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5-Year-Old New Jersey Boy Missing on Hiking Trip Found Safe in Woods After 8 Hours

Christopher Grecco, 5, got separated from his family during a hiking trip; a volunteer found him eight hours later

A New Jersey boy who became separated from his family has been found unhurt in the woods in southern Maine, officials say. 

Maine Game Wardens say a volunteer rescuer and her dog found 5-year-old Christopher Grecco around 2 a.m. Monday in Acton after being missing for nearly eight hours. Handler Dorothy Smail told WCSH-TV that the boy was on lying on the ground, playing dead because he thought her dog might be a wild animal. 

The boy was reunited with his family. 

The search was launched Sunday evening after the boy became separated from a group of relatives hiking along a trail near the New Hampshire border.

The group said he went missing around 6:30 p.m., and the family called the sheriff's department two hours later.

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