BEARKING: Hot College Student is MISSING!

You are truly beyond the threshold of loneliness if you find this hot, OP. That being said, I hope the lad is found safe and sound.

Wow, I think he's beautiful!

R1 - you really need to check your eyesight.

Did someone say co-captain of the wrestling team?

Dear God, please rescue this tasty snack!!!

Where's the hot college student OP?

Cunt R1 arrived on time and with extra-strength cuntiness!

A little more twinkish than I thought from the other photo.

🐻👑

Please rescue this beautiful wrestler!!!! We need a 1000 man task force, stat!!!!

He is my lover. He ran away to join me at our love nest at the top of the Empire State Building. We're planning a spring wedding, at Buckingham Palace, with my best friends Princess Margaret and Amy Winehouse!

But don't try to find us! If you ask his family, they'll deny everything!

The article says he left his phone at home. That makes it sound like he wanted to disappear.

[quote] Matthew’s family has traveled from Onaway, MI to Rochester to search for him. They said Matthew left his phone at home when he left Rochester around 10 p.m. Monday night and headed east.

Uh-oh. I'm getting deja vu.

His college wrestling page with some personal information and quotes.

He left his phone at home and didn't tell anyone where he was going.

Yep, he clearly wanted to disappear. Runaway or suicide.

Or getting away from his antigay parents to run off and live with his boyfriend/daddy.

I like your optimism, R15

Definitely looks like he has a trick pelvis at r13

I too have a trick pelvis, R17. Absolutely no wrestling necessary!

My money's on spontaneous combustion.

Found his personal Instagram account, but he hasn't posted anything since 2020.

Most of it is from when he was still a kid in high school.

machew50

Maybe he got an erection during his last match and couldn't live with the shame?

^ mama like

Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott are busy creating a special Senate panel to investigate this stud's disappearance

[quote] Most of it is from when he was still a kid in high school.

Intriguing. Tell me more.

That photo at R21 was on Datalounge over 10 years ago.

Sounds to me like he left his phone at home to go meet a BF/trick somewhere and it didn't work out when the wrestler just wanted to cuddle and wouldn't get fucked, rim, or suck dick. The trick cuddled him all right... to death!

R1 is clearly a racist, he only finds white boys hot.

Where did race come into this, R27? No, don't tell me, I don't think I want to know how your mind works

From article:

[quote] His car was last tracked to the thruway exit in Syracuse on Monday. "We don’t know if he went north or south from there but he had exited at 36, is where his license plate was picked up at," said Matthew's father, Mark.

North takes you to the Syracuse Hancock International Airport. South takes you into Syracuse University. So maybe he jumped on a plane, or was meeting some college jock at SU.

Why are they always on the wrestling team?

Hot-ish. Nothing to write home about.

[quote] North takes you to the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

He was going to North?

R1 is a cunt.

R28=Rose Nylund

That smile was too tight.

And now it's too late.

He's very sexy

Save the college studs!!!

That moment when you realize the upper classmen couple from high school that had a baby before their graduation now have a 22 year old kid. 😱

Time needs to slow tf down.

Looks like this is a belated abortion, R38.

You know, there is a line here. And that line is when some kid goes missing. Ridiculous. It's just wrong. Honestly some of you guys have seriously lost your sense of right and wrong. It's really sad. I think DL should take this down.

BEARKING: Attractive College Student is MISSING

[quote]r30 Why are they always on the wrestling team?

Wrestling is a gateway drug to street walking and acting in porn.

MARY r40!

Gallows humor is a staple of the DL. This is the site of the WTC is a insatiable bottom the day of 9/11.

R43 Seriously. Gallows humor is what we do here. Miss R40 is some theyby pearl clutcher who wandered in from LSA.

[quote] It's really sad. I think DL should take this down.

🙄

AYFKM. These nelly Nancy Drews could probably solve the case before the cops. Ask the soft butch sous-chef.

[quote]Honestly some of you guys have seriously lost your sense of right and wrong.

