COINCIDENCES don't get any bigger than this.

Norm Karkos, an anchor and reporter for TV station WMTW, was delivering live updates on a missing person case when the missing person in question, 73-year-old Robert McDonough, strolled into his shot.

Mr McDonough, who suffers from dementia, had been missing for more than 14 hours. Emergency services were preparing to ramp up their search and rescue efforts when he encountered the WMTW film crew.

The journalist was clearly bemused by Mr McDonough's entrance. Who wouldn't be? The chances of a TV crew just bumping into the missing person they're reporting on are roughly on a par with scoring a royal flush in a poker game, winning the lottery or successfully navigating an asteroid field (odds of 3720 to 1, according to C-3PO).

Having wished the unlikely intruder "good morning", Karkos continued chatting to him. When Mr McDonough freely identified himself, the film crew called the Maine Warden Service.

The 73-year-old was in reasonably good condition, though there was some blood on his hand. He was certainly lucky to stumble upon the film crew.

"Well, sometimes timing is everything," Karkos said in his next live cross. Too right.

media_camera Anchor and reporter Norm Karkos, with Robert McDonough in the background. Source: WMTW

Originally published as Hey Norm, he's right behind you