Re: Only in Oklahoma...
Legs, if you are reliant on news sources to tell you the outcome of missing or abducted children, you are getting a definitely slant on the picture. I cannot count how many times the disappearance gets news coverage, but when it turns out the kid was staying at his friend's house down the street or just walks out of the woods after a few days, it often isn't reported in the media, not in the headline articles, not in the front pages. Whether this is out of embarrassment or just not following up, as seems to be the norm in the mainstream media, I don't know. I just know there are a lot that are recovered and not reported.
Personal anecdote, since you got to do it. I ran away from home when I was 17. They had helicopters searching the canyons around the nearby lake for my car. There was a frantic search for 3 days. The 4th day they got my postcard from Colorado Springs saying I was okay, not to worry about me. I got so paranoid about people looking for me, I didn't return home for almost a month. I was welcomed with open arms. So far as I know, my disappearance made the local paper, but my return did not.
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