Overview
- The boy’s mother reported him missing Monday evening in Sulzbach-Rosenberg after he did not return from a friend’s home during snowfall and near‑freezing temperatures.
- Multiple patrols searched the area as residents mobilized through loudspeaker alerts, chat groups, and messenger services to assist.
- Officers followed tracks and found the child around 22:00 dug into snow under a hedge, and he was unharmed.
- He told police he hid because he feared monsters in his bedroom, refusing at first to leave his hiding place.
- Officer Jörg Kreussel said they reassured him by scanning and “sucking up” the supposed monsters with a card reader and a breathalyzer before reuniting him with his mother, noting the cold and a nearby stream made the situation risky.