I will post more details when I have a second to breathe on the existing thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bend/comments/18rczlb/missing_person/
If you have created a thread outside of the one above, please remove it so we can keep the info in one place. Thank you so much to everyone who helped spread the word.
Posted Dec 28, 2023, 12:32 AM UTC
i really hope someone deletes these threads. for his sake. he is a real person…like human irl and will likely read this shit. he was found alive. that should wrap it up. no need to satisfy public curiosity at the expense of another person’s dignity
Yes. Feel like it would have been a heck of a lot better if the media just reported he was found safe with no further details revealed.
Why?
I guess the embarrassment of somehow falling into a 6’ dry well? And being 6’5” or 6’4” and NOT being able to get out? And I can’t tell from article if well was behind/in a fenced in area?
Well, despite their height pulling themselves up by their fingertips would be difficult, given the only handle would be a 90 degree angle.
So glad it turned out ok. Let us know if you put together a gofundme or something like that where we can help.
How did he get stuck in a dry well 6 feet below ground?!
Behind a locked gate
That doesn’t answer the question though - was he climbing the gate and fell in? Why did he end up in the well at all? Was he too injured to just climb out? So confusing
Hypothesis: He rents a storage unit there and he was retrieving something. The grate over the drywell was in disrepair and gave way when he stepped on it.
Per https://centraloregondaily.com/bend-missing-man-john-mclerran/, the owner of the storage unit found him!
"John Michael McLerran was found by the owner of a storage unit who recognized McLerran’s photo from a missing person flyer, recalling McLerran had rented a storage unit last week."
This is definitely an Ok Explanation.
Maybe, but the pic upstream shows a manhole cover, they are either there or not there.
I really appreciate this benefit of the doubt explanation. Let’s leave it at that!
I assume more details will roll out, it hasn’t been long at all.
If and when he and his friends and family feel like talking about it, which they may not wish to, which is totally fine. The important thing is that he's alive and well.
Totally agree
These wells have lids on them. He had to of removed the lid and climbed in.
You don't know that. Someone else could've removed the lid or there may not have been one.
That said...this story is weird as heck.
Have*
Maybe, maybe not. Early reports are notoriously unreliable.
Dude is 6'5, couldn't he have climbed out of a 6'0 hole? Or atleast had his head out? I've looked at Norton Storage on google earth and don't see any signs of a well or sewer grate or anything. They don't even have a parking lot technically.
I'm gonna wager a guess here, but I bet he didn't want to be there and probably tried to get out.
I think he would have gotten out if he could have.
This is the funniest comment.
We don't know how deep it actually is to the inch; the police report says "about six feet". Many people would have trouble scaling a 6 foot vertical wall; I could probably do it in my former fiitter climbing days, but not now.
Poorly written article... The bulletin describes it better. FTA: "who was 6 feet below street level in a dry well in the parking lot of Norton Street Storage"
Missing Bend man found alive at bottom of dry well https://bendbulletin-or.newsmemory.com/?publink=15be04540_134ae60
According to the newer KTVZ article: Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila Miller provided some more details Thursday.
"Officers reviewed that footage and determined that Mr. McLerran -- it appears that he entered the hole on his own, and he didn't fall into it," she said. "He chose to get into it. So that's -- there was no one else around. And that's what our investigation has determined."
We also provided police clarification that the dry well was 10 to 12 feet deep.
Thank goodness m, I’m so happy to hear he’s safe and sound
Geocaching in Bend is out of control
Great news!
That’s great news!! Sorry that happened to you John!!!
Glad he was found! And great reminder cops wont help you
How is this a great reminder of how cops won't help you? Do you have video evidence of a police officer finding this individual and not helping him out? If so, please send it to CNN I'm sure they would love that shit.
Guess you didnt see the previous posts about them not considering his case a missing person because there was no proof of wrong doing? And without a police case the family couldnt get a news article published?
I did see the previous posts. What would a news article do exactly... and who watches the news anymore? Everybody who lives relatively close heard about it within hours. Those that could, helped. I shared the post to all my bend friends to be on look out.
I just find it childish to think that it's the polices fault that someone wandered somewhere they shouldn't have and ended up in a predicament.
Yea! I don’t need to know more. Just glad for happy endings.
I'm so curious what happened but ultimately I'm glad that he was found to be okay!
So happy he's been found and hope he is okay. such a strange event
So glad for his family and loved ones! We were visiting Bend yesterday and I randomly looked up this sub and became interested in the story. We had just driven by near where he was found, too. I hope he didn’t have injuries or anything from being in the cold like that. What a terrifying experience.
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The best possible outcome ❤️