Lost it? We never had it, Mary!

Damn, my link at R12 didn't work. Anyway, an ESPN writer's son, also an RIT student, vanished in 2015.

[quote]Maisel's son, Max, went missing and was last seen on Sunday, February 22, 2015 leaving his apartment complex in Rochester, NY. On Friday, April 18, 2015 a body matching Max Maisel's description was found in Lake Ontario. On April 21, 2015 Max's body was positively identified.[6] Max was a junior professional photographic illustration student at RIT.[7]

For the love of God, people- someone has died!

Wait, did he die? Where's the update?

Do we know for sure he's dead?

Maybe he killed himself because bullies called him Wrestling Matt.

R50 No. They haven't found him yet. Local Rochester news put up reports this morning (11/27) about the search continuing.

Oh he aint missing.

Fox13 from Rochester update includes video interview with family.

[quote] He told his roommates he was going to meet a friend, but instead went east.

So it seems like he may have been lying about something?

Trick gone bad

OR

suicide

[R43] Guys, I've also been here a long time maybe not as long as some of you ha ha BUT I remember when DataLounge started and was an early contributor then was off for years. I get it but I do think there is a line. I recall the 9/11 stuff and wasn't thrilled w/that either. There's just a line. If someone goes missing or if they tragically died - I dunno I just switch to another thread to each their own man. Just think if someone's loved one goes missing you guys are making light of it its just weird to me. Believe me, I get all of the other humor on other stuff.

Flying out to Vegas for Corbin Fisher.

R54 That article reveals cold indifference. The police deputy saying there is no indication the young man is in danger. He left in his car without his phone and has disappeared for a week. An upbeat, well-liked, smart, hardworking, young man with a sweet face. It's very sad.

Maybe he went to visit Kenny DeLand Jr in Rochester?

His wallet was stolen the day before and someone cleaned out his bank account?

Father was also a wrestler.

More wrestling pics, please!

Asking for a friend

He himself took all the money from his account and he’s headed to Wilton Manors to become a bar back at a drag bar.

[quote]R61 Father was also a wrestler.

So the father lead his own progeny down this oil slicked, spandex clad path of destruction??

How can someone "clean out a bank account" with only a stolen wallet. Wouldn't the thief need PIN codes?

R63 yes that detail of the bank account is odd. Also why wasn't he upset about it. In college if someone stole all my money it would have been a crisis.

Emptied bank account, no wallet or phone, searched maps of isolated outdoor areas before disappearing even though his father says he didn't like to camp in the cold. The family says "it doesn’t make sense," but it's textbook pre-suicide behavior.

Hopefully there's a comparatively gentler explanation, like drugs or he'd fucked up at school and needed time to regroup before facing his parents. Comments from friends make that sound less likely, though.

[Quote] Emptied bank account, no wallet or phone, searched maps of isolated outdoor areas before disappearing even though his father says he didn't like to camp in the cold. The family says "it doesn’t make sense," but it's textbook pre-suicide behavior.

More like pre planned disappearance. You don't need money in the afterlife.

[quote]You don't need money in the afterlife.

That's true, but some people like to feel as if they've tied up loose ends before departing. I'm not sure if police have confirmed the account was emptied, though. We know he wasn't truthful leading up to his disappearance, since he lied about plans to visit a young woman (assuming her denial of such plans was truthful).

Matthew asks you to respect his privacy while he completes his transition.

(^.^) so where is the money Sherlock? How is money in an account a loose end?

He ran away with his girlfriend who lives in Canada

R71, he was a student, it's doubtful the account contained much. My guess would be that if he was suicidal, he used it to obtain a gun. Or if he had drug issues no one knew about it, it went toward that.

she dead

The pressure of pretending to be perfect got to him.

[quote]The pressure of pretending to be perfect got to him.

