Claim:

A 14-year-old Boy Scout named Eric Langford disappeared in New York's Adirondack Mountains in 1989, was declared dead and miraculously reappeared in 2001.

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Images and videos of Eric Langford have been shared online---but multiple people have said in the comments that they suspect these are all AI-generated.

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The Claim

Langford vanished …

A 14-year-old boy mysteriously vanished without a trace from a Boy Scout camp, never to be seen again - his family devastated.

Three weeks later, the teen, Eric Langford, was declared dead after baffled police failed to find any leads despi…