Missing Japanese boy

[nanana]

mmm....something is just not right.....
sure...i will send my kids to the naughty corner...but not to a bear-infested forest!

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/02/l ... anese-boy/

[x9200]

Not that I am any positive about what the parents did but according to some other newspaper I read, the boy was punished this way because he was throwing stones at the cars. I see it more as a bad luck situation. The parents unlikely thought the boy might decided to punish them back and disappear into the forest, but from your article it looks even more tragic - it seems they forgot the place they left him, or something even more sinister happened.

[nanana]

But lack of response from the police dogs is really a worry..isn't it?
I just hope that this is a hoax and the boy is hiding somewhere safe and sound...much like the story of the American 'balloon boy' some years back...

[Addadude]

Well they found him, thank goodness.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/j ... ?CMP=fb_gu

[x9200]

Happy end fortunately.
From the satellite map the area seems not that big. I would think a helicopter with a thermal vision camera should do the job? A bit weird.

[nanana]

ahhh! what a relief!!!
my child was missing at a local market once...for about 10 minutes. She blindly followed other 'aunty' who looked like her mommy. and that 10 minutes, i felt like eternity! I can't imagine how the parents of this Japanese boy felt for almost a week in search for their missing son.
Glad that he is safe and alive!

[PNGMK]

He seems to be pretty smart... staying in that hut certainly was better than being in the open.

[x9200]

In that hut he got some mattresses so the choice was pretty obvious IMHO even for a young kid.
He was definitely more lucky than smart leaving the initial spot and doing a 7km walk already on the first day.

[Barnsley]

Next time they will stick to caning when they get home I expect!