Posted on 10/16/2008 6:40:43 PM PDT by Huntress
A missing Nixa boy is safe at home Oct. 15 after searchers looked for several hours before finding the youngster under his bed.
Nicholas Metzker, 4, was found just before 12 p.m. by Nixa police officers searching his 203 N. Gregg Road home a second time—fast asleep.
“He was asleep under his bed,” Nixa Sgt. Jim Liles said. “He was under the bed. There was a bunch of boxes and he managed to crawl behind them and get a little crevice.”
Liles said at least 20 searchers from the Nixa Police and Fire departments, Christian County Sheriff’s Department, Stone County Sheriff’s Department and a canine search unit from Fordland took to the streets after receiving a call that the boy was missing.
Metzker was seen at 7:30 a.m. wearing red Speed Racer pajamas. A command center was established nearby the Metzker residence by the Nixa Police and Fire departments at Gregg Road and Oakhurst Street intersection.
Although an Amber Alert was not issued, Liles said police used a helicopter and thermal-imaging technology to search the house.
“We check the house, twice,” Liles said. “The second time we looked under the bed a little further and there he was.”
Some people aren’t fit to be parents. That’s all I can say.
Oh, heck yes. My wife once fell asleep hidden in a closet while playing hide&seek. They couldn't find her for hours (until she woke up).
When my daughter was 2, she climbed to the top of a tall bookcase and fell asleep -- my wife looked for over an hour before she found her. (Yes, we've got the pics to prove it.)
Well, one of my sons disappeared once, and we searched for him for an hour before we found him hiding behind an older sister’s cello case leaning against the wall.
Yes, kids will do these things. Probably he didn’t come out because he was asleep.
Why does the kid feel the need to hide when he sleeps? Most kids think the Bogey Man lives under the bed. This kids thinks under the bed is safer than on top of the bed.
Some people either don't have kids, or are too arrogant to remember or admit that they are parents. That's all I can say.
Do you have kids?
For some kids the behavour is very typical. It has nothing to do with parenting.
I was a Hellion... I crawled in behind the back seat of my Uncles ‘57 Chevy Station Wagon, went to sleep and 200 miles later woke up and said “HI”
No cell phones in them days... I’m glad my kids never repaid me for my youth. (Although my Mother wished it upon me often)
TT
I don’t have kids nor am I prepared to have them now.
I remember I used to hide under my bed and under the doctor’s table when I went sometimes. It would be hard to teach me something new.
Kids love building forts and caves. I suspect that was the case here.
When I was a kid I slept through a 6.3 earthquake, falling out of bed, a fire alarm and very loud concerts.
I live alone, but one morning I bent down to get my shoes and I spotted this little kid sleeping under my bed. I think it’s pretty common.
I’ve got a picture of my 2 year old son sleeping soundly on the floor at a friend’s wedding dinner bash!
This can entirely happen. When I was young the neighbors across the street once couldn’t find their young three-year old. The house was searched top-to-bottom, several times. The neighbors (I was already involved because I was playing with an older child at the time) and we went through the neighborhood. After about two-and-a-half hours, the police and fire people were called.
Then, all of a sudden, she appeared in the living room. She had been sleeping under and behind the living room couch. She said that it was noisy everywhere else and she was really tired.
Never under-estimate the ingenuity of a toddler. They are fairly smart!
They would have found him faster that way.
I guess that explains why you're such an expert on kids and their parents.
He’s a doll. I bet he’s trouble now and he’ll be a heartbreaker later. Look at those eyes!
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