Recent article on Sharon Elliott (aka Hatbox Baby) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Kane · 12-24-2003, 04:33 PM

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...4hatbox24.html

The link above is a recent article about the so-called Hatbox Baby. The nickname came from the fact that, as an infant, she was found in a hatbox in an Arizona desert during the Christmas season of 1931. The title of the article is "Living with a Mystery," since the Hatbox Baby, who grew up as Sharon Elliott, has never identified her actual parents, or why they abandoned her.

She was interviewed in a 1990 segment of Unsolved Mysteries, in the hopes of finding a resolution to the mystery.

Click on to the link for more information.

PracTz · 12-25-2003, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by Kane
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...4hatbox24.html

The link above is a recent article about the so-called Hatbox Baby. The nickname came from the fact that, as an infant, she was found in a hatbox in an Arizona desert during the Christmas season of 1931. The title of the article is "Living with a Mystery," since the Hatbox Baby, who grew up as Sharon Elliott, has never identified her actual parents, or why they abandoned her.

She was interviewed in a 1990 segment of Unsolved Mysteries, in the hopes of finding a resolution to the mystery.

Click on to the link for more information.

Thanks for sharing the article. Amazing to me that the surviving fraternal twin (then 15) would profess to have NO memory of driving in the desert with older relatives then finding a baby in a hat box! If she makes a deathbed confession (like Sharon's adoptive mother did), it wouldn't come as a total surprise to me.
At least Sharon's made a good life for herself and her family and not pining away waiting for the truth to be found out! I hope it is but it's not worth putting one's life on hold waiting.

Allierain · 12-27-2003, 05:00 AM

I find it very surprising that the twin doesn't remember, but I guess since the baby was found so long ago, maybe it wasn't an important memory and it slipped into old age.

I also find it weird that the car break down so close to where the baby was found, but again perhaps it's an amazing miracle. I wouldn't at all be surprised, though, if it *was* a made-up story to cover for a pregnancy out of wedlock.

I guess nobody will ever know.

12-24-2003, 04:33 PM	#1
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	Recent article on Sharon Elliott (aka Hatbox Baby) http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...4hatbox24.html The link above is a recent article about the so-called Hatbox Baby. The nickname came from the fact that, as an infant, she was found in a hatbox in an Arizona desert during the Christmas season of 1931. The title of the article is "Living with a Mystery," since the Hatbox Baby, who grew up as Sharon Elliott, has never identified her actual parents, or why they abandoned her. She was interviewed in a 1990 segment of Unsolved Mysteries, in the hopes of finding a resolution to the mystery. Click on to the link for more information.

12-27-2003, 05:00 AM	#3
Allierain Forum Old Fart Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 30, 2002 Location: Somewhere Posts: 509	I find it very surprising that the twin doesn't remember, but I guess since the baby was found so long ago, maybe it wasn't an important memory and it slipped into old age. I also find it weird that the car break down so close to where the baby was found, but again perhaps it's an amazing miracle. I wouldn't at all be surprised, though, if it was a made-up story to cover for a pregnancy out of wedlock. I guess nobody will ever know.