Late at night, the police got a call from five-year-old Mia. She was scared and whispered, “Please… can you come? Someone’s under the bed.”
Her parents told the operator that Mia was probably just imagining things. “Kids can be like that,” her mother said. But the dispatcher wasn’t so sure. Mia sounded genuinely frightened and might need someone besides her parents to make her feel safe.
Soon, two police officers arrived at Mia’s home. She clutched her stuffed bear and led them to her room. They looked under the bed and found only toys and dust. One officer smiled and was about to leave, but the other raised a hand, signaling for silence.
Then they heard a soft metallic scraping from under the floor. It was real—Mia hadn’t imagined it.
Feeling something was wrong, the officers checked the floor. One knocked near the bed, and it sounded hollow. They went to the garage for tools and began lifting the floorboards. Underneath, the soil looked freshly dug.
As they dug carefully, they found a sealed metal hatch. Inside was a narrow tunnel running under the neighborhood.
The officers called for backup, and soon many more police and detectives arrived in Mia’s neighborhood.
Soon, they found three escaped convicts, dirty and tired, hiding in the shadows. They had been digging at night, trying not to be noticed—but Mia had noticed them.
Her quick instincts helped stop the escape. The three men were caught, and the tunnels were sealed.
That night, after the officers left, Mia could finally sleep. She was glad someone listened to her, even though her parents thought she was just imagining things.