As with the case of Kenny DeLand Jr., the Rochester NY college student who s year ago went AWOL on a semester in France, it sounds like it could be another case of a family so far up its own ass that he felt he had no breathing room. No chance to do what he wanted, no chance to leave the house without someone knowing what articles of clothing he wore. No chance to not have mother, father, and siblings keeping tabs and phoning him every 10 minutes about some stupid shit (small wonder he left his phone behind.) A father whose been grooming and coaching him for wrestling since the kid could walk. It seems he's been under close supervision at every step. Even his roommates were on the phone to his parents not long after he left the house - how many of your college roommates knew how to reach your parents so quickly and easily?

The news reports make me sad for the kid who seemed smothered in a family that didn't believe in breathing room.

If it were drugs, he was either a user or a seller and owed someone too much money. He emptied his account, gave them what he had, promising to get them the rest (that never works), and they killed him.

Someone promised him he'd be rich and famous doing porn.

He knocked up some girl, was going to give her the money (for an abortion?) and ran into her daddy.

Sex trafficking?

Or 🙂

But I'm going with suicide or runaway. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the most likely. Gay or just couldn't stand the pressure of college. They'll probably never find him or he's in a field or water somewhere. All of that and his good looks aside, this is sad. He seems like a good kid. That's rare anymore.

He’s in the water.

This sounds very much like the college kid from Texas last year who never showed up for his graduation. Turned out he was failing and had dropped out the semester before, but was too ashamed to tell his domineering father. So when the family showed up for his graduation, the kid got in a car and drove away, then killed himself. They found his body in the woods about a week later.

R79 That was tragic. He was the grandson of one of one of our family's friends.

[quote] That's rare anymore.

Maybe he bought a bus ticket to Eureka, CA?

[quote] Even his roommates were on the phone to his parents not long after he left the house - how many of your college roommates knew how to reach your parents so quickly and easily?

I don't find that odd at all. When you live with people, phone numbers are around. One or more of them could have been roommate and friend. Or maybe they called the girlfriend first, and she knew the number. Plus, he left his phone behind;, maybe it wasn't locked, so the number was right there.

[quote]Plus, he left his phone behind;, maybe it wasn't locked, so the number was right there.

Who leaves on earth leaves his phone unlocked?

(And certainly not someone who constructs unlikely stories about the emptying of his bank account by mysterious persons, or lies about where he is going when he leaves the house, leaving behind his phone to avoid pinging and tracking.)

Phones numbers are around...on your phone. My husband and I can unlock each other's phones should some emergency arise, but we share a lot of things. I'm not sharing my phone access so that roommates can access my financial accounts, etc. most people keep their phones on some sort of auto-lock in case they are lost or stolen.

R84, I don't lock my phone.

What's your mother's maiden name R85.

Mom said something about it not being all that unusua for him to not take his phone with him, because he was afraid of losing it.

^When he met his tricks at the truck stop

[quote] because he was afraid of losing it.

No way.

Even if he sometimes left his phone behind while running routine errands, the idea of leaving it behind while planning to explore unfamiliar terrain is absurd. You leave your phone behind when you don't want to be found, same reason you might drain your bank account so your final spending can't be tracked.

His generation NEVER forget to take their phones. It's part of their anatomy. It's more like the DL generation that would likely forget to take a phone

[quote]Mom said something about it not being all that unusua for him to not take his phone with him, because he was afraid of losing it.

Moms who claim to know every little detail of their adolescent and adult son's lives, sometimes know only every little detail that their sons want them to know.

There is a shading of sadness on his pleasant face.

Trick gone bad

OR

suicide

NOBODY drives from Rochester to Syracuse for a trick, and without a phone. Certainly not a college jock who has his pick of downlow fuckbuddies locally. DUMB THEORY R94.

Yep r92. Parents think they know their kids, but often they truly don't know the first thing about them.

And I don't know a single young person who doesn't carry their phone with them everywhere.

Why, OP, do you think he's going to put out for you?

Did he have his mpox vaccine?

It's been over 10 days now.

Gambling addiction which led him to suicide, perhaps?

Teenage suicide.

Don't do it.

