By Rebecca Lane | U.S. Field Reports | July 27, 2025 | Hunt, Texas
In a stunning development in the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 27 girls near Camp Mystic, police have confirmed they received an anonymous tip just after 4:00 PM today, urging them to “check the pipeline 500 meters east of the main cabin lodge.”
Rescue teams, already stretched thin from weeks of searching in rugged flood-altered terrain, redirected a specialized unit equipped with snake cameras and ventilation gear to the scene — a partially buried industrial pipeline obscured by overgrowth and mud.
Exactly 32 minutes into the inspection, one officer reportedly froze mid-step, whispering into his radio that he heard “a distinct tapping — like fingernails on metal.”
What followed has not yet been publicly detailed in full, but sources on the ground confirmed that rescue crews broke open a welded maintenance hatch and were immediately overcome by a wave of hot air and a faint cry for help.
Inside the narrow, rusted shaft, emergency lights revealed a small shoe — and just beyond, a shaking hand gripping a soggy sketchbook.
The girl, whose identity is not yet confirmed but is believed to be the last unaccounted-for child, was pulled out conscious but severely dehydrated, still clutching the drawing pad.
And what she had drawn? Rescue workers say the final pages showed a map — with circles, dates, and names — and a chilling phrase in childlike scrawl:
“He said don’t draw it, but I had to show someone.”
Authorities have sealed off the area and are treating it as an active crime scene. The girl is currently receiving treatment and is not yet able to speak, but forensic teams are scanning her sketchbook for further clues.
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Stay tuned as police prepare a press briefing at 9PM tonight. The FBI is now reportedly involved in analyzing the pipeline structure and investigating how a child could have ended up there — and who else may have known.
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