In November, 1930, a fur trapper named Joe Labelle made his way on snow shoes to an Eskimo village on the shores of Lake Anjikuni in northern Canada. Labelle was familiar with the village, which he knew as a thriving fishing community of about 2,000 residents. When he arrived, however, the village was deserted. All of the huts and storehouses were vacant. He found one smoldering fire on which there was a pot of blackened stew. Labelle notified the authorities and an investigation was begun, and which turned up some bizarre findings: no footprints of any of the residents were found, if they had vacated the village; all of the Eskimos' sled dogs were found buried under a 12-foot-high snow drift - they had all starved to death; all of the Eskimos' food and provisions were found undisturbed in their huts. And there was one last unnerving discovery: the Eskimos' ancestral graves had been emptied.
What is the strangest disappearance that you've ever heard of?
Lemme read these though, I find this kinda stuff interesting. Unfortunately you know that the reality is that all these people probably accidentally died or were murdered (or I suppose some of them could've just been trying to start a new identity)
I actually love reading about these things. There's a show on Investigation Discovery called Disappeared, which is about Missing persons Cases. There's also The Charley project. org which focuses on Cold Case missing person files.
Lemme read these though, I find this kinda stuff interesting. Unfortunately you know that the reality is that all these people probably accidentally died or were murdered (or I suppose some of them could've just been trying to start a new identity)
omg, you shouldn't have just inspired me to read about her The video and everything It seems so weird and messed up that it should be a hoax, but it's not...
On September 28, 1988, a 19-year old girl named Tara Calico left her home in Belen, New Mexico to go bike riding on Highway 47. Neither Tara nor her bicycle were seen again. Her case went cold until June 15, 1989 when a woman found a Polaroid in a parking spot outside a convenience store in Port St. Joe, Florida. A white van had previously been parked in the spot, and the photo featured a teenage girl and young boy were both bound and gagged in the back of a van.
It was speculated that the girl in the photo might be Tara and that the boy was Michael Henley, a nine-year old who vanished on a New Mexico camping trip the previous year. However, Michael’s remains were soon found in the same area he originally went missing. Two other photographs featuring a gagged girl resembling Tara surfaced over the next few months, though they have never been released to the public. Years later, a Valencia County sheriff publicly stated his belief that Tara was killed the day she disappeared when two local residents accidentally hit her with their truck and disposed of her body, but he had insufficient evidence to make an arrest. But if this theory is true, then what’s the story behind the two kids in the photograph?
(or I suppose some of them could've just been trying to start a new identity)
