Several WataugaCounty
emergency personnel responded to a call for a missing four-year-old boy in
Vilas on Saturday morning. The boy was missing from a rental residence on Tannenbaum Lane in
Vilas. He was with his family, and was visiting the area from Waxaw, North
Carolina. Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman
said the boy was out playing and had wandered off. The Sheriff explained
there are several ATV trails, a Christmas tree farm, and heavy woods in the
area, so it wouldn't take long for the boy to get out of sight. Hagaman said
about four and a half hours into the search a search team from the Beaver Dam Fire
Department found the boy. The four-year-old was found to be slightly dehydrated,
but otherwise in good health.
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