UT-Garrett Bardsley Missing 13 Year Old Boy

englishleigh · #1 08-23-2004, 11:38 AM

Another scout camping with his fellow Boy Scouts, missing in Utah.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129743,00.html

Sorry, I still have not figured out how to do clickable links!!

BethInAK · #2 08-23-2004, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by englishleigh

Another scout camping with his fellow Boy Scouts, missing in Utah.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129743,00.html

Sorry, I still have not figured out how to do clickable links!!

Actually, you have figured it out, because this one worked great.

I wonder if the young man was dressed for the weather.

kpass · #3 08-23-2004, 11:57 PM

I heard on Greta just now that he got wet & was told to go back to change his clothes...What I don't understand is the fact that he had to walk 1/2 mile by himself!!! To me, that's totally irresponsible of the camp counselor would send a 'child' alone in the wilderness, it's just so dangerous out there. I hope & pray they find that little boy.

deputylinda · #4 08-24-2004, 12:02 AM

i am also praying for Garrett...God i hope to hear he is found cold, hungry, and ALIVE!!

gardenmom · #5 08-24-2004, 03:44 AM

I don't mean to sound criticle but whatever happened to the buddy system?

Jeana (DP) · #6 08-24-2004, 01:12 PM

Weather Hampers Search for Utah Scout
Tuesday, August 24, 2004

SALT LAKE CITY — A search resumed Tuesday for a 12-year-old Boy Scout missing in the Uinta Mountains (search), but chilly, wet weather has dimmed hopes that rescuers will find him alive, officials said.

Garrett Bardsley (search) of Elk Ridge was last seen Friday morning, when his father, Kevin, sent him back to the scout troop's camp after the boy got his shoes and pants wet while fishing, said sheriff's Capt. Joe Offret.

"The likelihood of finding a responsive individual at this point is extremely low," Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds said Monday.

Since Friday, the Mirror Lake-Pass Lake (search) area, about 53 miles east of Salt Lake City, has had freezing overnight temperatures, intermittent hail and daytime temperatures hovering only in the 40s.

On Monday and again Tuesday, officials limited the search to professionals out of concern for the safety of untrained volunteers in the poor weather and rugged conditions, Offret said. Volunteers had taken part over the weekend.

"We haven't given up hope. We don't want to leave Garrett on this mountain," said Kevin Bardsley, his voice breaking. "We want to bring him home."

The campsite has been described variously as 150 yards to a quarter mile from the lake on a well-established path. Bardsley said his son wanted to return to the camp and said he knew the way.

Garrett, who was wearing sweat pants, a T-shirt and a hooded sweat shirt, had no provisions or backpack, and the possibility the boy has died of hypothermia (search) is very real, officials said.

No longer assuming Garrett can hear people calling, searchers were checking under logs and rocks where he might have sought shelter.

Last September, Carole Wetherton, 58, and her daughter, Kimberly Beverly, 39, vanished in the same general area when the weather turned bad. Fragments of their remains were not found until June.

It was a happier outcome last month, when another Boy Scout, a 13-year-old, got separated from his troop during a backpacking trip and spent two days hiking alone before rescuers found him.

www.foxnews.com

I pray its not too late for this little guy. This boy's father is never going to forgive himself. Unfortunately, some people think that kids need to "learn to grow up." I agree with the poster above who mentioned the "buddy system."

WasBlind · #7 08-24-2004, 04:22 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129830,00.html

Prayers for Garrett, and those who search.
When you read this, please stop and say a prayer for this beautiful boy.

Prayer matters. Thank you so much.

With love and HOPE, Lanie
HelpForTheMissing@yahoo.com

englishleigh · #8 08-24-2004, 05:28 PM

I have been praying for Garrett several times a day. His story has touched my heart especially b/c he reminds me a lot of my own son, or what I think my son will look like at 12 (he's almost 8 now). God be with this family and God comfort the father, who will feel the guilt for the rest of his life.

