For several days in the summer of 1926, authorities searched the woods near Falling Creek for a 15-year-old girl dressed only in a bathing suit.
Her discarded clothing had reportedly been found, and witnesses claimed to have spotted her among the trees. Yet every attempt to catch her ended the same way: the girl slipped away and vanished back into the woods.
Her parents wanted her brought home, while police were left with troubling questions. Where was she sleeping? How was she finding food? And why was she so determined to remain hidden?
Girl in Bathing Suit Eludes Crowd to Stay in Woods
RICHMOND, Virginia. — Chesterfield County authorities are investigating a report that a 15-year-old girl, clad only in a bathing suit, has been hiding in the woods near Falling Creek for several days.
Clothing, which she is supposed to have discarded, was found, and there have been a number of chases for her, but she avoided capture, the police say.
Her parents have asked that she be apprehended and returned to them. How she subsists and where she sleeps are puzzling to the police.
Source: Evening Star. Washington, D.C. July 5, 1926.
