His Family Knew Him
When he disappeared, they did not know he was going to be away indefinitely. His parents did not even report his disappearance! They knew he would come back when he wanted to, that he only embarked on an adventure. When time passed, they still refused to believe anything bad happened to him. They were right.
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Speaking Is Hard
When you live all by yourself, you live with your own mind. You will become so used to the silence that you will stutter when you need to speak once more. Apparently, he never spoke to anyone during the 27 years he spent in the woods! The farthest he got was saying “hi” to a hiker.