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TIL about Alex Batty, an 11 y.o. boy who disappeared after being abducted by his mother and grandfather to live "off the grid" in Morocco. He escaped when he was 17 and was picked up by a delivery driver as he attempted to walk to Toulouse carrying a backpack, a flashlight, and a skateboard.

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