Thousands of people disappear in the world every year. In most cases, after some time, it becomes known about their fate: some return on their own, others report themselves, and others become victims of crimes. But individual disappearances remained a mystery. And some of them look so strange that it is just right to attribute them to the realm of the supernatural.
1867, France. A certain Lucien Busier disappeared in Paris. Feeling unwell, he went to his neighbor, Dr. Bonvilaine, with a request to examine him. He told the patient to undress and lie down on the couch, while he went to fetch the stethoscope. When he returned, he found that the couch was empty, and Busier's clothes were on the chair. In confusion, the doctor went to Busier's home, wondering how he could leave without clothes, and when his neighbor was not at home, he reported to the police. But the search did not yield any results.
1890, France. On September 16, the famous French inventor Louis Le Prince disappeared, famous for the fact that he was the first to make images on film move. Le Prince left by train from Dijon, where he was staying with his brother, to Paris. But he never made it to Paris. Nobody saw how he got out of the car … The fate of Le Prince remained a mystery, and the patent for the invention of the kinetoscope went to Thomas Edison.
1910, USA. On December 12, at 11 a.m., 25-year-old niece of the US Supreme Court judge and prominent public figure Dorothy Arnold left her mansion on East 79th Street in New York and went to buy herself an evening dress. At about two in the afternoon she met her friend Gladys Keith on Fifth Avenue. The girls chatted at ease and each went their own way. The last thing Gladys remembered was how Dorothy waved her goodbye cheerfully. Nobody ever saw her again …
2001, USA. On the morning of June 13, 19-year-old American Jason Yolkowski was urgently called to work. He called his friend and asked to pick him up. But he did not appear at the appointed meeting place. Half an hour before Jason was supposed to meet with a friend, a neighbor saw him bringing trash cans into the garage. In 2003, Jason's parents - Jim and Kelly Yolkowski - founded a nonprofit fund to help families of missing persons in memory of him.
2004, USA. On February 9, 21-year-old University of Massachusetts student Maura Murray was involved in an accident near Woodsville, New Hampshire and crashed her car into a tree. When the police arrived at the scene of the accident, the girl was not there. The next day, her fiancé received a strange voice message, but on the other end of the line he heard only sobs … For nine years it was not possible to find out what happened to Maura.
2006, USA. On the evening of April 1, 27-year-old Ohio University medical student Brian Schaffer went to the bar. He did not return home. Meanwhile, no one saw Brian leaving the bar: surveillance cameras captured only how he entered this institution. The young man was last seen somewhere around half past one in the night in the company of two unknown girls. After that, there was no news about him, and there is still.
2007, USA. On July 18, 55-year-old Barbara Bolick from Corvallis, Montana, along with her friend Jim Ramaker, who came to visit her from California, went hiking in the mountains. During the climb, Jim paused for a minute to admire the surrounding landscape. At this time, as he assured, Barbara was 6-9 meters behind him. But when he turned to her, the woman was gone. Jim could not find her and, upon returning, reported to the police. For some time he was suspected of murdering Barbara, but later he was found not to be involved in her disappearance, which was never solved.
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2008, USA. On the evening of May 14, 19-year-old Brandon Swenson was returning to his home in Marshall, Minnesota. On the way, the car flew into a ditch. Brandon called his parents on his cell phone and asked them to come for him. However, he was not in the indicated place. Father called Brandon, and he said that he was trying to get to the nearest town of Lead. Suddenly, the young man cursed for no reason, and the connection was abruptly cut off. Brandon did not answer any more calls. Later, the police found his car, but they did not find traces of the guy himself.
2011, USA. In December, two children, 21-month-old Jason Barton from South Carolina and 20-month-old Isla Reynolds from Maine, disappeared almost simultaneously. Both were at home at the time of their disappearance and could hardly go out on their own. Jason was subsequently found sleeping on the river bank at a distance of five and a half miles from home, Isla was never found …
I would like to add that none of the versions that have been put forward about these disappearances have found direct or indirect confirmation. Therefore, many tend to blame the irrational forces for what happened.
MARGARITA TROITSYNA