A woman reported missing for seven hours was found walking her dog by the A47 around 13 miles from where she vanished.
The elderly woman, described as "high-risk" by officers, had disappeared from the King's Lynn area at around 2pm on Monday.
She was found walking with her pet on the Wisbech Bypass, around 13 miles away, at around 9pm after a concerned member of the public called police.
Officers went to the scene and returned her to Norfolk. They said she had travelled on foot from the Lynn area.
A spokesman for Fenland Police said: "This incident is a perfect example of why we always encourage people to trust their instincts and report anything that doesn’t feel right.
"Had that phone call not been made, the outcome could have been very different.
"To the member of the public who picked up the phone and called us – thank you.
"Your actions made a real difference."
Police are using the incident to raise awareness of the Herbert Protocol, a national scheme that can help police locate missing people living with dementia or other vulnerabilities more quickly.
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