- Walker Mangus did not return from walking his dog and got lost in the woods
- He was finally found 15 hours later, when a family friend stumbled upon him.
A missing three-year-old boy was found safe and reunited with his family after 15 hours alone in the woods.
Walker Mangus was helping his father feed his animals on their rural property in Wanette, Oklahoma, and went for a walk with his blue dog.
He left around 7:30 pm on Thursday but never returned and his family became very worried and reported him missing.
About 100 people searched for Walker on foot, horseback and four-wheeled vehicles and used a drone to scour the area.
Walker Mangus disappeared from his family’s rural property in Wanette, Oklahoma
The dog eventually returned, but there was no sign of Walker until he was found about a mile from their home around 10:10 a.m. Friday.
Family friend Justin Black found Walker up a tree while walking in the wrong direction toward his house.
Black left work early and joined the search, and it took only 15 minutes to stumble upon the boy, who didn’t seem to mind the night in the rain.
‘As happy as possible. “She just started coming towards me and walked towards the road, and someone drove down the road from side to side and picked us up,” she said. COCONUT.
His family fell to the ground and cried when he was reunited with them after 15 hours.
Walker was brought home in a truck after he was found in a tree about a mile from his home.
Walker was taken back to his family, who hugged him in a tearful reunion.
Pottawatomie County Undersheriff Travis Dinwiddie said the search struggled with darkness, weather and trees until dawn.
“He seemed to be in a very good mood having spent the night alone in the dark, in the rain, with thunder and lightning,” she said.
Walker was taken to the hospital but appeared unharmed.
Walker’s happy family celebrates his return