Police released this new photo today. Not sure how it helps (since they've already shown his vehicle before) other than to provide local media something to get the word out again.

I love the "Bearking" OP and don't let people give you shit about it.

People complain about "bearking" but they constantly post polls with Vivan Vance as an option?

I hate Bearking. My 2 cents.

And we hate people who use numerals instead of words for numbers under ten, if not a hundred, in nontechnical productions.

See your two cents, cunt, and raise them by 101.

[quote]I hate Bearking.

And that just bearks my heart.

[quote]OP: I hate Bearking.

Why would a kid lie about a stolen wallet if he’s just planning to die anyway?

Updates?

R110 The only update today was the story about the photo from the highway cam that the police released at R102.

[quote]My money's on spontaneous combustion.

Don’t leave it there, sillyhead, it’ll burn up!

I predict BEARKING will become a beloved DL institution!

BEARKING is another witless nail in the coffin.

Sorry, OP—but I hate Bearking.

The Adirondack Mountain News on Facebook has been following the story nearly every day and have contacts in the area reporting. But not much new. Yesterday, these statements were within their report:

[quote] The disappearance of 22-year-old Rochester Institute of Technology student Matthew Grant has triggered an ongoing and expanding search effort that goes beyond state borders, leaving residents and authorities alike determined to unravel the mystery surrounding his disappearance.

[quote] Matthew disappeared just before Thanksgiving, leaving his family grappling with a multitude of unanswered questions and an unyielding determination to bring him home. The tight-knit community of Lake Placid has become the focal point of the search, as Matthew's parents actively retracing his potential route, driving through the area in a relentless quest for clues.

[quote] The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has uncovered a potential lead, revealing that Matthew's web browser data showed an interest in maps of Whiteface Mountain and the Appalachian Trail. This has raised concerns and speculation that he may be in the Adirondacks, prompting an intensified search effort in the region.

My pussy stikns.

From the Lake Placid Sun 12/3:

[quote] Relatives asked anyone driving on Route 3 between Watertown and Lake Placid to look on the sides of roadways and embankments for any signs of the Jeep. DEC forest rangers, local hikers and hunters have joined the search.

Bearking news, from one bearking to another.

^ Bearqueens

Please stay on tpoic.

R114 thinks that nails, silent passive bottoms for a hammer, have wit.

R122 If you say so. But then, you're retarted.

R123 Oh, dear.

Very rarely are we witless here.

UPDATE: Some new video footage came in today.

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"The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received an update into the search for Matthew Grant, an RIT student who went missing last November, as both law enforcement and his family continue to search.

"On Monday, deputies said that they received surveillance footage from the evening of November 20 when Grant went missing. The footage came from a gas station in the area between Exits 39 and 41 near Syracuse and Waterloo.

"Deputies said that Grant was alone and wasn’t in danger. The vehicle he was driving, a 2014 Jeep Cherokee with the Michigan license plate ESR8141, was last tracked to Exit 36 by I-81. They add that his EZ pass was last recorded taking the Watertown-Binghamton exit on the NYS Thruway."

He can be anywhere from Woodstock to Michfest.

A lot of resources being spent on locating an adult that clearly wanted to disappear IMO, this was a choice he made.

He's heading for Canada to avoid the draft!

Did he choose London, Ontario? I saw the ads on Facebook too.

I think he is alive and will show up. I just have that feeling.

SEARCH THE CABINS !

Does his girlfriend have his used wrestling singlet to sniff and remember her first love?

He probably watches Jeopardy!

[quote] In addition to his wrestling, Grant also participated on the Quiz Bowl team in high school. He graduated fourth in his high school class.

Looks like he has a sweet and spicy scented taint. If he's still alive of course.

Aw, I was on my high school quiz team, too

Statement from RIT on Tuesday:

[quote] His generation NEVER forget to take their phones.

No generation does that.

Man on the Land!!!

Chili con Carne for Dinner in the Paleo Tent!!!

r118, I have driven Route 3 in that direction in bad weather... As treacherous a road as I have ever seen!

