This was a neutral affair for us, it was someone who had lost his passport and needed to get back to Germany and we helped him."
