On the other hand I did a lot if camping when my son was 2 and noticed bears had a particular interest in him and were far more apt to be seen when he was present so I’d guess even having a young child with you makes you less threatening.
This article has a picture of the sherrif standing in front of the pine grove where he was found.
Idk where they get wading through water from …maybe part of the the search effort.
Anyway it was between 40 yards and 65 meters from the road depending on source and less than a mile from his house.
The Sheriff said they followed up all their tips. I wonder what kind of tips? I don’t like kids at all, but if I heard one in the woods I’d go find him. Perhaps tips were things like knowledge of deer runs, hollows and caves.
Just another abortive ursine attempt at domesticating humans.
When this happened, people at r/survivalist said that toddlers actually have surprisingly good survival rates when they get lost in the woods: they don’t overexert themselves, look for any kind of shelter, sometimes even burrowing to get one, eat anything that looks even vaguely edible and sleep a lot.
Here is a leopard (trying to) save a baby baboon. So you never know.
This child’s story sounds a little suspicious to me. I think that it (takes off sunglasses) BEARS a much closer examination. YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
I wonder if anyone had read the picture book Children Make Terrible Pets to this child? Lucy, a young bear, finds a kid and tries to make a pet out of him. He ends up wreaking havoc, and runs back to his family. When she sees him with his family, he doesn’t look like a pet anymore.