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BY KERRY LEARY

ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO

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We all enjoy fall activities- apple picking, carving pumpkins- and getting lost in the local corn maze. But for one family, the getting-lost part of the corn maze adventure left them in a panic on Monday. WHDH has more.

“An afternoon of fun turns into a frantic call for help.”

“I’m really scared, it’s really dark and we have a three-week old baby with us.”

“Just relax.”

“A young family- mazed and confused.”

“This fall fun outing did turn into a nightmare for a mother and father in Danvers. They went to a local corn maze with their two children. They ended up calling for emergency help when they couldn’t find their way out.”

The husband and wife stayed on the phone with the dispatcher until they were found in the corn maze- about 25 feet from the street. BostInnovation shares their opinion about the story.

“The big question of the story, though – why would you go into a corn maze if you didn’t want to get lost? Where you there to simply to hang the corn stalks, scarecrow style?”

So, what do you do when lost in a corn maze? WFXT offered a solution that doesn’t have to do with calling 9-1-1.

“In a way I’m glad that they didn’t do this-but you have an ultimate out here. It’s corn, not concrete- you can sort of step through it and get out if you were really, really scared. It shocks me that this is what they did.”

“Well maybe they were thinking of the Shining, and they just got a little panicked, you know.”

K-9 police units located the distraught family a little under eight minutes after the call was made, and led them out safely. A Field And Stream blogger wonders if this doesn’t say something about the U.S. as a whole.

“Who says the average American has lost that trail-blazing, pioneering spirit of rugged individualism and self-reliance that made this country great?”

The owner of the seven-acre corn maze- complete with a design of a headless horseman- spoke with ABC. He said the farm staff stays at the maze nightly until all visitors have found their way out.

“We designed the maze for people to get lost but it’s all about family fun and it’s unfortunate that the family got stuck. That’s not our goal.  We want a positive experience for all.”

After the family’s aMAZEing escape, the owner of the farm offered the family free tickets to the maze. Who knows- maybe they’ll be back again soon.


Transcript by Newsy.