[QUOTE]A Massachusetts family got the Halloween scare of a lifetime by getting lost inside a dark and creepy Salem-area corn maze and had to call 911 for rescue.
Danvers police say they got a call of distress from a mother of two about 6:32 p.m. Monday. The woman alerted the 911 operator of their situation in the Connors Farm in Danvers, a short distance from Salem.
A voice recording of the 911 call was made available to the media on Wednesday. The exchange:
Woman: "Hi, I just called. I'm still stuck at Connors Farms. I don't see anybody. I am really scared. It's really dark and we've got a 3-week-old baby with us."
Dispatcher: "Just relax. Calm down. Your husband is with you right?"
Woman: "Yes, but my baby?"
Dispatcher: "OK. I understand and the police officer is on the way."
Woman: "We thought this would be fun. Instead it's a nightmare. I don't know what made us do this. It was daytime when we came in. And I never take my daughter out. This is the first time. Never again."
The family's harrowing journey was first reported by[URL="http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/features/x153925780/Lost-in-maize-Man-calls-911-after-Danvers-corn-maze-caper#axzz1aaZW3P8K"]The Danvers Herald[/URL] and picked up nationwide.
Farm owner Bob Connors said Wednesday his maze on seven acres was created so that people would get lost in its towering stalks. The maze, in the shape of a headless horseman with the words "Salem Village" and "Danvers, Ma." carved out, can take up to an hour to navigate, Connors told msnbc.com.
Connors said it was a busy day and he left the farm and his farm manager about 6:20 p.m. Monday, only to return a short time later. Connors said he received a phone call from a friend who told him about police squad cars at the family farm at 30 Valley Road.
“People like to take their time and we don’t like to rush people out of the maze," Connors said. "We like to give people their money’s worth."
He said a Danvers police with a tracking dog quickly plunged into the depths of the maze with a farm manager to search for the disoriented dad, mom and two young kids.
Within a minute or so upon arrival, the police officer located the family. [B]The family didn't realize they had almost made their way out; they were just 25 feet from the street[/B], Connors said.
"Usually we see smiles coming out of the maze," he said. "I could understand the family's concern, because they had a little one with them. And I’m sure they won’t be the last family who gets lost in there.”
Said Connors: "I have a funny feeling it's going to be a real busy season." [/QUOTE]
Source : [URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44875752/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/i-am-really-scared-family-lost-corn-maze-calls-help/#.TpXSRZtufg0[/URL]
Getting stuck in a maze is fucking scary.
Especially a corn maze.
Because they'll never find your body when the farmer harvests the crops /moviethriller
That's called accepting defeat.
Fuck that, i'd blaze a trail through the corn at that point.
Ha, watched the video and even one of the guys on the news said the same thing.
Lol, they were so close.
To find the exit of a maze, just follow the side with your right hand. It will take awhile but you will eventually reach the end.
Let's split up, gang.
Yeah, I'm sure if maybe the child weren't so young, the family would've just gone a little further and made it. But it didn't happen like that. :/
Well, they didn't have to worry about starving at least.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;32746338]To find the exit of a maze, just follow the side with your right hand. It will take awhile but you will eventually reach the end.[/QUOTE]You are so smart! And just a hint, works with left as well!
When i was younger, i got stuck in a hay maze.
I said, fuck this shit, and jumped the walls until i made it out of the maze, about 30 feet left of the exit.
Mazes don't amuse me.
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;32746584]When i was younger, i got stuck in a hay maze.
I said, fuck this shit, and jumped the walls until i made it out of the maze, about 30 feet left of the exit.
Mazes don't amuse me.[/QUOTE]
Mazes don't amuse ANYONE.
I'm talking to you, Tomb Raider.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;32746554]You are so smart! And just a hint, works with left as well![/QUOTE]
Why are you so mad? I just thought it was a neat trick that not a lot of people knew.
[Quote=Article]Woman: "We thought this would be fun. Instead it's a nightmare. I don't know what made us do this. It was daytime when we came in. And I never take my daughter out. This is the first time. Never again."[/quote]
Perfectly standard reaction to getting lost in a maze. I mean what are the odds of getting lost in something designed to make people get lost?
