Boy Scout Found

Michael Auberry, in a family photo. A rescue dog led searchers to the 12-year-old Boy Scout Tuesday, March 20, 2007. He was weak and dehydrated but alive in the rugged North Carolina mountains, about a mile from the camp he had wandered away from four days earlier.

Kent Auberry, left, and Debbie Hayes, center, parents of Michael Auberry, the 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared Saturday in Doughton Park while camping with his troop in McGrady, N.C., leave a U.S. Park Service office as officials shield their son, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Park rangers escorted the weak and dehydrated Michael Auberry out of rugged North Carolina mountain terrain on Tuesday.

Amy Puryear, left, Susan Pabon, center, and Melani Sawyer, right, embrace after learning that Michael Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared Saturday in McGrady, N.C., was found Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Park rangers found auberry Tuesday, four days after he wandered away from his troop's camp site.

Searchers leave the woods after locating Michael Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared Saturday in Doughton Park while camping with his troop, Tuesday, March 20, 2007, in McGrady, N.C.

Robert Webb, left, Cindy Keator, center, and Randy Webb, with Rutherford County Search and Rescue, along with search dog Zeus, get ready to hit the trail Tuesday, March 20, 2007, in McGrady, N.C. They were searching for Michael Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared Saturday in Doughton Park while camping with his troop.

Joe Ware, left, McGrady Fire Department assistant chief, along with Lee Whitehead, center, Guilford County EMS, and Guilford County Sheriff Dept. K-9 officer Cpl. Matt Bryant and his partner, Sally, head out in McGrady, N.C., Tuesday morning, March 20, 2007, in search of Michael Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared Saturday in Doughton Park while camping with his troop. Auberry was found later Tuesday.

Rescue teams leave a morning briefing Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at the command station near McGrady, N.C., as they prepared to search for Michael Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared in Doughton Park while camping with his troop. He had been missing since Saturday.

Todd Holbrook, center, makes sure everyone who went into the forest to search is accounted for Monday evening, March 19, 2007, at Grassy Gap Fire Road leading to the primitive campsite at Doughton State Park near McGrady, N.C. Warmer weather had raised rescuers' hopes Monday as they searched for a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared while camping with his troop in the rugged mountains of western North Carolina.

A group of searchers, mostly composed of Boy Scout leaders, come off the trail after searching Monday evening March 19, 2007, in the Doughton Park area in Wilkes County, near McGrady, N.C. Warmer weather raised rescuers' hopes Monday as they searched for a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared while camping with his troop in the rugged mountains of western North Carolina.

A caravan of trucks including some National Park Service Park Rangers, along with other searchers are seen Monday afternoon, March 19, 2007, near McGrady, N.C. Warmer weather had raised rescuers' hopes as they searched for a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared while camping with his troop in the rugged mountains of western North Carolina.

Volunteers head out on a search for Michael Auberry, Monday, March 19, 2007, in Wilkes County, N.C. Warmer weather raised rescuers' hopes Monday as they searched for Auberry, a 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared in Doughton Park while camping with his troop in the rugged mountains of western North Carolina.

A volunteer, who refused to be identified, takes a break, Monday, March 19, 2007, while waiting to rejoin the search for Michael Auberry in Wilkes County, N.C. Warmer weather raised rescuers' hopes Monday as they searched for a third day for Auberry,the 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared in Doughton Park while camping with his troop in the rugged mountains of western North Carolina.