Current or former missing persons, what is your story?

When I was young, probably about six, I think, my family went on vacation to Yosemite.

We stayed in a small cabin at a campground. I met another kid who was a bit older than me and we went exploring.

Apparently we went a bit too far and eventually ran into a bear cub. We just stood and stared at each

other for a few minutes and went our separate ways. When I got back to the cabin, I found out that

the park rangers had been looking out for me because my parents had no idea where I was. For some

reason, they didn't think my bear story was as cool as I did.

My sister once had the entire neighbourhood, the police department, and God knows who else, out

looking for her. It turns out she had crawled behind the sofa and fallen asleep on top

of an air conditioning vent for about five hours. My mum went inside as the sun started to go

down and sat down on the couch to cry.

My sister then crawled out from behind the couch and started petting her on the head and asking her what was wrong.

I got tired of my dad's constant drunken bull crap, so I ran away at 15.

KSP found me less than a week later drunk as F in a train yard by where I lived.

Dad was pretty upset, but he got sober and stopped being a jerk after that.

We made amends before he passed.

Had a great relationship after he got sober.

He'd spent 22 years in the Navy and was bitter and angry after him and my mum got divorced.

I don't and didn't hate him for that. It was just a let

down at the time because I idolized the man, only to see him come apart and take it out on me.

Not really missing, but my parents flipped and filed a missing person report when they

couldn't find me. I was left at Walmart by them, and the only reason they found me was because

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