A Tale of Two Laura Buxtons
In 2001, a 10-year-old girl named Laura Buxton released a red balloon from her front yard. She had written “Please return to Laura Buxton” along with her address on the balloon. Amazingly, the balloon traveled 140 miles south before landing in the yard of another 10-year-old girl named Laura Buxton. After realizing the coincidence, the girls decided to meet and were shocked to discover several eerie similarities. They looked and dressed alike, owned three-year-old chocolate labs, had a grey rabbit and a guinea pig each. What’s more, they both brought their guinea pigs to the meeting unplanned. It’s an incredible story of how two strangers with the same name and an unlikely connection found each other.