Posted on 10/12/2011 5:57:28 AM PDT by dead
DANVERS, Mass. — An evening stroll through a corn maze took a confusing turn Monday for a family that became disoriented in the rows of corn and called 911 to ask for help.
A father and mother with two children used their cellphone to call Danvers Police at 6:32 p.m. reporting that they were lost in the Connors Farm corn maze. Danvers Officer Justin Ellenton responded to the call and entered the corn maze with Connor’s Farm manager Ritchie Potter to search for the family.
Within nine minutes of entering the maze, Ellenton and Potter found the family. The family had almost found their way out; unbeknownst to them, they were only 25 feet from the street. Police were not releasing the name of the family.
The 7-acre corn maze is a challenging course, said owner of the farm, Bob Connor. This year’s course with a design cut into the corn of the “Salem Village Headless Horseman” may be trickier than years past Connor said. Other designs from previous years included “Eastwood,” with Clint Eastwood’s face emblazoned through the corn, and "Family Guy."
“We had a few people who got a bit lost last year, but they found their way out,” Connor said. “There is no wire or fence around the maze, so if they really want or need to get out all they have to do is listen for the sound of traffic.”
Connor said that the farm has a night security person on hand every night who stays until everybody leaves.
“We make sure there are no cars left in the parking lot. We don’t want to leave anybody behind in the maze,” Connor said. Connor had just left the farm for the evening when he got a call from a friend who had heard on the police scanner that somebody was stuck in the maze.
“They were a really nice family. We offered for them to come back on us and try the maze again – but I think they had enough,” Connors said.
They were lost in the maize?.........
Yes, but they were “cornfounded”.
I heard the 911 call on the radio this morning and I’m sorry but this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
My husband and I go to corn mazes every year and I find it quite hard to believe that no one else was in the maze and no workers were present. The husband claimed on the 911 call that they closed the maze and the lights were out. The police were called at approximately 6:30pm...although sunset in MA, not pitch black.
Plus, who takes a 3-month old baby to a corn maze?
Not as bad as calling 911 to complain about getting cold fries at McDonald’s,but close.
Pfff..... townies.
Time to ban corn mazes...for the children.
Good publicity for the maze.....but come on people!
Wow, walls of cornstalks are so darned impenetrable.
This story is reminiscent of the day Al and his family Gore moved into the vice=presidents digs. He decided to take a walk through the woods adjacent to his new residence.
He was gone for hours and had to be led out by a contingent of secret service. He was lost.
They were probably looking for Occupy Wall Street.
Good One. Too Funny!!!!
I can see a “mental anguish” lawsuit in the near future.
stupidest thing ever.....walk through the stalks idiots....jezzzz, they gotta be Dumbo supporters, walk 100 yds in one direction and your out, stupid stupid stupid
You and Red Badger are on your game this morning!! Great comments - funny!!
“Wow, walls of cornstalks are so darned impenetrable.”
Lol. Was the maze reinforced with barbed wire?
What is the IQ of these parents?
How clueless can people get? Does no one know how to rely on clues from nature to find direction anymore? The position of the sun, moon and stars, sounds, wind direction are often dead giveaways.
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