If the campsite was indeed a quarter mile away, I don't know how they can know that it's not a stranger abduction. Anything can happen in that distance. I almost hope he HAS been taken, b/c then there is a chance, however remote, that he would be released unharmed.

Ghostwheel · #9 08-24-2004, 07:21 PM

There is also the hope that the boy, being 12 and possibly angry if his father happened to get angry about his getting wet, is hanging out in a cave, waiting for someone to get close enough for him to yell for help. Sounds stupid, but I had this friend when I was younger, did exactly that, because he was ticked off at his father for chewing him out in front of others. He could have survived a blizzard with what he had set up.

That would only apply if the boy had any reason to want to get back at anyone, though. If he just chose to go back and get some dry clothes, that chance would be out.

Odd that staying in pairs is not required in Utah. Maybe it's an unspoken rule here.

Mom who cares · #10 08-25-2004, 12:10 PM

This link has a couple photos of the area.
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?sid=115065&nid=5

Praying for Garrett's safe return.

Love_Mama · #11 08-25-2004, 12:42 PM

This just break's my heart. I have a 12 year old grandson. I would never even have let him go back to Camp.........never. I would have walked back to Camp with him.
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mama

Latest news.......

Missing Scout search a 'recovery operation'
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Posted: 0048 GMT (0848 HKT)

Searchers set out to look for Garrett Bardsley in the Uinta Mountains.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- The search for a missing 12-year-old Boy Scout in a mountainous area of Utah was officially labeled a recovery operation Tuesday as authorities all but gave up hope of finding the boy alive.

"This is a great loss for my family right now," the boy's father, Kevin Bardsley, told reporters.

Garrett Bardsley was last seen Friday morning, when his father sent him back to camp after the boy got his shoes and pants wet while fishing in a pond near a lake. The campsite has been described variously as 150 yards to a quarter mile from the lake on a well-established path.

Dozens of searchers have spent the last three days searching for Garrett, who was wearing sweat pants, a T-shirt and a black hooded sweat shirt and tennis shoes. He had no food or backpack.

The search has been hampered by cold, wet weather. Rain mixed with snow fell on searchers Monday, and the temperature plunged to 18 degrees overnight. On Tuesday, the high hovered around 50 degrees, said Sheriff Dave Edmunds.

The official search likely will tail off by the end of the week, Edmunds said, "but we're never going to stop looking."

The camp is located in the Uinta Mountains, east of Salt Lake City.

Jade · #12 08-25-2004, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mom who cares

This link has a couple photos of the area.
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?sid=115065&nid=5

Praying for Garrett's safe return.

Sheriff Dave Edmunds: “There’s some reason to believe after talking to mom that he may have sheltered, maybe some type of shelter. He kind of went to some class with the scouts and really grasped the concept of getting into some shelter if bad weather occurred.”

Sounds like he called his Mom after he got lost

Love_Mama · #13 08-25-2004, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jade

Sheriff Dave Edmunds: “There’s some reason to believe after talking to mom that he may have sheltered, maybe some type of shelter. He kind of went to some class with the scouts and really grasped the concept of getting into some shelter if bad weather occurred.”

Sounds like he called his Mom after he got lost

I hope you're right Jade but I read that too and I think that Sheriff Edmund's talked to his mom........and she then told him that her son had taken a Scout class......about getting into a shelter.

Poor little guy..............
xxxxxxxxoooooooo
mama

Sassygerl · #14 08-25-2004, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jade

Sheriff Dave Edmunds: “There’s some reason to believe after talking to mom that he may have sheltered, maybe some type of shelter. He kind of went to some class with the scouts and really grasped the concept of getting into some shelter if bad weather occurred.”

Sounds like he called his Mom after he got lost

No, after talking to his mom the Sheriff says there's reason to believe he would shelter since she mentioned to him that Garrett had taken some type of class. I sure wish there was a better ending to this story! I can't even imagine what the parents are going through, and poor little Garrett being lost out there. So sad!!!!!

Sassygerl · #15 08-25-2004, 08:45 PM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...554EDT7843.DTL

BethInAK · #16 08-26-2004, 01:34 AM

the sock doesn't sound promising.

