Augustus \u201cGus\u201d Lamont was last seen on September 27, playing on a mound of dirt near his family\u2019s sheep station, deep in the Australian Outback.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the 4-year-old had been left alone for about half an hour before his grandmother went to call him inside \u2014 but he was gone.<\/p>\n
Since then, a frantic search has gripped the nation, with all of Australia holding its breath as rescuers race against time to find the missing boy.<\/p>\n
Locals fear
\nFour-year-old August \u201cGus\u201d Lamont is still missing after he was last spotted playing outside his family\u2019s Oak Park Station property, roughly 25 miles south of Yunta in South Australia, on September 27.<\/p>\n
The search has become one of the largest in South Australia\u2019s recent history \u2013 a desperate mission fueled by hope and heartbreak. Friends, family, and rescuers refuses to give up, believing the little boy may have wandered off in the cooler evening hours \u201cbecause of the heat and flies\u201d during the day.<\/p>\n
Other locals fear that little Gus may have wandered into one of the area\u2019s many hidden hazards \u2014 including old, unmarked mine shafts or wells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Augustus \u201cGus\u201d Lamont was last seen on September 27, playing on a mound of dirt near his family\u2019s sheep station, deep in the Australian Outback. According to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n