Where is Michael Auberry?
March 19, 2007
Searchers concluded a third day of searching in the disappearance of Michael Auberry in the NC mountains without finding any additional clues. They will continue searching throughout the night along trails and roadways. Searching the dense brush and rough terrain will be discontinued till daylight returns and searchers can more safely navigate the rough terrain. A plane will be used to night that has heat seeking capabilities that will hopefully be able to pick up his body heat and pin point him.
Two other possibilities on what happened to Michael
National Park Rangers have discounted that a wild animal could have played any part in the disappearance of Michael.
Wild animals probably wouldn’t threaten the boy, rangers said.
“Most likely, he won’t see anymore wildlife than turkeys or groundhogs or squirrels,” White said. “Our main concern would be if the weather changed and we got rain.”
Although it is unlikely but with coyotes as well as bears in the area there is a small chance he fell victim to one.
The National Park Service today also Issued an Amber Alert in case Michael wandered on to a road and was picked up. Additionally the FBI has joined in even though at this point there is no suggestion of any foul play.
The search has covered the places that search coordinators thought was most likely to find the scout now they will refocus and search all areas within the search area.
David Bauer, National Park Service spokesman, said the search party first looked in the most obvious places for the boy. Now that those areas have been covered he said the party will slow down their efforts to more closely comb the area.
Although it has been a number of days and nights Michael has been missing there is still reason to be hopeful he; is dressed for the conditions, he has had some survival training, and despite the cold weather at night the temperatures during the day are up into the 50’s. Our hope and prayers are with all involved in the search as well as with Michael and his family.
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This news is wonderful! My heart sank when I heard the boy was missing and I rejoiced when I heard he was found alive and doing well. But as a mother and grandmother, I remember when one of my own slipped away and my love and axiety urged me to pray for his safe return–nothing could be worse than losing a child–”Please God, bring him back safely”. And once he was back, I often thought, for the terror he made me endure, I would kill him! This situation seems now to provoke something of that same feeling. The father (in whose joy I join) mentioned asking the boy’s teacher to let him forego the homework he missed. I kinda want to shake the father for that; rewarding the dangerous behavior that entailed the hours and energies of so many caring people warrants more homework, not less.
[...] in to camp. They are also offering him candy as they call out to him as they search. Unlike the story of Michael Auberry, missing special needs boy scout, earlier this year, where Michael was verbal and had some skills to [...]