Boy Scout Rescued in Wilderness

Boy Scout Rescued in Wilderness

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Park rangers escorted a weak and dehydrated 12-year-old Boy Scout out of the rugged North Carolina mountains on Tuesday, four days after he wandered away from his troop's camp site.

White said she didn't have exact details about where or how Michael was found, but officials first received word shortly before 11 a.m. that he was spotted within a mile and a half of the camp site.

"Probably the most important thing we heard on the radio is A-1, which means he is in good condition," she said.

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I've lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains before. It's very pretty.

I am glad one of these lost in the mountains cases has a happy ending.

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I've been thinking about this story all day. A few things sound strange.

Michael had stayed behind with an adult leader Saturday morning while the rest of the troop went for a hike "because apparently he wanted to sleep in," said David Bauer, a ranger with the Blue Ridge Parkway. Michael was there when the troop returned for lunch, but the group of about 10 Scouts and their three adult leaders soon noticed he was missing, Bauer said.

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I was never in Boy Scouts, but it seems odd that this one boy was allowed to "sleep late".

Also, aren't the Boy Scouts all about nature and being preapred for anything? Seems that the first thing they would have said before taking these kids out in the woods would have been "Don't get seperated, don't wander off. If you do get lost, stay put." This kid wandered over a mile from the campsite.

The Boy scouts is a fine orginization but, I would not be suprised if there was another version of what was really going on there.

It's truly fantastic news that this boy was found alive.

I've been posting information about him in my Missing Persons & AMBER ALERTS !!! thread.

Check it out, and please post any information on other missing persons.