A 65-year-old soccer fan from England was found safe in Barcelona, Spain, after his family lost contact with him for 10 days, according to People. Michael Hewitt, known to friends as “Little Mick,” had reportedly been traveling from England to Boston to support Leeds United F.C. players in the World Cup, and his family launched a search after he failed to reach his final destination. Hewitt’s brother, Gary Hewitt, wrote about the ordeal on Facebook and later spoke with The Irish Sun about what happened. According to Gary, the family’s last contact with Michael came during a layover in Barcelona in the early hours of June 21. “He doesn’t seem to have made it to Boston, and our last contact with him was from Barcelona in the early hours of Sunday morning, 21st June,” Gary wrote. “Since then, his phone has been out of service and he hasn’t posted any updates on social media. As you can imagine, we are now very worried for his safety.” A missing person’s case leads to a simple explanation Gary said that after Michael’s phone went silent and his social media activity stopped, his family said they grew increasingly concerned. The family reportedly raised the case with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the days that followed. Gary shared the news in a social media update, saying the family had hoped for a straightforward resolution. “As a family, we desperately wanted an embarrassingly simple but happy ending to this horrendous episode and now we have that,” Gary wrote in his update post on Facebook. “A million thanks to each and every person who has helped bring Mick home safely.” Michael was later found safe in Barcelona, and he appeared to have no idea that his family and others had spent 10 days searching for him. “He was blissfully unaware that the world was searching for him,” Gary wrote. According to Gary’s account to The Irish Sun, Michael lost his phone shortly after arriving in Barcelona. This reportedly left him without access to any of the phone numbers he had stored for contacting his family or others. Gary told the outlet that Michael also still had his passport and money with him, which apparently led him to believe that contacting the British Embassy was not necessary. “Didn’t think to go to the Embassy as he still had his passport and money so didn’t think they’d be interested,” Gary said. Michael had reportedly planned to stay in Spain only briefly before continuing on to the United States for the June 23 World Cup match between England and Ghana, which ended in a 0-0 draw. However, The Irish Sun reported that he was unable to fly out of Spain because his travel tickets were stored on the phone he had lost. A similar dispute involved a passenger who hated a Delta PA announcement blocking his screen during a crucial World Cup penalty kick. With no way to continue his trip and no phone to reach anyone, Michael apparently decided to stay in Barcelona and continue watching the tournament from local bars. “Instead, he just got on with enjoying Barcelona, watching the England matches in the bars,” Gary told The Irish Sun. Without internet access, Gary said, Michael had no way of knowing that a search for him was underway, and there was no visible sign of that search within Barcelona itself. “Without any internet access, he had no idea that people were worrying about him, and there was no sign of the search in Barcelona itself,” Gary said. In another case, Scottish fans drank Boston bars dry, prompting a beer emergency declaration.