Where is my car? Incredible pictures show a Honda overgrown with ivy after owner left it on a road for SIX MONTHS

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How many times have you parked a car and forgotten where it is? 

One driver in China is certainly going to have a hard time after his car is overgrown by ivy on the side of the road.

Incredible pictures have emerged online showing the champagne-coloured vehicle covered by the wild plant with just the rear end exposed.

 Bizarre: Residents of Zhengzhou, China, has been left baffled by a car overgrown with ivy on the side of a road 

 Cleanup: The car in Zhengzhou, central China, has been covered by a thick blanket of ivy with just the rear end exposed

 What's in it? The car's body and tires were said to be in good condition. Half a pack of cigarettes had been left on dashboard

The car is discovered under a thick blanket of ivy near the intersection of Jian Ye Road and Fu Yuan Road in Zhengzhou city, reported Huanqiu, an affiliation of People's Daily Online.  

According to the report, the car had been left there by its owner for as long as six months.

The car's body and tires were reportedly in good condition when it was discovered. Half a pack of cigarettes had been left on the dashboard. 

The car carried a license plate registered in Henan Province.

 Mysterious: According to the report, the car had been left there by its owner for as long as six months

 Overgrown: The officials hoped that the owner could remove the car soon as a school is set to be constructed on the site

The local officials hoped that the owner could remove the car soon as a school is set to be constructed on the site, according to the sub-district office.

As temperatures began to drop, the car has also become a temporary shelter for homeless people. 

One homeless person, aged just 15, told a local reporter: 'I sleep inside as I have seen ivy grown around the car.'

The homeless teenager said he earned a living by collecting rubbish. He said he spotted the car one day and thought it had been abandoned by the owner.

He said: 'It's warm sleeping here at night.' 

However, the local residents were puzzled by the fact that that the car had been left here for such a long time.

Zhang Gensheng, a street patrol officer, said: 'The car owner should have kept its door shut. We won't have noticed the car if we did not see a rubbish collector sleeping there.'

One resident told a reporter from hnr.cn: 'This car is still in a good shape, why is it left here?' 

Another resident speculated: 'Maybe some accident happened to the car owner, so he was not free to take care of the car, or he may have abandoned it because he bought a new car.'

Another asked: 'Is it stolen and dumped by the thief?'

One worried about the condition of the car: 'These ivy grow very fast. They will cover the vehicle within a month.'