There was a lot of info the media never gave us about this family and this incident.
It was said there was numerous sinkholes, ponds, caves, ravines etc in the area and how dangerous it was for the volunteers doing the searching, yet, a 2 year old was able to navigate through all of that for a mile and a half to 2 miles. To survive all that and then found in an open clearing.
No mention what so ever of the family life style, history, or that of the grand parents.
All we heard was no foul play, we believe everything the grandmother said, to quote “just like grandma said”. Sorry, I am not buying this story as told.
One bit of information I picked up from a press conference was that there were also many trails through those woods. Walking trails, some ere big enough for ATVs.
I’m surmising as the noise of men he didn’t know calling his name, it scared it and he went away from help rather than toward it.