Runner finds two-year-old boy in Michigan woods

From the AP and The Globe and Mail…

Runner finds two-year-old boy in Michigan woods

JOHN FLESHER

Traverse City, Mich— The Associated Press

Published Thursday, Nov. 03, 2011 4:41PM EDT

Trevor Vetort said he felt an urge to take a run, even though the weather was gloomy and it was supposed to be his day off.

As the 18-year-old college student headed down a pathway through thick, swampy woods near his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, he heard what sounded like crying. Then he saw a two-year-old boy sitting on the ground beside the trail, alone and frightened.

 “I was just weirded out — what in the world is he doing out here?” Mr. Vetort said by phone Thursday.

The sobbing child held out his arms, repeatedly saying, “Mama, mama.” Mr. Vetort picked up him up and carried him about 1.5 miles to an office at J.W. Wells State Park.

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