'Horrifying': Elon Musk's mother recalls scary incident when billionaire was 5

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, once scared his mother when he left his house without telling anyone. The billionaire, when five-years-old, was grounded and was not being allowed to watch a play that was happening on the other side of the town. So, he decided to escape from his house.

A video of Musk recalling the details of this childhood incident was shared on X by a page called Technododge. In the clip, the Tesla chief remembered how he desperately wanted to watch the play with his cousins. “I was grounded one afternoon and prevented from going to a play with my cousins on the other side of the town. I disagreed with this and escaped my nanny and walked across town. I could barely read signs and this was obviously a foolish thing to do. Something terrible could have happened- I could have been kidnapped or run over,” Musk said.

“But I was determined to go. So I basically walked across the capital city. My mom got really freaked out because she saw me just as I was entering my cousin's house walking along the sidewalk and flipped out,” he added.

In anticipation of a scolding, Musk quickly climbed a tree until his mother promised him that she would not punish him and would let him stay with his cousins.

Musk’s old video went viral and caught the attention of his mother, Maye, as well. She retweeted the post and wrote, “I remember this well. I think he was five because he couldn’t read yet. We still wonder how he crossed the streets and no one tried to stop him. Horrifying.”