Colorado man who disappeared from Broncos game walked and hitchhiked 100 miles home

The story of how Paul Kitterman disappeared at halftime of last Thursday's Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers game was strange, but at least he's safe. But the story behind what happened after his disappearance is even stranger than the disappearance itself.

Kitterman was found safe on Tuesday night in the parking lot of a Salvation Army in Pueblo, which is 112 miles south of Sports Authority Field, where Kitterman was last seen by his family at the Broncos' game. His disappearance made national news, but he didn't know because he said he hadn't watched television in several days and wasn't aware people were looking for him, the Associated Press reported. Kitterman said he didn't want to watch any more football so he walked and hitchhiked his way home.

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Yep, the 53-year-old man walked and hitchhiked 112 miles because he had "his fill of football." It's great that he's safe, but that's unusual.

"He said he had his fill of football and that he likes to walk and wander, and he was looking for a warmer place," Pueblo police Sgt. Franklyn Ortega said, according to the AP.

Temperature at kickoff of the Broncos-Chargers game was 68 degrees.

After he was found Kitterman was tired and had trouble walking but an exam showed he was unharmed, the AP report said. A friend's ex-wife saw him at the Salvation Army, picked him up and dropped him off at a hotel.

His stepson, who Kitterman went to the game with, said Kitterman had only four or five beers in a four-hour span, and that his stepfather didn't have any known health or personal problems. Now that Kitterman is safe, the police have no plans to file charges. He didn't do anything wrong, after all.

"He's a grown man. If that's what he wants to do, he can do it," Ortega said.

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