I wish he would be found safe and sound - he's too pretty for anything bad to happen to him. I'll take him in, if he's hurting psychologically.

Someone finally posted a photo of him in a social situation with some friends.

This pic was posted by the mother of the guy on the right. HIs name is "Willy," and mom says Matthew and the guy in the middle, named "Dara," are her son's best friends. They're all on the RIT wrestling team.

Another RIT mom saw it and posted that her son, "Seth," who's also on the wrestling team, is also one of Matthew's roommates.

Hopefully these delicious wrestlers spent time exploring each others' young bodies

Screencap of his sister's message to the "Find Matthew Grant" Facebook page yesterday.

The fraus there are fervently praying.

Dara Heydarpour at r143 has an intriguing VPL and splendid armpits.

^ Vision in yellow.

But disappointing pits in this match.

Well, he was only in high school then, so maybe his pits hadn't fully matured.

His wallet was stolen a few days prior. Maybe he was being blackmailed or extorted. Someone else could have driven off in his car and lived near Syracuse. Hopefully he’s in a Rochester motel eating Doordash in shame.

He has one video on TikTok from June 2022.

Cute kid.

R147, Cheryl's lingerie also proudly boasts the logo of Garlic City

Is he part Mexican origin?

R152 Neither of his parents look Mexican. Just kinda old.

The old grey haired woman is his MOTHER? sheesh!

Its not unusual for people in their 20s to have parents in their 60s, lots of professionals wait til 40s to have kids.

Seems like a charmer and very nice. What a pity.

If he had his wallet stolen I’m assuming he would’ve cancelled his credit cards and tried to get a temporary license ASAP, if he wasn’t going to commit suicide. But if he let those things slide and left his phone…of course it depends how many days before his disappearance he “lost” his wallet.

He sounds drunk or on pills in that TikTok video.

I

[quote]If he had his wallet stolen I’m assuming he would’ve cancelled his credit cards and tried to get a temporary license ASAP...

I'm assuming his credit card was stolen in the same way that he was going to visit his girlfriend on the day he went missing.

Maybe his girlfriend who lives in Canada drained the account.

Her name is Alberta. She lives in Vancouver. She cooks like his mom and sucks like a Hoover.

Okay. Here's something new.

There's an article today at NBC and the story is getting the "Dateline" treatment there.

In one of the quotes, the father says:

[quote] Matthew is the oldest of Mark and his wife Nancy’s two children. “Both of my children are adopted,” Mark said. “We greatly appreciate the gifts — the gifts we were given by having those kids in our lifetime,” he said, tearfully.

So both he and the sister are adopted. I guess that could explain why the two kids don't really look like the parents, R152, and why the parents look a little old, R154.

The article also mentions the girlfriend he lied about going to see. Dad says he only dated her "once or twice." Sister says that her brother recently broke up with a girlfriend. It's unclear (to me) if they're talking about the same girl.

There's also more detail about the recent theft, and there's a photo of him from when he was inside the gas station.

Sounds like his family has begun to accept that this was him intentionally running away r160.

R161 Yeah, I did notice the father's use of the word "intentional" as a possibility (in relation to leaving the phone behind).

Photo looks AI.

Check the book stacks, way in the back on the second floor.

[quote]Check the book stacks, way in the back on the second floor.

What?

Colonel Mustard? In the library? With the candlestick?

Since he's adopted, maybe this was some attempt at meeting up with one or both of his birth parents, or some sicko claiming to be them, and things went horribly wrong. Perhaps he was supposed to meet up with someone at that convenience store.

Not wanting to be negative, but he's gone. In the photos, he doesn't act genuinely happy. Tired of being "Mr. Perfect Golden Boy" or afraid of coming out to his family. No one seems to have any idea what was really going on in his head or what kind of secrets he kept. At this point, I'd be happily surprised if this has a happy ending.

Love the wrestling pic at R13.

Looks like he has a great ass to rim/fuck.

