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We Got This Covered
National
David James

14 yo runaway hides out in Walmart for two days, builds secret forts, steals food, adopts fish as new pet

A trip to Walmart is more something you endure than enjoy, but could you actually live there? Well, a 14-year-old Texas teen (who’s anonymous for reasons that will become obvious) did just that in 2014, and it sounds like a blast! Well, for most of it.

The boy, who had a history of running away from home, was being watched by his aunt in Corsicana, Texas, when she took her eyes off him to watch TV. Seizing the opportunity, he fled through an unlocked door. The aunt contacted the cops, telling them of his history of absconding and explaining he usually stayed in “creeks, abandoned buildings, or businesses”.

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