Scary

I havn't commented on shit in the news for a while, mostly because I think the news is shit and rarely worthy of comment. In this case, however, I'm making an exception. The news is shit, but something needs to be said, and this is it:

There is a story in America about an 8-year-old boy who got lost in the woods in the mountains of Utah for 4 days after wandering away from his Boy Scout camp. Part of the reason it took so long to find him (he was only 5 miles from camp) is that he was climbing trees to deliberately evade the searchers. His recovery is being called "the Miracle in the Mountains." Gag.

The kid was hiding from the search parties, and I saw the pictures of him when the found him. He did not look happy. He had hypothermia and was dehydrated, but his parents insisted on his release from the hospital in less than 24 hours, AGAINST DOCTORS' RECOMMENDATIONS.

Questions have to be asked. His uncle expained to the media that he hid because he had been told by his parents not to talk to strangers. Really? Even when you're 8 years old, hungy, thirsty, and cold, you don't talk to people wearing big red crosses on their jackets? This kid was running away from something, and his family is trying to keep him quiet by keeping him under lock and key. Someone needs to investigate that Boy Scout camp. Now.