A Scott Cawthon Miracle

This is a Christmas-season story about how a bear gave a boy his name.
The bear is Fredbear, leader of the all-golden animal  orchestra that entertains diners at Fredbear's Family Diner during the holidays.
The boy is Nott Winston Cawthon, 11, now called Scott. He met Fredbear during Christmas 19[DATA CORRUPT]
The boy's father, Ramirez F. Cawthon Jr., told the story.
"We were in [LOCATION PURGED] on a visit last Christmas with our son Nott, then almost 11," Cawthon said. "We lived in [ENCRYPTED] at the time.
"And, as many people from [DATA CORRUPT] do, we made one of our stops at Fredbear's Diner."
Nott is a high-functioning autistic child. While intellectually his age level is 12 or 13, socially he is around age 7 or 8. He has some behavior problems with his peers and relates better with children a few years younger than him, his father said.
Nott didn't talk until he was 7 years old. But thanks to his parents' hard work, he talks a blue streak now.
And while visiting Fredbear's Family Diner during Christmas 19[DATA CORRUPT], he struck up a conversation with Fredbear.
"Since this was early in the Christmas season on a Thursday afternoon, the crowd was light," Cawthon said. "The conversation between Fred and Nott lasted -- on and off, between songs -- about an hour. Nott was spellbound."
Something unusual happened during that conversation. When Fredbear, in a decidedly Southern accent, asked Nott his name, the bear must have misunderstood what the boy replied.
"Fredbear started calling our son Scott. What better name for the Christmas season?
"And the name stuck like glue. From that time on, for the past year, his name has been Scott Winston Cawthon. Scott is very emphatic about that."
Good things have happened since Fredbear changed Nott's name to Scott more than a year ago.
In September, father and son moved to [LOCATION CONDEMNED]. Cawthon and his wife, [CENSORED], lived there when they married in 19[CONFIDENTIAL], before General Electric Co. transferred him to the [DO NOT DECODE] area.
Mr. Cawthon is retired now and looks after Scott during the week.
Mrs. Cawthon works for [EXPUNGED] Power  [DATA CORRUPT]...system was not equipped to teach an autistic child," Mr. Cawthon said. "The [PURGED] school system has accepted him with open arms."
Scott is in [DO NOT LEAK] grade at [LOCATION DESTROYED]
This fall, on his own initiative, Scott entered a contest based on a favorite character. He was a winner in the "Foxy The Pirate Watch and Win Sweepstakes." His prize: a $1,000 shopping spree at [EXPUNGED] after the first of the year.
And the Cawthons have started the process of legally changing his name.
As it happens, Mr. Cawthon said he wanted to name his son Scott when the boy was born. As a sing-along leader at [DO NOT LOCATE], he was familiar with the name among fellow [CENSORED FOR CULTURAL ************]
"I was chicken," he said. "It took Fred the bear to name him Scott
"Although we live in [UNKNOWN]," Mr. Cawthon added, "a bear at Fredbear's named my son."