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Missing Utah Boy Found in Fremont County

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(ISLAND PARK, ID)  —  A Utah boy who went missing in the Island Park area Thursday has been found.  The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says the 8-year-old went missing at around noon while his family was fishing in Targhee Creek.  Officials say the boy, who has nonverbal autism, was found sitting on a rock in the middle of the creek six hours later.  Several rescue teams from the U.S. Forest Service, West Yellowstone, and a BYU-Idaho class on a field trip were called in to help.  The boy was unharmed.

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