I don't know. Ryan was watching the news earlier, and he said the kid had that facial expression and aura of "massive brat" going. It's theoretically possible that he was having a great time making everyone search for him. They say he had no food or water, but there's no real way to prove that he didn't. His parents told the media he "wasn't in the mood" to discuss how he wandered away and got lost in the first place, when he was supposed to be at the climbing wall.

The whole thing is a little Runaway Bride for me. I expected, after her sordid tale, that there would be copycat disappearances. One has to wonder.