👤Missing Person✅ Found Safe
Michael Reel
Age: 8Gender:maleDate: July 3, 1983
📍 Location
Roan Mountain, Hickory, North Carolina
Specific Location: Family campsite on Roan Mountain
Coordinates: 35.73333, -81.34429
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35.7333°, -81.3443°
📝 Description
8-year-old boy missing for a week on Roan Mountain; survived by eating berries and wild apples; from Hickory, NC; found unharmed by search party.
🔍 Circumstances
Wandered away from his family's campsite on Roan Mountain; missing for seven days before being found by a search party around 9:30 A.M.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmivpincc00x98f0kvlqf1puq
- Primary Source
- nytimes.com
- Article Date
- July 10, 1983
- Added to Map
- December 7, 2025