BAR HARBOR, Maine — A teenager has been found safe after they went missing Thursday morning on Mount Desert Island, authorities said.

The 16-year-old had last been seen leaving his home near Somes Pond around 10 a.m., the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said.

Bar Harbor police said the missing teenager had left on foot.

In an update shortly before 6:40 p.m., the DIFW said the teenager had been found safe.

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