HUR HERALD'S TALES OF BEAR FORK - 2008: LOST BOYS FOUND IN BEAR FORK WILDERNESS

(04/06/2025)

Boys found safe after wandering into Bear Fork Wilderness, Jake Holcomb, 10 (left) son of Fonzie and Melissa Holcomb and Kaleb Hall, 9 (right) son of Tina Green, shown with his dog who stuck with the boys 2008 Two young boys wandered away from their house on US 33-119 between Sand Ridge and Stumptown Sunday evening, getting lost in the Bear Fork Wilderness. Ten-year-old Jake Holcomb and nine-year-old Kaleb Hall had last been seen playing in the edge of the woods Sunday evening, with their parents reporting them missing at 8:22 p.m. Calhoun Sheriff Carl Ballengee and his dog Khan, Deputy Justin Smith, Sgt. Jeff Skidmore, and members of the Arnoldsburg VFD answered the 911 call. A number of community members also responded to help with the search. As searchers started to enter the woods, family members returned the boys by vehicle after finding them along a dirt road in Bear Fork. They had wandered seven to ten miles. Two of three dogs accompanied the youth returned to the house. Neither of the boys suffered any injuries, but reported they were tired, cold and hungry.

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001