Woman Finds Cot with a Baby in Abandoned Winter Forest, 23 Years Later They Meet Again — Story of the Day
A woman finds an abandoned baby in a forest cottage and decides to hand her over to the cops. 23 years later, their paths cross again when a homeless woman claiming to be the baby’s mother shows up on her doorstep.
“Are you Darby Jones, the photographer who clicked this picture?” Elora asked in a trembling voice as she handed a baby’s picture to Darby.
“Yes, that’s me. But where did you find this picture? I took it 23 years ago!” Darby responded, startled by the sight of a poor woman dressed in rags on her doorstep. Her face was riddled with dark circles, and she had sunken cheeks.
Darby found a baby in an abandoned cottage | Photo: Shutterstock
“Well, this child,” Elora continued in a weak voice, “She’s my daughter. I’ve been looking for her for years. Please help me find her!”
Darby’s eyes widened. “What? Your daughter?”
“Yes, my name is Elora, and she is…” Before the woman could finish her sentence, darkness filled her vision, and she collapsed to the floor.
Darby dashed into the kitchen to get some water and splash it in Elora’s face. When the poor woman awoke, Darby fed her and dressed her in warm clothes. Then she told Darby her story, bringing the woman to tears.
Elora was only 16 when she became pregnant. Her so-called boyfriend threatened to kill both her and the baby if she did not comply with his request to terminate the pregnancy. Fearful, Elora fled his home and relocated to a different city.
Elora was orphaned at a young age and had no one to look after her. Her life in the city was difficult, and she wandered the streets looking for work, but no one wanted to hire a pregnant woman.
Elora was only 16 when she got pregnant | Photo: Pexels
One day, she was begging near a railway station when her water broke. Some local women assisted her, and the delivery went smoothly, but she fled the station soon after when no one was around because she was afraid the cops would take her baby away from her.
But raising a child without food or money was even more challenging. She couldn’t even feed herself at times, so providing for the baby was out of the question.
Luckily, while wandering around town one day, she came across an abandoned cottage in the woods. It was completely encased in snow, blending with its...