Hunter rescues lost horse from Freetown MA forest

Flash went missing late last month when Soares said she was tending to a riding companion who had just fallen from the 19-year-old Morgan horse. Flash appeared to be heading home, with the women close behind, but never made it back, according to Soares. Searches by foot, by horse and even by airplane failed to find Flash. It was the same forest where search after search for another lost horse proved futile several years ago.

Wednesday, Timothy Lee of Taunton was hunting in the forest when he spotted the horse in the eastern section, near the Freetown-Fall River line."I saw the horse about 60 yards in front of me," said Lee, who described the area as "all swamp" and said that, although Flash eventually got back on her feet, he saw her down and "just spinning (her) wheels, slipping and sliding."

Lee hadn't heard the reports of a missing horse in the forest and because Flash was still wearing riding gear, "I thought maybe it threw a rider and was just running. ... I called 911 and got in touch with Freetown police."

But "there's no way anybody was going to find me," he said.

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