Child recovering after 52-hour trek in woods

Daily Dunklin Democrat/AP ^ | May 7, 2009 | Jim Salter

[appleseed]

CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Survivalists, doctors, even the parents of Joshua Childers marvel at how the 3-year-old, barely clothed, survived for 52 hours alone in the untamed woods of Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.

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"I don't know how he did it," Childers said. "I don't know grown men that could do it. But all I can say is he's a tough little bugger."

[Faith]

Glad to hear that! They should get a hefty reward!

[Red_Devil 232]

They were missing over night. I bet they were with that little boy!

[appleseed]

I have a buddy from Missouri. A few years back after hunting season He left me some deer sausage with a note. It was good! I saw him a few days later and he had a big bandage on his nose. He said when he was skinning the deer, he had it hung up, and when he was drawing his knife down it slipped and hit him in the nose, taking out a big chunk of skin. What was troubling he never did find the chunk of skin. I hope it didn’t up in the sausage. He’s got a big scar and part of his nose missing.

People from Missouri are freakin tough.

[misharu]

Local Channel 5, NBC, ran a short story on the dogs last night. You might want to see if they have it at thier site: ksdk.com.

[TigersEye]

Joshua managed to unbolt a deadlock on the back door of his family's mobile home just before noon on Monday. He survived rain and two chilly nights, ponds and creeks, hills and boulders, ticks, bears, mountain lions and snakes. He had no food or water, and by the time he was found three miles from home, was wearing only a T-shirt and one sneaker.

It sounds like he left a wake of destruction in his path.
Is there any wildlife left alive in that part of Missouri?

Maybe he can come kill that heron eating your koi, pandy. ;^)

[Faith]

Thank you for letting me know.

[pandoraou812]

Thank God the child is safe. I put a net over my pond finally. That heron was getting too fat on my fish.

[TigersEye]

Safe? I think he would have built a wilderness empire if they hadn't gone in and gotten him out! ;^)

Joshua, Joshua Childers! King of the wild frontier.

[appleseed]

His new motto is, blood, guts, death and danger.

[Outlaw Woman]

You start with a WalMart.. :-)

LMAO!

[TigersEye]

ROTFL

Have cap gun, will travel.

"I don't need no steenking sippy cup!"