Portland locals ~ This is NOT Kyron!

[Tuffy]

He looks nothing like Kyron, except that he wears glasses and has a nose.

Yikes! I think he looks a lot like Kyron. If not for the side-by-side I might call in a tip too. I can easily see how people would mistake this kid for Kyron.

I guess this is why I'm not a detective.

 

[RoughlyCollie]

He looks nothing like Kyron, except that he wears glasses and has a nose.

Well, people are relying on their visual memories when they compare kids they see to Kyron. Some people have excellent memories for faces and others do not. Plus, none of the general public has seen Kyron in person, which I think makes a difference.

There are an awful lot of kids Kyron's age and size, who have a haircut & color similar to his and who wear glasses. I've seen several kids who I thought met Kyron's description. If my kids were his age and we hung out in places where little kids congregate, I would see a whole lot more.

 

[miabellamoure]

I have seen quite a few little boys that for a split second remind me of Kyron but mostly it's only for that...a split second and usually it's that they have the same haircut, eyeglasses, gangly grin with the eruption of new teeth.

Each time, I get this gut wrenching feeling inside that it's NOT him and that what I just felt is not even a shred of what poor Kyron's family is enduring when they might see a familiarity in another little boy they see randomly.

 

[RubyRed]

Families of Kyron Horman lookalikes deal with mistaken identity
Saturday, August 07, 2010, 9:00 AM


Since Kyron went missing June 4, Elliott's family has been approached repeatedly by well-meaning strangers who've mistaken Talin for Kyron. The Vancouver family has been trailed in stores by shoppers and questioned by security guards. Strangers stare at Talin. Once, someone jotted down the license plate on the family car and reported it to authorities.

Last week, in a Vancouver grocery store, a couple of women stopped cold and, in hushed tones, wondered whether Talin was the missing Skyline School second-grader. They studied Talin's face long enough to make the boy uncomfortable, his mom said.

"It's not Kyron," Elliott told the women, who hastily apologized for any trouble they'd caused.

And Talin isn't the only area boy to be confused with Kyron. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has had four reports of children who resemble the missing boy, including one last week involving a woman and a boy spotted boarding a MAX train bound for Portland International Airport.

Portland police and airport authorities caught up with the woman on the PDX concourse and determined the child wasn't Kyron, said Lt. Mary Lindstrand, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.

"That wasn't the first time she'd been stopped," Lindstrand said.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/families_of_kyron_horman_looka.html

 

[Kat010]

The Oregonian story RubyRed linked, above is very good.