It happens. I was on a run one day when I saw a neighbor 3 year old alone in the street. I asked him where he lived and he ran home. Then I saw a dog and figured that it was part of the same adventure. When I took the dog home Mom was horrified to find out the kid had gotten out too. They put slide locks 5 feet up to stop the little runner and he figured out how to defeat those too.
I did sleepwalk when I was younger but not anymore as I’m older. Cant explain it. My brothers and aunts would sometimes see me in the corner at night staring at them and they would scream thinking I’m a ghost LOL. Once I reach 15?, I stopped doing it. Weird.
I once saw a little girl (under 3) headed for an intersection in the condos in which I lived. I hurried to get her before she reached the corner. I picked her up and started to carry her back in the direction in which she had come when her mother emerged from the driveway leading to the rear of the condos. As I handed the girl off to her mother, I got a frown and nary a thank you. I think she was irritated that I had gotten to the little girl first and was perhaps embarrassed that she had lost track of her child, however briefly.