Parenting Panic: "Where Did They Go?" Stories

Parents of reddit, what are your "I looked away for ONE second" stories? My son was 3.

We were leaving Target. He left my sight as I was adjusting my bags.

Maybe two seconds, tops. Poof. He was gone. I try to act cool,

but my true crime podcast obsession got the best of me. The store locks

down. We are all looking for him. People are checking cars outside.

I'm calling my son's name louder than any intercom system. We were just about to call police.

And then my toddler slides out of the cart area and acts like, "Sup?"

He decided it would be a most excellent idea to shimmy underneath the carts and sit there as the world