WasBlind · #17 08-26-2004, 03:33 AM

All matches for Garrett on yahoo this morning. (47)

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22...t&cop=mss&tab=

Please do not lose faith, and for anyone reading this, stop right now and say a prayer for this boy and those who search.

Prayer is so powerful. Miracles DO happen!!

God speed, Garrett, we await your safe return.

With LOVE and HOPE, Lanie
Help For The Missing
HelpForTheMissing@yahoo.com

Jeana (DP) · #18 08-26-2004, 10:05 AM

Lanie, I couldn't agree more. How dare they tell this family that they've given up hope that he's alive!!!

If it were my child, I wouldn't believe he was gone until I had proof!

Trino · #19 08-26-2004, 05:49 PM

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_233204119.html

The trained search and rescue personnel are carrying GPS locators. At the end of the day, they plug their data into computers at the search command center near Mirror Lake, about 53 miles east of Salt Lake City. When the data are laid over a topographical map, ``it's really dramatic, because you can see just how much area has been covered,'' Edmunds said.

The official search likely will tail off by the end of the week, Edmunds said, ``but we're never going to stop looking.''

The sheriff's office has tacked up posters of Garrett near trail heads and distributed them to businesses in the area. ``We have treated this like any missing child,'' Edmunds said. ``We have spared nothing.''

But it's possible Garrett's body never will be found. Over the decades, people have been lost and not found in the Uintas.

``It's just not that unusual,'' Edmunds said. ``I've worked for a lot of agencies in the state of Utah where they have bodies they've never found.''

Ghostwheel · #20 08-26-2004, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeana (DP)

Lanie, I couldn't agree more. How dare they tell this family that they've given up hope that he's alive!!!

If it were my child, I wouldn't believe he was gone until I had proof!

That might be so, but at 18 degrees at night, there wouldn't be ANY hope if there wasn't some chance he found shelter, especially since he was partially wet. At this point, the searchers have to search as if Garrett is unable to answer. If he could, he would have by now.

gardenmom · #21 08-26-2004, 07:20 PM

This breaks my heart. My son is 9 and is a boy scout. He can go camping for the first time this year, in October. I don't know what the policy is for camping, but there are always two adults that are supposed to be with the children at all times when they have meetings. This policy was imposed when there were allegations of sexual abuse when one leader was alone with children. This is to protect the child and the adult. I can see if this Dad was a leader, and he just figured since it was his kid that it would be OK. But I think if it had been another child he would have sent a buddy. Very sad. I do know that Boy Scouts takes this stuff seriously and will change for the better because of this. I was a girl scout leader last year. They no longer want the girls to go door to door to sell cookies. They tell us to have them go to people they know. They don't say, but I bet this is because of Danielle VanDam.

Sassygerl · #22 08-26-2004, 08:52 PM

This story just kills me. I have a son his age. I think about this little boy everyday, but especially when I go to bed at night. There's a man missing in the same mountains...they are searching for him about 15 miles from where Garrett was lost. So sad! Must be some really rough and rugged areas....

Link to the other man missing in the same area...

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=115732

I'm hoping for a miracle, although it seems unlikely for Garrett...but there's always hope!

Sassy

Casshew · #23 08-26-2004, 09:13 PM

No more details on the sock.. how they knew it was his? what condition it was in? Frustrating hours ahead while everyone waits and night approaching.

Stupid, careless misjudgment can turn your whole life around

Praying for this little scout ~ and his family & the searchers.

Sassygerl · #24 08-26-2004, 10:08 PM

Not sure sock was Garrett's....it's possible it was one of the searchers who took their sock off......frustrating and sad story.....it would be so great if this kiddo used his scouting skills and was alive, but the deck is stacked against him unfortunately...still holding out hope and praying for a miracle!

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=115631

Sassy

Love_Mama · #25 08-27-2004, 11:18 AM

Bumping for MORE prayer's that they find Garrett alive!

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mama