R167 He does! It's delicious!

He's gorgeous.

[quote] Perhaps he was supposed to meet up with someone at that convenience store.

I've thought the same thing as well, because why he stopped there seems something of a mystery. I've read elsewhere that he didn't buy any gas there, and I haven't read any report that says he bought anything while inside the store either. Note the Dateline report just says that he just walks around. There's always a camera focused on the checkout counter in these places, but nothing from that perspective is mentioned.

R170 Drug deal meet-up gone awry?

I hope this sexy man survives

If you are going to meet up with someone, you bring your phone with you. The only reason you leave your phone behind is when you don't want people to be able to find you.

R173 Since we learned in the Dateline article that dad could monitor his credit/debit card, it sounds like the parents were still supporting him. Perhaps his phone may have been on their account as well under some family plan. If he had some kind of hidden life, I'm thinking he may have had a second (secret) phone.

wrestling is such a gateway sport

R175 When faced with this dilemma on a regular basis, a young man might develop issues.

The Love 💕 that doesn’t need to speak its name

R176 the Citizen Kane of sports photography

Very tough on his parents....wonder what was going on?

[quote] While detectives found footage of Matthew at a gas station near Syracuse, further roadside security footage has been held up in the legal system for two weeks. .. “Apparently, there’s the worry that we might infringe on somebody else’s rights at 12:50 in the morning on the interstate when probably the only vehicle that’s going to be seen is his,” Mark said. “They’re working hard, there’s no doubt, but without that information, it’s awful hard to know where to look.”

Are they serious? Is that a New York thing? I've never heard that within an investigation before. Authorities just have to look at the videos. They don't have to publicly release any footage from these cameras.

OH FANK YOU!

OP, you're never going to make BEARKING happen. It's fucking stupid and try-hard.

[quote] OH FANK YOU!

Anticlimactic as such situations often are. (Sigh)

FOUND!!!!

Hopefully the sex he’s been having was phenomenal.

I'm glad he was found safe and assume whoever speculated in this or another thread that he had a burner phone was correct. And probably a wad of cash. Assuming the disappearance was of his own volition, is there any chance he'll have to pay restitution for the search or will his age get him off the hook?

Boynapped ... and he paid the ransom!

So the cops found him, he didn't willingly turn himself in

[Quote]MATTHEW GRANT HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE & IS RE-UNITED WITH HIS FAMILY!! Praise be to God!! Matthew’s vehicle was found by an officer late last night, the officer called in the plate number and realized it belonged to a missing person and acted immediately. We are forever grateful. For the privacy of Matthew and his family we ask that you refrain from flooding us with questions and speculations at this time, we will not be responding. [/Quote]

You have the in quite the mental state to do what he did. Whatever is going on with him, I hope he can sort it out and find peace. Gonna be hard with all the hoopla his disappearance caused.

He owes us an explanation.

I'll settle for a used lycra singlet, perhaps with a dried load or two in it. After he's back on his feet again.

If he needs a tongue bath, I offer my services.

What does his car smell like after unwashed Grant had been living in it for weeks?

Had he lived in Brooklyn, I would have assumed that he was just driving around looking for a parking spot all this time.

More details from ABC WHAM as to where and how he was found - in Pennsylvania:

"According to Fire Chief Howard Ike with the Delaware Water Gap Fire Department in Pennsylvania, local police found Matthew's car Tuesday.

"Following this discovery, search and rescue teams performed grid searches on Mount Minsi for several hours Wednesday. The crews ended up finding Matthew in the town of Palmerton on a trail, roughly an hour away from where his car was found.

"The Grant family expresses their gratitude to everyone who has helped them throughout this journey."

^^^ They updated that article now, and added this paragraph:

[quote] Authorities tell us Grant found out about the search effort. At that point, he went into a police station in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, and asked to make a phone call. That's when he called his mother and told her he was safe.

Was it all a prank, to make the news?

[quote]What does his car smell like after unwashed Grant had been living in it for weeks?

