First I thought the kid had wandered off. His mom insists he's not like other kids. He wouldn't do that. Thing is, I've been a boy his age, and I did a lot of things my ma didn't know about. But I know Joyce, and I believe she believes her boy wouldn't wander off.
Found his bike, in perfect condition, abandoned at the side of the road. Boy his age wouldn't do that. Not in the mid 80s when a bike is like a Cadillac to those kids. There's just something...off about the whole thing.
We're in a small town, in Indiana. Nothing bad ever happens in hawkins. Kids sure as hell don't get kidnapped from my town.