The tale of a young Scots girl who stowed away on an Africa-bound steamer is one that will set most parents' hearts racing.
Isobel Scott, 15, went to the cinema for an evening in Edinburgh in 1957 – and failed to return home. Her disappearance sparked alarm and a search was launched to trace the teen, of Earl Haig Gardens in the capital.
Remarkably, Edinburgh Live reports, she was found around 500 miles away hiding on board a Panama-registered cargo steamer that had docked in Dover, and was bound for Morocco. The ship, the Linda, was a little off of England's southern coast and heading for Casablanca when she was found hiding in the crew quarters.
