The Vanishing Boy of Yavapai County

Desert Oracle Radio

Ken Layne

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Philosophy

4.8 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Here’s how the Channel 12 news in Phoenix began the story, Thursday night on the 10 o’clock news: “God sent that dog to rescue my son.” These words were spoken by the toddler’s father, Corey Allen, outside the family’s home on the west side of rural Seligman, Arizona. Corey Allen says he was working on the roof, Sarah Allen was inside with their youngest. And two-year-old Bodin Allen went outside to play.

But when Bodin Allen’s mom called for him, he didn’t answer. He wasn’t there. And after an hour of frantic searching beneath a darkening sky, the Allens called the Yavapai Sheriff’s Department and before long there were dozens of search-of-rescue volunteers and deputies searching the area. Helicopters with spotlights scoured the plateau, the pilots reporting two mountain lions prowling the territory. A rancher named Scotty Dunton discovered the blond-headed toddler, seven long miles away from home, deep into the backcountry to the west. The boy was coming up the driveway, along with Scotty Dunton's big ranch dog, Buford the Anatolian Pyrenees. This is EPISODE #141: THE VANISHING BOY with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne.

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0:00.0	Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert.
0:11.0	Night has fallen on the desert. Let's get right to it. Let's go to Arizona.
0:20.5	Headed out from Kingman toward Flagstaff on Interstate 40 drive through some of the prettiest parts of Arizona of that long grade up toward Prescott, Sedona, Flagstaff.
0:35.9	The Grand Canyon is about 100 miles north.
0:39.3	The weather is fine this time of year.
0:45.9	Here's how the Channel 12 News in Phoenix began the story, Thursday, April 18, on the 10 o'clock news.
0:59.1	With the father of the missing toddler.
1:03.3	Saying to the camera,
1:09.4	God sent that dog to rescue my son.
1:11.1	The word spoken by the two-year-old boy's father,
1:14.7	Corey Allen, outside the family's home on the west side of rural Seligman, Arizona.
1:23.4	Corey Allen says he was working on the roof.
1:28.2	Sarah Allen was inside with their one-year-old.
1:33.6	A two-year-old Bowden Allen went outside to play,
1:38.5	as we rural people still let our kids do.
1:43.3	Sort of the point.
1:47.8	You can hear them through the screen doors, see them 10 feet away. A two-year-old does not
1:53.6	wander far from home when you've got acreage. When you don't have to worry about cars speeding by six feet away from the front door,
2:05.6	a two-year-old can't wander too far from home.
2:08.5	They'll make it about 100 yards on a walk or hike.
2:14.0	And then they either sit in the dirt or go in a circle or want something to eat or drink, and then you're carrying them again.
2:26.3	When Bowden Allen's mom called for him, he did not answer. He wasn't there. You don't panic when this happens, not at first.
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