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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:20:34 No.186034 View View Reply Original Report

Apparently some guy is attempting to copycat McCandless.

>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401575/Johnathan-Croom-missing-Parents-super-smart-missing-teen-say-looking-Into-Wild-style-adventure.html

They found his car abandoned in Oregon with his wallet/cash and a wilderness survival book. Anyone heard of this yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:21:13 No.186035 Report

Quoted By: >>186043 >>186075

holy shit i live in oregon

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:24:30 No.186037 Report

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His father speculates that he did not take many supplies. Place your bets on if he will be found alive, or how long it will be until they find his body.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:35:28 No.186041 Report

Quoted By: >>186261

Tons of people have done this, a few have died. It's really not a good idea.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:35:40 No.186042 Report

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>Johnathan sent a text message in which he talked about going “on an adventure.”

The teen’s father now fears that adventure may have been inspired by the 2007 film “Into the Wild” about a young hiker seeking isolation in the Alaskan wilderness.

>“We’re talking about a kid who was obsessed with the movie,” David said.

“My concern is he is up there with very limited resources, not a lot of experience.”

>On Wednesday, police found Johnathan’s car abandoned in rural Oregon.

>Inside they found his ID, wallet, $200 in cash and a book on outdoor survival tactics.

“Just as in that movie…he left everything behind and took off, and we just don’t know what he left with,” David said.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/apache_junction/johnathan-croom-father-searches-for-missing-teen-in-oregon-wilderness

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:37:12 No.186043 Report

Quoted By: >>186047

>>186035
>>186034
I used to live there. Too late to read, what part is he from.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:42:26 No.186047 Report

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>>186043

He's from Arizona, his SUV was found in southwest Oregon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 05:49:32 No.186052 Report

Quoted By: >>186197

>>186034

His father is uploading these videos of him on his road trip.

http://www.youtube.com/user/JesusLabs/videos

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:28:01 No.186069 Report

Quoted By: >>186075

>mfw daily mail sarcastically called the kid super smart
top fucking kek.
i live in oregon, maybe ill find this fag

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:35:46 No.186073 Report

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This kid will die. He's not able to survive outside.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:36:34 No.186074 Report

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I bet he went out with his boyfriend.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:37:44 No.186075 Report

Quoted By: >>188426

>>186069
>>186035
Take a flashlight and a shotgun and find him.

Is there bears in Oregon ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:38:01 No.186076 Report

Quoted By: >>186077 >>186078

I know this kid.
I went to the same high school as him, had a couple classes with him.
Should I post his facebook?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:40:36 No.186077 Report

Quoted By: >>186084

>>186076
Yes, let's flood his Facebook page

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:41:40 No.186078 Report

Quoted By: >>186082

>>186076

Since you know him (allegedly), what do you think his chances are? And it's up to you.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:43:06 No.186081 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:45:12 No.186082 Report

Quoted By: >>186085

>>186078
Well he was in boyscouts for a few years, but that doesn't mean shit.
He hiked quite a bit in the Superstition mountains, and I know he did a little bit of backpacking, and I'd wager he took his tent and such with him.
Honestly I doubt he'll make it more than 2 weeks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:46:26 No.186084 Report

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>>186077
Nothing to flood, privacy settings don't let you post on his wall, and for obvious reasons, he's not gonna accept your friend request.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:46:43 No.186085 Report

Quoted By: >>186086

>>186082
But he doesn't have food.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:47:40 No.186086 Report

Quoted By: >>186088 >>186089

>>186085
How do you know that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:51:03 No.186087 Report

Quoted By: >>186155

Anyway, here's his facebook.
facebook /johnathancroom?fref=ts
And his dad's.
facebook /thedavidcroom?hc_location=timeline

And mommy
facebook /monica.croom.5?hc_location=timeline

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:51:09 No.186088 Report

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>>186086
I don't know, but I think he doesn't have enough food to survive 1 weeks

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 06:51:58 No.186089 Report

Quoted By: >>186091

>>186086
I don't know, but I think he doesn't have enough food to survive 1 week.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 07:05:09 No.186091 Report

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>>186089
I doubt he has a pack big enough to hold a weeks worth of food.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 12:22:36 No.186155 Report

Quoted By: >>186158

>>186087

his dad said that he was obsessed with the movie and yet he didn't even have it under his favorites on facebook? hmmm

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 12:56:29 No.186158 Report

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>>186155
Could be a HOAX as foundation for another movie?

