 Hearing the news, Sybil, just 16 years old at the time, offered to ride around Putnam County in the pouring rain and wake up farmers to alert them to the problem. As legend has it, Sybil rode 40 miles in the rain and alerted patriots to Danbury's plight, much like Paul Rivera done outside Boston. Well, Bill says it's a great story, but might just be a wonderful example of oral history that we'll just have to take on faith.