The 1998 Centralia Missing Boy was a documented incident, from the Original Mythos.
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May 26th 1998
Boy missing in Centralia, IL.
Joshua Baxter (12) was reported missing from his bed on the morning of May 26th. He was last seen the previous night by his mother, Laura Baxter. The boy is Caucasian, has short, brown hair, and wore red and white striped pajamas at the time of his disappearance. Laura Baxter explained that since moving into the house one week earlier, on May 18th, the boy had repeatedly complained about waking during the night from an “unbearable, freezing cold”. Otherwise there is no indication the boy would have voluntarily left his room.
An unidentified man was recorded in a photograph taken by Joshua Baxter’s father, John Baxter, on the evening of May 22nd. The photo was taken for personal use, as part of documenting the renovation of the basement in the house. John Baxter claims not to have noticed the man when he made the photograph, explaining that he was in a hurry to get back out of the cold. The police is interested in any information that can lead to the identification of the unknown man, who appears in the photo to be tall and slender, wearing a black suit and with a pale complexion.