CINCINNATTI, Oh. — An 83-year-old man with dementia was reunited with his family on Friday -- and he has "Pokemon Go" to thank for it.
Homer Howard was discovered a state away from his hometown of Maineville, Ohio, by Allison Hines, according to Cincinnati ABC affiliate WCPO. Hines just so happened to be in Kenney Shields Park in Covington, Kentucky, at the right time on Friday morning. The park is a daily destination for her due to its designation as a Pokestop -- a real-life location with in-game supplies for the video game which swept the nation with an unrivaled hysteria in the summer of 2016.
But on Friday, Hines came across a stranger who seemed in need of help. Hines passed the elderly man, waving due to his Navy baseball cap. Hines herself is a Navy veteran.
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