I don't know exactly, but if he could replicate and bottle it, he could make a fortune selling it to freaky gays.

Glad he's alive and safe, but WTF?!

R196, he's not a "millennial"

Truth, millennials are in their 30s now.

When are talking about a current college kid we are on Gen Z, certainly not part of the millennial generation.

(^.^) Oh, dear!

So he said he had been hiking the Appalachian trail. Apparently his car has been sitting in the same parking lot for weeks.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail....where did I hear that before?

There has to be more to it, seeing as he told no one of his intentions. He had to have known his family would freak out if he dropped off the face of the earth!

Maybe he’d had enough of their helicoptering.

Thankfully wrestling twink is safe

I wonder if he was thinking about killing himself but decided not to follow through.

The local reporter of the WHAM R194 also added this note as another update at her twitter:

NEW UPDATES: I just spoke to Matthew's father, Mark. He shared that Matthew was found in Pennsylvania. Mark tells me Matthew had no idea what was happening on his behalf.

Gone three weeks and doesn't have a clue?

[quote]I wonder if he was thinking about killing himself but decided not to follow through.

Lots of people on the Trail are in the middle of mental health crises. A cousin encountered a few on his own trek and there are blog posts and YouTube videos about some of the dangers of the trail shelters (where Matthew Grant supposedly stayed).

That's Wild R208

[quote]Assuming the disappearance was of his own volition, is there any chance he'll have to pay restitution for the search or will his age get him off the hook?

Why on earth would he be responsible for that?

He didn't freak out and report himself missing and hide laughing the whole time. He didn't orchestrate some elaborate hoax meant to waste police time. Is it a crime for an adult to go somewhere and not inform his clingy parents? Is it a crime to get tired of having spent 22 years with your parents up your ass every day and a father who made your life center around wrestling, like it or not, from age 6 or whatever? Is it a crime to go off for a time on one's own without first issuing a press release?

If someone intentionally causes a government agency to waste resources verifying his whereabouts and well-being, that might be a crime. What this guy did seems personal, and any circus of search and rescue operations is not his fault.

The family, of course, will keep this all quiet and we'll never find out what really happened.

Sounds like a mental breakdown to me.

R210, he didn't tell his friends where he was going either. He just disappeared. So why are you running your mouth about his parents when you don't know the first thing about them?

[quote]Why on earth would he be responsible for that?

Some states have laws allowing them to charge for search and rescue operations if the 'lost' individual behaved in a negligent manner. Since he signed the guest book and eventually came forward, he can argue he was never lost, but the waste of resources isn't trivial.

Even if there's no cost to Grant or his family, there could be a different sort of cost to other families in the future if authorities wrongly decide 'This kid pulled a Matthew Grant' and don't bother looking too hard for someone who is legitimately missing.

[quote]he didn't tell his friends where he was going either. He just disappeared. So why are you running your mouth about his parents when you don't know the first thing about them?

Is there a law that he must tell his friends where he goes? A law that he must tell his parents? A law that a person can't 'disappear'? Do people not have the privilege of going somewhere for a few weeks without telling everyone who might worry for their safety?

Whether he felt the weight of expectations or other pressure, I shouldn't like to venture. Whatever caused him to go hiking for three weeks and to give no notice of his plans I don't know that either. But to my mind people shouldn't be made criminals for going off plan, off the map, off the expectations of others. It's not as though he travelled to posted government land and ignored warnings not to rappel into the mouth of an erupting volcano for an Instagram live story.

It shouldn't be a crime in itself for someone to go off grid or to disappear for a while. The expenditure of a police forces is down to the police forces. Some people are reported missing and very little police effort is expended, but if a college student the adult child of helicopter parents goes missing after spending 22 years of being in their scope daily, it's another story.

