Family gets lost, calls police from Danvers corn maze

• Zlatka wrote on 2011-10-12 16:35

  One family got more mystery than they bargained for when they took an outing to a corn maze -- they got lost among the stalks as it got dark and needed the police to get them out, the owner said.
  
  Around 6:35 p.m., Danvers police received a call from a family who couldn’t find their way out of the seven-acre corn maze at Connor’s Farm in Danvers, and were getting nervous because it was dark. A police officer and K-9 unit quickly located the family.

  
  
  HAHA OH WOW
  
  http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/10/family-gets-lost-calls-police-from-danvers-corn-maze/soyMMSXq540A3sgqEw9FpL/index.html
• Akemii wrote on 2011-10-12 16:36
  huehuehue
  
  priceless.
• Sekwaf wrote on 2011-10-12 17:37
  Taxpayer money going to a real good use there...
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-10-12 17:43
  Weaklings, they could have eaten their way out... or maybe just walked past the stalks.
• Claudia wrote on 2011-10-12 17:57
  I GOT LOST IN A CORNMAZE LIKE THAT ONCE.
  
  IT WAS LIKE TEN MINUTES FROM THIS PLACE.
  
  Oh, btw, except for in the cities, our cops have nothing better to do. real talk.
  You see a lot of stories like this..
• Conor wrote on 2011-10-12 18:05
  Is it true that if you keep your right hand on the right-side wall at all times while you walk through a maze, you'll without a doubt find the exit?
  
  I mean I guess it's true, given there's no time restraint, but is it the most timely-efficient method?
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-10-12 18:11
  Rule number 1:
  
  If the maze doesn't change midway, you can always find your way out by sticking strictly to the right wall.
• whocares8128 wrote on 2011-10-12 18:28

  Quote from Conor;617401:

  Is it true that if you keep your right hand on the right-side wall at all times while you walk through a maze, you'll without a doubt find the exit?

  
  As Cucurbita said, as long as the maze isn't changing while you go through it, yes.
  
  

  Quote from Conor;617401:

  I mean I guess it's true, given there's no time restraint, but is it the most timely-efficient method?

  
  Now this is entirely dependent on the maze's design, but most likely it is not the fastest way to clear a maze.
  
  P.S. You can just as easily hug the left wall the whole time to find your way through as well. The key is to always go left/right and not switch.
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-10-12 19:34
  Haha, noobs! I knew the maze rule since I was a lil kid. Maybe they were being stupid because they were panicking. :(
• LiqwedHitman wrote on 2011-10-12 20:02
  I have never been in a corn maze seems like fun though._.
• Hiccup wrote on 2011-10-12 23:04
  lmao wow
• Claudia wrote on 2011-10-13 00:01
  corn mazes are so much fun lalala
  
  I went to an epic one when we went to PA, and sometimes when we go apple picking we go through a corn maze!
• Sayoko wrote on 2011-10-13 00:34
  From what I heard on the radio this morning, the family was about 10 feet from the outside the maze too. They just needed to walk through the corn though which is a big no no for them.
  
  I can understand getting lost in a hedge maze. But a corn maze? seriously...
  
  

  [Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/MaizeMaze.JPG]
• Ninjam wrote on 2011-10-13 00:50
  Corn can grow a lot taller than that, im sure. At least here in missouri it can grow to be at least to head height of an average adult.
  
  And what kind of emergency happened i wonder? If it was just getting lost then im sure it would have been ok to just push through the corn in one direction until you found an exit.
• Claudia wrote on 2011-10-13 01:01
  Well, already it's been getting really cold, even before the sun goes down. Probably didn't want them to freeze in the middle of a corn maze.