British teen found hiding on ship sailing to Africa 12 days after disappearance, states a Mirror news source.
She was off to the cinema
Isobel Scott, from Edinburgh, Scotland, told her mum and dad she was off to the cinema but the reality soon dawned and she ended up on a ship bound for Casablanca in western Morocco.
When a 15-year-old girl told her parents she was off to catch a film, little did they know the next few weeks would be like something out of a Hollywood movie.
Teenager Isobel Scott told her parents she was going to the cinema for the evening – and almost ended up on the other side of the world. It was a story that made headlines far and wide after she lied to her mum and dad and ended up on a ship bound for Casablanca in western Morocco.
Isobel, from Edinburgh, Scotland, went off to Leith Docks instead of the pictures on January 6, 1957, and wasn’t seen again for another 12 days. Her frantic parents launched appeals in an effort to find the teen but there was no trace of her to be found in the capital city, reports Edinburgh Live.
However, eventually, she was discovered hiding on a cargo ship bound for Africa that she had somehow managed to board in their seaside town. The ship’s crew found her hiding in their quarters of the the 3,000 ton Panamanian cargo steamer. A London newspaper from the time explained how Isobel shared a cigarette and a joke with the crew.
A huge effort had to be put into place by the captain of the ship to return her home to the UK to her dad who was waiting at Dover. A small pilot cutter had transported Isobel to dry land but the girl stubbornly refused to reveal the reason behind her great escape. The Daily Mirror had reported at the time of her miraculous return back home.
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Source: Mirror