You don't even know if they're "helicopter parents" you just want to make this guy look like a saint by demonizing his parents and blaming them

And it's not a crime to disappear, unless you took steps to lie to authorities and claimed to have been kidnapped or something. That said, it is selfish to just take off, leading your friends and family to believe that something happened to you. Is it too hard to just give people a heads up and say "Hey, I want to get away for a few days" so that they don't waste police resources looking for you

R215 That's why I believe the kid had a psychotic break.

Thank goodness he came to his senses before he harmed himself.

Going missing is the new TikTok

The local Democrat & Chronicle from Rochester has an article which includes Matthew's first statement.

It was a behind a paywall, so try the following link to view.

The statement within the article reads:

[quote] "Hello everyone, Matthew Grant here. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that helped in the search process. I feel incredibly grateful to have people like you all in my corner. It's hard to understand just how much support you will have, regardless of how you are doing personally. I am doing much better now that I am reunited with my family. It means the world to me. I don't have my phone right now but as soon as I do I will try and thank every person I can individually. I can't say it enough, thank you so much."

So get those cards and letters in now boys, and you might receive a personal message from the twink!

I don’t imagine hiking and sleeping in shelters in PA in winter is very comfortable.

I just wanted to mention that I would still like to lick his taint, after he has showered of course.

He or ooo banks wanted to avoid hiking in winter in Pennsylvania.

Based on his behavior in this situation - going hiking alone on an unfamiliar trail with no i.d. or phone and not telling anyone - coupled with what the father told Dateline - his advanced reading proficiency in kindergarten and ability to complete calculus by 8th grade - it's possible he's one of those types who has a high IQ, but is lacking in very basic common sense.

Puh-leeze, you are pretending like the kid is mentally handicapped r222.

He knew what he was doing. There is a reason he lied to his roommates about where he was going, there is a reason he left his phone. He wanted to get away from it all.

He did this while the school semester is still going on, it's an escape. For whatever reason he had some sort of mental episode here.

"I am doing much better now that I am reunited with my family..."

That statement from him alone tells you something was up with this kid. This wasn't just a spontaneous decision to go hiking.

Didn't he claim his wallet was stolen? What's up with that?

[quote] He or ooo banks wanted to avoid hiking in winter in Pennsylvania.

He wanted to avoid hiking in winter in Pennsylvania.

He was on the trail with his hunky theoretical physics T.A.

"Matthew -- there's a call for you. Someone named 'Sean Cody,' I think."

[Quote] I wonder if he was thinking about killing himself but decided not to follow through.

more likely he was running away from home/disappearing and changed his mind when . . .

I am glad he's ok. He's obviously got some issues but realized fairly quickly that the grass isn't always greener and that his actual life was a lot better than what he saw on that horrific Appalachean Trail!

[quote] He owes us an explanation.

Why? People have the freedom to do what they want.

Well I hope he gets a good rest and some therapy and finishes his Engineering bachelor. That's a very valuable credential in life.

When does his OnlyFans go live?

PNP session gone wrong. I too would like to lick his freshly washed taint.

"I don't have a phone right now..." translation. Mom and Dad won't let me communicate with the outside world. Something is going on in this family.

R235 Yes, there's some major dysfunction and possible abuse going on here.

More like dying of embarrassment.

Family posted this photo.

All better now.

He doesn't look all better. His eyes are slits and that's not a real smile.

That mom looks like a real bitch

R238 There's something very "off" about this picture.

no one’s wearing pants

I hope he's read this thread by now and feels all the love we sent his way.

He reminds me of a little spoiled bitch, very smug.

His sister is pretty. Are they blood brother and sister?

You're Welcome.

R245 She said when he was missing that they were both adopted. But it didn’t seem they were adopted together.

[quote]r238 Family posted this photo. All better now.

How dare they smile.

After what they put this nation through!

They have similar faces. I wonder if they were adopted together.

It will be interesting to see if Matthew competes in the wrestling tournament that the RIT team is scheduled to go to in Iowa next week, January 5 and 6.

Because he took off, the newly-named team co-captain missed the big RIT Invitational that was held at his own university in early December, which was his team's final competition for 2023.