Posted on 01/28/2019 9:29:38 AM PST by Red Badger
The three-year-old boy who was miraculously found safe and sound after he went missing for two days in North Carolina says he spent time with a bear while he was lost in the woods.
Casey Lynn Hathaway was found healthy and in 'good spirits' on Thursday after he went missing from his great-grandmother's backyard on Tuesday, launching a massive search party in Craven County.
The toddler, who is recuperating in hospital, told police and his parents he spent his two days in the woods hanging out with a bear.
'Casey is healthy, smiling, and talking. He said he hung out with a bear for two days God sent him a friend to keep him safe,' Casey's aunt Breanna Hathaway posted on Facebook on Thursday evening.
Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes said that the child also told police he was with a bear in the time he was missing.
While he allegedly spent time in the company of a bear, nearly 600 volunteers, FBI, state officials, and divers combed the woods of eastern North Carolina for signs of the missing toddler.
Casey raised national alarm was he vanished from the backyard of his great-grandmother's home in Ernul, North Carolina on Tuesday. He was playing with his sister and his cousin and the family called police when the two children returned inside the home without him.
His great-grandmother and family members searched the woods behind her home for 45 minutes before she frantically called 911.
He was found on Thursday after searchers followed the sounds of his cries and found the child stuck in thorn bushes in Craven County, just a quarter mile from where he was last seen.
Authorities found the child after someone reported hearing 'Casey crying for his mother deep in the woods' around 9.30pm, according to WSOC.
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Here in Florida, you kill a bear you go to jail.............
“I can see how a Newfoundland could be mistaken for a bear by a small child. They are also bred as life savers.”
You are right. A friend has had a few over the years (They don’t live very long) and they are the gentlest, nicest, friendliest and biggest dogs I have ever encountered. Too bad, because I get grossed out by all the drool they wipe all over you. But, yeah, very nice dogs.
Most states have had Bigfoot sightings. North Carolina certainly has some large tracts of forest, easily enough to support a few Sasquatch.
I know I’m setting myself up for ridicule just by mentioning Bigfoot, but I’ve been reviewing a ton of sighting reports and there’s something to them. All legends have a nugget of truth and this one seems real. Probably. Maybe.
One thing I truly believe is that our government is lying to us, frequently and with malice, about a host of subjects.
All governments lie to their citizens.
Always have.
Sasquatch/Bigfoot/Skunk Ape are all really just some old hippies living in the woods.....................
This story could bear more scrutiny.
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All we got were the bear necessities of a story!
You are as bad as I am.
I can’t bear it anymore.
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Does it really matter if it was a bear, a dog, or even a sasquatch? The point is God sent someone or something to protect that boy.
It was an angel..............
Let’s let it go so we won’t have to bear it any longer.
Since you are close by the event, was it reported whether he had hypothermia after two days outdoors? How was he dressed? I have not heard any reports confirming whether he had hypothermia.
Also, wasn’t he found by someone called it in ... rather than try to render aid ... the caller saying the boy could be found in a thicket? Who was the caller?
Bears are very intelligent. They thus have more developed personalities. One may beg you for food. Another may treat yoh like food.
A woman walking her dog heard a child crying and alerted authorities, She did not tell them he was in a thicket. That is where the searchers found him. This is a very rural area with thick woods. The road on which his grandmother lives is not even paved. Local, state, and federal law enforcement, as well as members of the military from nearby Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base were all involved in the search for Casey. I find it extremely unlikely that all of these groups could have made such an error in judgement. If so, you can rest assured that the story will be corrected!
Thanks for the additional info and clarifying some of the gaps.
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