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;32746584]When i was younger, i got stuck in a hay maze.
I said, fuck this shit, and jumped the walls until i made it out of the maze, about 30 feet left of the exit.
Mazes don't amuse me.[/QUOTE]
Except you know, a hay maze has solid walls, you can just walk through corn if you wanted to give up...
[QUOTE=Raidyr;32746835]Why are you so mad? I just thought it was a neat trick that not a lot of people knew.[/QUOTE]
Basic logic really is that hard man!
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;32746997]Basic logic really is that hard man![/QUOTE]
No reason to be an ass about it.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;32746835]Why are you so mad? I just thought it was a neat trick that not a lot of people knew.[/QUOTE]
First of all, that is one of the more popular greek legends, the one with the minotaur, and it is extremely well known. Secondly, it doesn't even work with all mazes. If a maze had an isolated section of wall, you'd just be walking in circles.
[QUOTE=Ardosos;32747113]First of all, that is one of the more popular greek legends, the one with the minotaur, and it is extremely well known. Secondly, it doesn't even work with all mazes. If a maze had an isolated section of wall, you'd just be walking in circles.[/QUOTE]
pretty sure if you start at the opening, you'll end up at the end.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;32746906]Except you know, a hay maze has solid walls, you can just walk through corn if you wanted to give up...[/QUOTE]
lol that just makes these people sound even dumber.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;32747137]pretty sure if you start at the opening, you'll end up at the end.[/QUOTE]
If you [I]started[/I] doing that at the opening, yeah. If you went "oh crap I'm lost" and went up to a random wall in the middle of a maze then my hypothetical scenario is entirely possible.
[QUOTE=Ardosos;32747240]If you [I]started[/I] doing that at the opening, yeah. If you went "oh crap I'm lost" and went up to a random wall in the middle of a maze then my hypothetical scenario is entirely possible.[/QUOTE]
but why would you remove your hand from the wall from in the first place?
[QUOTE=The BoxDog;32748442]but why would you remove your hand from the wall from in the first place?[/QUOTE]
The point I'm trying to put across is what if you didn't have your hand there in the first place. Like you were, say, a confident family who thinks that they can sole the maze, only to get lost.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;32746997]Basic logic really is that hard man![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Ardosos;32747113]First of all, that is one of the more popular greek legends, the one with the minotaur, and it is extremely well known. Secondly, it doesn't even work with all mazes. If a maze had an isolated section of wall, you'd just be walking in circles.[/QUOTE]
You guys must get really upset at Fun Fact cards on restaurant menus.
[QUOTE=FullStreak12;32747175]Wasn't this a Simpsons episode?[/QUOTE]
At the start of the episode "Stop or my dog will shoot", the family gets lost in a corn maze. (They get out)
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100526031544/simpsons/images/thumb/e/ee/Homer_Corn_Writing.jpg/250px-Homer_Corn_Writing.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Raidyr;32748513]You guys must get really upset at Fun Fact cards on restaurant menus.[/QUOTE]
Whilst it won't always work, it narrows it down to a fifty-fifty chance, since there's only one way you can go (forward) and the two ways to go about it (left or right). If you have some way of marking the point at which you begin to follow the wall, you can go back and try the other side, making sure you will find the exit.
[QUOTE=Cone;32748564]Whilst it won't always work, it narrows it down to a fifty-fifty chance, since there's only one way you can go (forward) and the two ways to go about it (left or right). If you have some way of marking the point at which you begin to follow the wall, you can go back and try the other side, making sure you will find the exit.[/QUOTE]
I know it doesn't work in every situation but it was just something interesting I heard not too long ago in an article and thought it might be relevant here. I didn't know people would get so mad at me. Sorry.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;32748625]I know it doesn't work in every situation but it was just something interesting I heard not too long ago in an article and thought it might be relevant here. I didn't know people would get so mad at me. Sorry.[/QUOTE]
I heard about it in the Yogscast.
And I'm not mad at you.
Couldn't they just... I don't know... Freak out and go through the corn?
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