Wisco !LGssXaU5VA

Wisco !LGssXaU5VA Mon 26 Aug 2013 14:15:32 No.186179 Report

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The worst part about it is he could be out for a couple years and still not have the ability to grow a full beard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2013 15:18:25 No.186197 Report

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>>186052
lol he aint gonna make it

Rocky !!VNeXqPytBaq

Rocky !!VNeXqPytBaq Mon 26 Aug 2013 18:34:32 No.186261 Report

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>>186041
This. Only some cases gain press appeal though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 21:25:04 No.187067 Report

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There's like three threads on this.
The kid is dead.
They found his body.

Stop

making threads

Stop Tue 27 Aug 2013 21:26:38 No.187068 Report

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-missing-ariz-teen-spoke-running-20072781

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Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 21:46:38 No.187079 Report

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Guize, guize, what if...What if the gubmint is trying to brainwash people about staying with their old lives as being nothing more than a worker, so other would not follow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:03:13 No.187086 Report

Quoted By: >>187096 >>187103

>super smart
>alarm raised after he failed to turn up to community college
top lel
This kid won't make into the wilderness anyway, he'll stuble across a highway after he runs out of supplies and a trucker or someone will find him

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:21:13 No.187096 Report

Quoted By: >>187424

>>187086
CC implies he's dumb? A privileged kid who doesn't need to go to CC to make a 4 year school cheaper is more likely to know about wilderness survival in my opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:33:52 No.187103 Report

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>>187086
Haven't you read the news? He's dead, apparently he committed suicide.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:35:14 No.187105 Report

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>>186034
well, rip in peace.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:48:23 No.187114 Report

Quoted By: >>187159

Poor 'lil Dude.

Makes me wonder if anyone truly has the gumpton to pull this off, these days.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 23:06:13 No.187136 Report

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And natural selection once again plays it's role.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 23:38:00 No.187159 Report

Quoted By: >>187168

>>187114
>6' 4" 140 pound depressed sheltered kid
>a representation of the populace at large

Come on now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2013 23:47:35 No.187168 Report

Quoted By: >>188431 >>188433

>>187159
This. His dad has his own jesus-related biz.

My guess is the kid was gay, went to seattle to meet some internet boyfriend, and couldn't stomach going back to florida

Regular Ordinary Neckbeard

Regular Ordinary Neckbeard Wed 28 Aug 2013 13:00:13 No.187400 Report

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what if he just wants to hide and begins guerilla warfare when the first chinese and russian forces start to invade murrica?
smart little fucker was planning it since lurking on /pol/

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Aug 2013 15:27:20 No.187424 Report

Quoted By: >>188429

>>187096
CC doesn't imply he's dumb, but "super smart" being put in the headline implies he would be at berkley or harvard etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Aug 2013 00:04:17 No.188426 Report

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>>186075
Just Black bears, and they are mostly afraid of humans.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Aug 2013 00:07:24 No.188429 Report

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>>187424
The school he went to has a super easy scholarship where if you get an A average through high school, you get a 2 year scholarship at the local community college.
Lots of kids there went for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Aug 2013 00:10:18 No.188431 Report

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>>187168
Florida?
He wasn't from Florida

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Aug 2013 00:26:19 No.188433 Report

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>>187168
He wasn't gay, I knew the kid, and the girlfriend who he broke up with, (the breakup is suspected to be the reason he killed himself)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Aug 2013 00:40:49 No.188434 Report

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what the fuck /out/? listen to nature. suicide is natural selection.

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