Show Overnight Search Ends Happily Missing Boy Walk Walks Horne Home A 10 year Vernal youth missing overnight from his par par- parents home south of Vernal W was s found cold tired and hungry walking home 19 hours af af- af after ter he was r reported ported missing to Uintah County authorities John Hunting son of Mr and Mrs Uela Hunting was report report- reported ed missing after he taped ailed to return from a walk pm Sunday from his parents farm farmin farmin in Naples SEARCH CALLED Uintah County Sheriff Nor man Fletcher members of of the sheriffs sheriff's s search and r rescue pat pat- rol and family friends joined in the search that evening but failed to turn up any sign of the missing boy The youth was feared to be in danger from ex ex- ex exposure as he was known to be e wearing only a light shirt trousers and a pair of street shoes He was found about 1045 am Monday morning by Ver Ver- Vernal nal resident Carl who drove back along a stretch of road bordering the Hunting farm on a hunch Mr O daker reported that he found the youth walking along the west west side of Ashley Creek on a course tak tak- tak taking ing him back home CONFUSED CIRCLES The youth who later said he had walked too far and had gotten confused by the dark dark- darkness darkness ness apparently spent the night walking in ranging far circles about the eastern end of Ash Ash- Ashley ley Valley He slept for only two hours in a brush patch when fatigue overcame him His wanderings began when he left Sunday afternoon to take a walk around the fields of the family property his sis sis sis- sister ter ter said The yo youth th was report report- reported ed in good condition by his family following the incident |