“A 15-year-old boy whose followers believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha has disappeared after 10 months of meditation in the Nepalese jungle , officials said Saturday.

Followers of Ram Bahadur Banjan reported his disappearance and search parties on Sunday split up in the jungles of Bara, about 100 miles south of …Katmandu, to investigate… [E]yewitnesses reported seeing the teen heading south before dawn on Saturday. His clothes were found near the spot where he had been meditating.” (Yahoo! News)