Three-year-old Casey Hathaway recovers in hospital...tells stunned parents he hung out with a BEAR..

www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Published: 20:05 EST, 25 January 2019 | Updated: 07:28 EST, 26 January 2019 | By Marlene Lenthang and Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

[Red Badger]

Here in Florida, you kill a bear you go to jail.............

[Nik Naym]

“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.

[DNME]

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.

[Red Badger]

All governments lie to their citizens.

Always have.

Sasquatch/Bigfoot/Skunk Ape are all really just some old hippies living in the woods.....................

[M Kehoe]

This story could bear more scrutiny.

5.56mm

[Reily]

All we got were the bear necessities of a story!

[M Kehoe]

You are as bad as I am.

I can’t bear it anymore.

5.56mm

[DaiHuy]

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.

[Red Badger]

It was an angel..............

[Reily]

Let’s let it go so we won’t have to bear it any longer.

[Susquehanna Patriot]

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?

[YogicCowboy]

Bears are very intelligent. They thus have more developed personalities. One may beg you for food. Another may treat yoh like food.

[srmorton]

I invite anyone who doesn't believe this really happened to check out the local newspaper The Jacksonville Daily News. There was never any evidence that he had been abducted which is why they did not issue an Amber Alert. He was dressed for playing outdoors, but he did have mild hypothermia when he was found and was treated at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern. I actually worked in the lab there for five years in the early eighties and I can testify to the excellence of that facility. It has 350 beds, so it is not just a small county hospital.

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!

[Susquehanna Patriot]

Thanks for the additional info and clarifying some of the gaps.