WILMINGTON, N.C. (WWAY) — Less than a week after a video showing an elderly man wandering through a Wilmington neighborhood went viral, those involved say it may have been a misunderstanding.
The video, widely shared on social media last week, shows the man walking along Ern Way wearing only an orange T-shirt and a pair of pull-ups. In the footage, a neighbor, identified as Jonathan Pigford, is seen helping the man walk back toward his home a few houses away before a woman directs the man to turn around.
The video prompted a response from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, with a deputy seen Monday leaving the home where the man lives with his sister, Deborah Porter, who serves as his caretaker…