Two men are said to have mysteriously disappeared during a drinking bout in the Kaiserslautern district.
As the police announced on Tuesday, a 43-year-old man had informed the officials that both drinking buddies could not be found after falling into a hedge in Hochspeyer.
Hochspeyer - Thereupon the emergency services searched the area and an adjacent garden in vain.
The men were no longer around.
One police theory suggested that the man may have been too drunk to make a clear statement.
A breath alcohol test showed a level of 1.81 per mille.
But it could also be that the companions played a trick on him.
dpa