2-year-old missing boy found on Shizuoka mountain
SHIZUOKA —
A 2-year-old boy who had been missing since Tuesday was found by rescue workers Wednesday afternoon on a mountain in Shizuoka Prefecture. He was not injured, police said.
Masahiro Chubachi, 2, was found by a rescue dog around 1:50 p.m. about 1 km away from a campsite where he had come with his parents from Tokyo on Tuesday. According to police and the fire department, the boy went missing at the camp site around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Some 200 police and fire department officers were mobilized to search for him.
The boy’s father, Kazutoshi, 48, said: “It’s almost a dream that we found him. I really thank everyone who helped us.”
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Speed
That feeling of not knowing where your toddler is, is one of the most awful that a parent can feel. Lucky for this family.
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timtak
Wow! Imagine that. I have a two year old boy and this story made me cry!
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romulus3
how does a 2 year old go missing? there should be an investigation as to why!
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romulus3
Masahiro Chubachi, 2, was found by a rescue dog
they should replace the entire Japanese police force with dogs
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shugotokumaru
This rescue brought to you by Aquarius.
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Anomaly_Jr
romulus3: They just do - and not just from Japanese parents, who many JT posters often so gleefully bash. Well done.
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Hughgarse
yep, I remember my son at 2.. You have to be on high alert, as they just leg it anywhere anytime they can...
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Patto
Amazing the little boy could survive the night on that mountain! It was a miracle it didn't rain that night. I live there and often hike on that mountain. It is not warm at night. It's over 700 meters altitude where he was. He was probably on a north slope, which is overgrown with short trees and shrubs. Amazing they could find him! It is a real miracle.
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romulus3
Anomaly_Jr,
yeah but if you are out in the jungle...anyway, I am sure his parents will never take their eyes of him again.
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presto345
Me too!
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neverknow2
9:30am boy goes missing. 1:50pm dog finds boy, 1km from the campsite. What were the 200 police doing? Making sure their uniforms were neat and tidy before they began the search?
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Sarge
"What were the 200 police doing?"
Dogs have better noses than policemen.
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dennis0bauer
Was there maybe a pachinko at the campsite? that would explain why the mother was not watching her kid.
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helloklitty
Two year olds will just walk away without announcing their destination. I don't blame the parents although many hypocrites will. Just wait till it happens to you.
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TPOJ
how does a 2 year old go missing?
Never spent much time around a 2 year old, have you?
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outofmydepth
thank God they found him and he is alright!!
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kirakira25
My 2 year old went missing at Ueno zoo for about ten minutes. I thought she was with MIL and MIL thought she was with me. And I am so paranoid I am all for chipping children with GPS! If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. I hope I never again have to feel what I felt for those looooong ten minutes. Parents of toddlers, you all have my sympathy!
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bushlover
Keep your kids on a leash if you are afraid they may go missing in forested areas or even urban areas. Or by little bells like for cats.
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bushlover
Now I know why some parents have those squishy annoying shoes on some kids. So everyone will know where the little troubleseekers are.
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daftpunk1976
Kids's job= find any way that's possible to kill themself. Parents's job= to save them!
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Orangeporange
I can imagine the panic those parents must have felt! I went camping with my daughter when she was 2 years old once, and will NEVER, I repeat, NEVER go camping with a 2 year old again! You can't even begin to imagine how difficult it is to set up camp and watch a 2 year old at once. If we must go on vacation with a 2 year old again, it will be somewhere we aren't going to be distracted and closed in enough so the little bugger can't dissappear!
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NYC_Samurai
Very lucky family. Nice story with a happy ending.
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kirakira25
Went I put my daughter on a toddler-leash once a Japanese obaachan went mental at me in the street, shouting that I was treating my child like a dog!!!
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lipscombe
I hope you told her to shaddap and move along
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