Thank you so much. It is so helpful seeing the lake. It is much larger than I'd imagined, and more wooded.
If you are not familiar with the lake, the videos are a must watch. The videos made a few things clear to me.
1. It is entirely possible that Maddox could run ahead and quickly get out of sight if the location dad said they where is right.
2. Outside of the immediate lake area is very wooded and a child could very easily get lost if they ventured off the path.
What I still question is,
1. How more people didn’t see him, whether walking around the lake or running alone on the path.
2. If he was simply lost why dogs were not able to pick up on his scent?
3. Did he run off the path? Would a child run into scary woods?
4. Why didn’t helicopter heat sensor pick him up? 5. How did he end up where he did?
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It is my opinion that if there is no foul play, Maddox would have had to fall in near a somewhat clearing in the deeper part of the creek near the 321 bridge on day 1 and washed to where he was found and he was simply missed by both dogs and searchers. This is possible based on watching the videos.
I still question many things. Especially the story leading up to Maddox disappearing. That however is very different than true foul play.
I am on the fence. I see evidence of either way.
