The following is a true story.
taken from Bloomington paper
Friday, February 26, 1988

LOST & FOUND
Solsberry

A four year old Bloomington girl who wandered away from her grandmother's house Thursday was found about four hours later, cold and scratched but safe, tangled in a barbed-wire fence more than a mile from where she disappeared.

Tasha Graham, the daughter of Trisha Graham who works at General Electric in Bloomington was home and safe in her bed by 10 p.m.

A couple living on Ind. 43, about a mile west of the grandmother's house, found the girl about 7:40 p.m. when they looked outside to see what their dogs were barking at.

State and county police, a state police helicopter, firefighters and neighbors-about 25 people--searched a three-mile square area throughout the evening.

Kathleen Townsend, the grandmother, said Tasha had gone outside to play with the family dogs. She became concerned when the girl had not returned by 3:30, and family members searched and then called police about three hours later.

Townsend, who lives north of Solsberry on county road 525 North near Ind. 43, said Tasha often takes walks with the two German Shepherds, she went toward the woods with Thursday. She was staying with Townsend while her mother was at work.

When she was found, Tasha was alone and without the dogs she started out with. Pat Evoy, who works in the printing shop at Crane Naval Weapons Support Center, said he was surprised when he took a flashlight out behind his house to investigate why his dogs were causing such a commotion. His wife, Lori, had seen movement near their fence, and heard a young voice answer when she called, "Who's out there?" As Pat Evoy got close to the fence, he realized a little girl was caught in the barbed wire.

"She was carrying her boots, mittens, and a stocking hat", Evoy said. "There wasn't a tear shed. She said she was supposed to be home by dark."He untangled the girl's hair and coat from the fence, and freed her from the barbed wire. He carried the girl, who was cold and covered with mud inside his house. She said her name was Tasha, and that she didn't live in Solsberry. "We wondered where she came from,"Evoy said. "She talked about havng kitty cats at home, and said she didn't know her phone number or where she lived. We had no idea where she was from. We thought she might be hungry, and asked her if she wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich."

Tasha said a jelly sandwich and a glass of milk would be just fine. Evoy called the Greene County Sheriff's Department, and told them he had found a 4 year-old named Tasha. Police units involved in the search arrived at the house almost immediately. One of the officers took Tasha's mother to the house. Evoy said he and his wife had arrived home about 20 minutes before they discovered the girl. I don't know how long she could have been there," he said. "We thought about how lucky it was she was safe--she had passed within 40 feet of pond in the pasture before she got caught in the fence." The area is a heavily wooded wilderness and searchers feared the girl might be lost in the deep woods. Skies were clear and the temperature was below freezing. An ambulance from Greene County General Hospital was on the scene to supply medical help if it was needed.

Townsend said Tasha was not too shaken by being lost. "She'd been through the briars and brambles and had lots of scratches, but she was like a rock, not crying or upset," she said. "She said she knew she was lost but said she wasn't afraid." Tasha said she had heard searchers call her name over a loudspeaker from the helicopter, but they must not have heard her call back to them. "She just needed some warming up," Townsend said. "We put her in a nice, warm bath." She thanked all those who helped look for the girl. "It was wonderful , and gratifying to know you can have that much help that fast."

Isn't it a shame the media didn't realize she was surrounded by angels the whole time?
That is why she was not afraid!

Do you believe in angels?
I do.