In June 1783, three-year-old Sarah Whitcher wanders into the woods and disappears . For 3 long days friends and neighbors search fruitlessly for her. Then a stranger leads the desperate family to a pine tree beneath which the child lies. Sarah tells her rescuers of the “big black dog“ that kept her warm every night – – but the bear tracks and circling her tell a different tale. This is the drama of the unbelievable but true tale!