Discussion: Family lost in corn maze dials 911

maybe NEOC should capitalize on this media frenzy and advertise their club activities

wrong on so many levels...

Someone should find out their name and name the US Corn Maze Champs trophy after them.

Here's a link to some video. Mercifully without the actual participants.

I heard only parts of the incident on the TV news. I did hear the mother saying something to the effect of, "We had a baby in the Corn Maze". Now I'm glad that she meant her infant. :)

Haha, watched it on msnbc yesterday.

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It probably was the Boston Bruins logo that sent them in circles!

Brilliant, lowest common denominator action! So it's not just Queeeeenslaaaanders ;-)

It might be hard to find out their name, but perhaps the incident could be used to name an award by some other relationship. Perhaps a "9-1-1 Award" or an "Emergency Avoided --- Corn Maze Defeated Award" or "Corn Maze Rescue Olympics" (or something similar to a known lifeguard competition)?

That corn maze is in Danvers Mass. Maybe all of us staying in the area can have a sprint event there Sat. after the A-meet..

Of course if their map had an OUSA logo on it...the arrow would have pointed them east...vs north.

That corn maze is in Danvers Mass. Maybe all of us staying in the area can have a sprint event there Sat. after the A-meet.

Sounds like a perfect time to generate some publicity. You've got the exact location of a ridiculous news story about someone getting lost, and just a few weeks later, the best people in the country at NOT getting lost are just a few miles away.

You might be able to get some media attention from this, so I'd contact the corn maze, the local papers and television (whoever covered the first story), and heck, why not Letterman and Leno, too (since they made fun of the whole thing).

Post a challenge in local paper and to Letterman/Leno?

O' course with 4 controls. O-teen-ager vs. local and vs. one of Letterman/Leno
's funny men that they send on these adventures.

YES! The corn maize should have media contacts.

Or maybe the award could be a "Corn Maze of Death Survival Kit"---Like 20 pounds of gear in a daypack...or a cell phone chained to a 20 pound weight.

How about a framed list of recommended gear for a Corn Maze outing? The 10 Essential items of gear for a successful Corn Maze outing...

1. Tent and full camping gear
2. Six bottles of baby formula
3. Periscope
4.

4.Machete (which isn't really necessary, but it might remind you that you're just in a cornfield)

The maze is pretty close to the Motel 6 (the sold-out one in Danvers)

Something tells me, though, that this maze has experienced significantly increased patronage since the 911 incident. This is probably due to people wanting to see if they can avoid getting lost.
Hey....

BTW it's open till 10pm (last start admission 9pm) on October Saturdays.
Can you say "Night Corn Maze-O Champs"?

I don't care what it's called, as long as someone tries to get some much-needed publicity out of it.

And if a certain local orienteer (if you're local you know who is meant) is not the face of that publicity.

My Best,

feet.

OMG, I can smell another rescue coming...

5. Aerial Flares (plural)
6. Space Blankets
7. Oral Rehydration Salts
8. Vuvuzela
9. Sunscreen SPF infinity or higher

Books:
Ordeal by Hunger: the Story of the Donner Party
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Celestial Navigation For The Clueless
On the Beach (by Nevil Shute)

Yeah, I can imagine that people clueless enough to get hopelessly lost in a field of corn would also be dumb enough to starve to death in a field of corn...

Sherpes,

You give your age away... "dials 911"

When did you last "dial" a phone?

Is there a more up to date term for what you do these days? Or is it just "call"? Do you still use the term "hang up" for what you do at the end of a call?

(Pretty sure I've used an actual rotary dial within the last month or two. At my elderly mother's house. Probably hadn't been used since my father died three years ago. I don't even have a land line at my house.)

I think trying to get some media coverage would be great! Unfortunately, the CSU crew is pretty flat out these days. Anyone volunteering to make the contact with the corn maze and send a press release or something? I do have a pre-written press release you could use. If you're serious, send me an email.

Seriously speaking I saved about 30 people last time in the corm maze. Moms with small children (and strollers), couples, groups, and singles - hungry and cold as it was chilly night. Lost for hours. I was like Moses leading his people to the light :)

Home of Idaho's Original Maze

P.S. Having the corn maze map and some O experience was key.

Amazing commentary as usual. Might not corn mazes have some kind of kiddy's map seeing as it's so family-friendly?

There was a groupon for night-cornmazing at the nearby marini farm in Ipswitch, MA that I picked up. Dragged the girl and the garmin (plug!) to it and had a blast. I had shades of the experience Sergey had, too - there were a lot of people in over their heads out there. Fantastic maze though, and way more nonlinear (read: fun) than the Danvers one. It seems like the best corn mazes have a few bridges scattered about to spice things up, too. Somehow forgot my copy of 'Alive', though.


I've been muttering about trying to swing some sort of corn maze o-vent (ha?) - I'll shoot you a line, Alex.. I'd say the chances of getting something together by this weekend are zip, though.

I have nothing but bad words to say about my Garmin at the moment.