In October 2017, Chelsea Nobel woke up in the middle of the night with a sinking feeling that something was wrong. She immediately looked over to where her 2-year-old son, William, was sleeping and saw he was gone.
After frantically searching her home, Chelsea called the police. Thus began an extensive search for the missing boy in and around the Mississippi community.
Helicopters, K-9 units, and volunteers spent hours searching the heavily wooded area, but William was nowhere to be found.
Then, authorities spotted a set of tiny footprints in the woods. And every time they discovered what they assumed were William’s footprints, they found a second set of prints — only these prints belonged to an animal.
As it turned out, William definitely wasn’t alone in his disappearance…
In October 2017, Chelsea Nobel awoke in the middle of the night to find her 2-year-old son, William, missing from his bed.
It seemed like William had somehow gotten up in the middle of the night and wandered off, though no one could be sure at the time.
The frantic mother called the police and an extensive search began in Harrison County, Mississippi.
The tireless effort included K-9 units and ATVs from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks.
Police, neighbors, and volunteers searched the woods for hours, but there was no sign of the little boy.
Not even the sheriff’s department helicopter could find him.
Eventually, authorities found a set of tiny footprints that had traveled through the woods.
Then, they noticed something else.
Every time William’s footprints were spotted, the second set of prints were found alongside them.
But these prints belonged to a dog.
