Mom’s Son Goes Missing In The Woods. Then The Family Gets A Strange Text Message...

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Brayden Neilson, a 14-year-old boy from Bluffdale, Utah, went on a hunting trip with a few older friends. When he got separated from the group in the freezing single-digit weather, he became so lost that the teen believes he should be dead right now. Fortunately, he isn't.

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"I really thought I should have been dead," Brayden told ABC News' Tina Chen. "I started popping off shots out of my shotgun and probably shot about 25 rounds. I started crying and freaking out."

Brayden could see large search parties in the distance, but he couldn't reach them. He would shout for their help, but no one could hear him. He texted his brother's phone, "I'm fine. I love you so much," but no one could reach him. He tried calling 911, but his service was poor. Like when Matt Lunney went missing everyone was so close yet so far. Then he saw something in the distance; for Brayden, it was a sign from God himself.

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"I saw two pairs of headlights. I started walking to them. I think God led me that whole way through, all the way through there and I think he found me some help," he says. When officers found him, he was 50 miles away from home and 11 miles from his group of friends. Brayden had been missing for 28 hours, and he had signs of hypothermia, and hallucinations from exhaustion. After a few days in the hospital, the family is grateful he is back home.

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"My son, to know him, he is a strong-willed, strong-headed young man. If anybody could survive it, it would have probably been him. My other kids probably would not have survived it," said his mother, Sheila.

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