Not From The Onion: Family lost in corn maze calls 911

A family from Everett lost in a maze carved out of a cornfield at Connors Farms in Danvers last night called 911 before being rescued.

“I don’t see anyone and I’m really scared, it’s really dark and we got a 3-week old baby with us,” a woman told the 911 operator.

Danvers Police Spokesman Robert Bettencourt emailed a voice recording of the 911 call to the media this afternoon.

“The victim does not want to be identified in any way on this incident and we are respectfully requesting that you honor their request,” Bettencourt wrote.

Connors Farms did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The family, who said they paid about $15 to enter the tourist attraction, called 911 around 7 p.m. last night, about an hour after the maze closed.

“I just can’t believe they didn’t send anyone to come and check on anybody, the people that run this,” the 42-year-old husband said. “They close at six. We’re the only ones in here.”

The 911 operator told the man not to “let your wife freak out”

The operator then asked the man if he heard police dogs barking and told him repeatedly to yell “Hello K-9” to get the dogs’ attention.

Boston.com

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Swallowable Parfum

Swallowable Parfum is a cosmetic capsule that enables human skin to emit a genetically unique scent about who we are and how we perform our identities. Once absorbed the skin becomes a platform, an atomizer; A biologically enhanced second skin synthesized directly from the natural processes of the body, redefining the role of skin.

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This product reminds me of this Troy Aikman commercial.

 

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Clothing for those with Downs Syndrome

Our goal is for people with Down syndrome to have proper fitting clothes that fit their unique body shapes and have style as well. Our clothes are more than just shortening a sleeve or taking up a hem. They fit at the elbows and knees appropriately. Fasteners will be simple to open and close. These clothes are made to fit! We promise that rolling up sleeves and hems will no longer be a problem and settling for uncomfortable clothing because there are no other options will become a thing of the past.

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Bag of Randomness

  • Two firsts for me yesterday.  I tried tofu, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would have been.  I also had to call my auto insurance company after rear-ending a car in front of me, but it’s not as bad as it sounds.
  • The two firsts are somewhat related.  I ordered take out at Genghis Grill, which included the tofu, and the mishap happened as I left the restaurant.
  • I was at a stoplight when I saw the light turn green when I hit the gas where I traveled maybe three feet and hit the car in front of me, a gray 2007 Chevy HHR.  It turns out the light that turned green was just the turning lane.  Totally my fault.  We promptly drove into a parking lot and the first thing I did was make sure she was OK.  Physically she was fine, but as we exchanged information she asked me to write everything down as her nerves were getting the best of her.  No damage was done to my Altima, and other than my paint from my license plate coming off on her bumper, her Chevy appeared to be OK.
  • I used the USAA app on my phone to start my claim, they did a fine job of walking  you through the process to gather information and to contact a representative.
  • The Detroit Tigers play at Comerica Park, which use to be based in Detroit until it moved its headquarters to Dallas back in 2007, and now the Tigers are playing the Rangers who are based in this area to go to the World Series.  I wonder if there’s some bad blood there in Detroit.
  • I liked Doug Melvin when he was the general manager for the Rangers until he was fired, and now he’s the GM for the Brewers, who the Rangers may end up playing in the World Series.  If the Rangers and Brewers do meet in the series, that would be one swift kick to the nuts to Melvin should the Rangers beat the his Brewers.
  • What’s the story with the Rangers and their bullpen having cut out faces at the Ballpark?
  • I’m looking forward to the zombie movie “World War Z” with Brad Pitt, so when I saw this article I had to chuckle a bit: Authorities in Budapest have confiscated 85 fully-functional weapons intended to be used during filming of the Brad Pitt zombie thriller.
  • It was great to see the TCU press conference where they accepted the Big 12’s invitation and to see how genuinely happy they were, I mean, they were really emotional about it, and I thought it was fitting that they were now “home.”  It’s like Rodney Dangerfield finally getting some respect.
  • I think now that TCU has a great football program (this year is a rebuilding year) and with some big teams coming to Fort Worth, I’ll be making a few trips to Cowtown in the future to catch some games.  Sometimes it’s fun just attending a game and not having a dog in the race.
  • I’m interested to see how the Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York will react once the cold weather hits.
  • The think the pastor at First Baptist Dallas is more of an attention whore than a minister.  He’ll be on the “Today Show” this morning.  I remember when I first came to the area from college and a lot of the talk about how FBC Dallas couldn’t get anyone to visit because it was downtown and all the churches and people are in the burbs and they needed someone to draw attention to them.  I think they got what they wanted.
  • I didn’t know that simple black turtle neck that Steve Jobs so famously wore cost $175 a piece.  Even the company that made the shirt has a tribute to him.
  • Some tricks to use the next time you are stuck using MS Paint.
  • The prosecutors in the Michael Jackson death trial showed another dead photo of the singer, this time naked, but at least it was censored.  But man, that’s some showmanship.  TMZ
  • I tried one of those new Dr Pepper 10 drinks, it tastes just like any other diet drink . . . crappy.
  • A kid actually got a pencil stuck in his eye, here’s the CNN video.
  • Details on the image above.
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