Case file · High strangeness
The Lost Children of the Alleghenies
George and Joseph Cox, aged seven and five, vanished from Spruce Hollow in Bedford County in April 1856. Their bodies were found after a farmer, Jacob Dibert, dreamed the route to them three nights running.
1856 CE · 40.28, -78.58 · status: account
The account
Hundreds searched in vain. Dibert's brother-in-law Harrison Whysong followed the landmarks of the dream and found the boys, who had died of exposure. A memorial stands in Blue Knob State Park.
The sceptical view
The dream account was written down after the event; Dibert knew the countryside well and the search had already narrowed.