A well adjusted person would have give not a second thought about venturing down the magically lit path through the woods

I, on the other hand, have seen one too many true crime stories for that

Even in fairy tales we are warned about wandering into the woods alone

Although the wolves in those stories are much different than those on Dateline

I think the moral of both tales is simply-

Little girls who stay home in their PJs listening to stories fare much better than little girls who go skipping into the woods