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Family Lost In Corn Maze Calls 911

First Posted: 10/12/11 10:17 AM ET Updated: 12/12/11 05:12 AM ET

A family became corn-fused when they couldn't seem to make their way out of a maze of maize in Danvers, Mass.

WCVB in Boston reports that a father used his cell phone to dial 911 after he, his wife and two children got lost in Connors Farm.

Officers quickly found the family within nine minutes of entering the maze, according to the Danver's Herald. The family was uninjured.

"We had a few people who got a bit lost last year but they found their way out,” owner of the farm Bob Connors told the Herald. “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 they can always make their way through the corn rows to the road.”

The maze mishap is just one of the seasonal misfortunes that have come along with autumn's cooler temperatures.

WAVE 3 in Louisville, Ky reported last week on a man who was arrested for punching a haunted house employee.

And just last month, a jogger on Vancouver Island, British Columbia was injured after someone hurled a pumpkin at her, according to the Vancouver Sun.

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A family became corn-fused when they couldn't seem to make their way out of a maze of maize in Danvers, Mass. WCVB in Boston reports that a father used his cell phone to dial 911 after he, his wife...
A family became corn-fused when they couldn't seem to make their way out of a maze of maize in Danvers, Mass. WCVB in Boston reports that a father used his cell phone to dial 911 after he, his wife...
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Symphysodon
11:07 PM on 10/16/2011
This is pathetic. That guy should have to wear skirts and high heels for the rest of his life.
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kencrn419
Remember Newtown
07:30 AM on 10/16/2011
It turns out they were only 25 feet from the edge of the maze.

Yeesh.
06:38 PM on 10/15/2011
They became corn-fused? Does that mean they have been genetically modified and are part corn part human, or put another way, people of the corn?
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ywcachieve
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03:41 PM on 10/15/2011
These comments are cracking me up. ....lol

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ywcachieve
President Barack H. Obama supporter.
03:32 PM on 10/15/2011
hahahahahahahaha... Oh my goodness. I just about fell out of my chair.

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09:52 AM on 10/15/2011
It would have been a simple case of corn-slaughter. If the ear doesn't fit... you must aquite!
09:39 AM on 10/15/2011
What a corny way to die.
01:39 AM on 10/14/2011
Their cry's for help fell on death ears...
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blackwind
Relax, nothing is under control
05:32 PM on 10/13/2011
The Simpsons already did it.
02:52 PM on 10/13/2011
I heard that they felt like they were being "stalked"...
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
11:42 PM on 10/13/2011
It was amaizing.
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FDRbyGodDemocrat
Liberal, nerdy, and festively plump.
09:42 PM on 10/14/2011
Very corny.
02:46 PM on 10/13/2011
As we say in the South, "Bless their hearts."
02:29 PM on 10/13/2011
You missed a great headline: "Family calls 911 when lost in maize maze". Pure gold.
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pennywell
nowhere; now here.
02:32 PM on 10/13/2011
corny!
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salamanca1
We'll never run out of stupidity
01:59 PM on 10/13/2011
That family sounds like they just fell off the turnip truck.
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ywcachieve
President Barack H. Obama supporter.
03:44 PM on 10/15/2011
lol... I would have been so embarrassed if the police had to come and rescue me from a corn maze. Oh my.

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aspertame2
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01:48 PM on 10/13/2011
I guess the farmer who runs the maze WAS happy. Lots of publicity, and the news seeds the notion that the maze is somehow special or "really hard". I'm cynical enough to wonder if this wasn't a stunt to start with. Or a lawsuit setup. ("We nearly died from fear, thirst and exposure during those terrible minutes before the police came!")
01:38 PM on 10/13/2011
Kind of reminds me of my boss who amazes us by finding her way back to work each day.
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FDRbyGodDemocrat
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09:44 PM on 10/14/2011
Well, here's hoping your boss ain't a Huffpo fan, Cyndi...