Overview
- Nineteen-year-old Lawrence Stallard Honour was located at Wat Tham Sawan Bandan in Kanchanaburi after villagers reported a foreigner at the hilltop temple.
- Thai authorities say he set out on 27 September to reach Payathonzu via the Three Pagodas Pass but found the checkpoint closed.
- After being turned back and unable to pay for a room at a nearby resort, he entered the forest and became lost as night fell.
- He told rescuers he survived roughly 10 days by eating ants and tree bark, and he was found disoriented but without serious injuries after a health check.
- Officials report no signs of abuse or trafficking, though his mother had raised concerns that online contacts might have lured him toward Myanmar-based scam centers.