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The Forest That Eats People: Inside the Bennington Triangle’s Strange Vanishings A peaceful Vermont forest where five people walked in and never came back. The Bennington Triangle looks like any peaceful Vermont forest—green trails, quiet trees, gentle light—but its history carries a strange heaviness. Between 1945 and 1950, five people entered these woods and never came back. No bodies, no evidence, not even a scrap of clothing. It began with 74-year-old guide Middie Rivers. He walked ahead of a hunting group on a familiar trail, rounded a bend, and simply vanished. Search teams covered the entire area, finding nothing. A year later, 18-year-old Paula Welden went for a walk on the Long Trail wearing a red coat witnesses easily remembered. Somewhere along the path she disappeared, triggering Vermont’s largest search operation—but the forest stayed silent. Things grew stranger in 1948 when veteran James Tedford vanished from a moving bus. Passengers saw him during the ride, but when the bus reached Bennington, his seat held only his belongings. Then came the case of eight-year-old Paul Jepson, whose scent trail ended abruptly on a hillside, and experienced hiker Frieda Langer, who left to change clothes and never returned. Her body surfaced months later in an area previously combed by search teams, with no clear cause of death. Five unexplained vanishings in five years—different ages, different situations, no common thread. And then, just as suddenly, it all stopped. Theories range from hidden terrain and wildlife to human foul play or something more uncanny. None explain everything. Today the forest stands calm again. Hikers pass through unaware, while those who know the stories feel a shift in the air. The Bennington Triangle remains a quiet reminder that even in a mapped world, some places hold on to their mysteries. #benningtontriangle#unsolved#forestmysteries#truecrime#missingpersons https://vocal.media/criminal/the-digital-ghost-of-tokyo-tracking-the

🚨 Georgia Worker Vanishes Without a Trace in One of the State’s Strangest Missing Person Cases On January 25, 2002, 20-year-old Christopher Thompkins disappeared while working a surveying job along a rural Georgia road. He was standing in line with three other crew members when one of them turned around — and Christopher was suddenly gone. His tools, water bottle, and one boot were left behind. The boot was found caught at the top of a barbed wire fence, almost as if he’d been lifted away mid-step. No footprints, struggle marks, or direction of travel were ever discovered. Search teams combed the surrounding woods and swamps, but Christopher was never found. More than two decades later, his disappearance remains one of Georgia’s most baffling mysteries. #ChaunceyDatGuy #GeorgiaNews #MissingPersons #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime

Murder of Danielle van Dam, ( HER UNFORGOTTEN STORY ). Danielle van Dam (September 22, 1994 – February 2002 was an American girl from the Sabre Springs neighborhood of San Diego, California, who disappeared from her bedroom during the night of February 1–2, 2002. Her body was found by searchers on February 27 in a remote area. Police suspected a neighbor, David Alan Westerfield, of the killing. He was arrested, tried, and convicted of kidnapping and first-degree murder. Westerfield was sentenced to death and is currently incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. On the evening of Friday, February 1, 2002, Danielle van Dam's mother Brenda and two friends went out to a bar, called Dad's, in Poway. Danielle's father, Damon, stayed at home with Danielle and her two brothers. Damon put Danielle to bed around 10:30 p.m., and she fell asleep. Damon also slept until his wife returned home at around 2:00 a.m. with four of her friends. Brenda noticed a light on the home's security alarm system was flashing, and discovered that the side door to the garage was open. The six chatted for approximately half an hour, then Brenda's friends went home. Damon and Brenda went to sleep believing that their daughter was sleeping in her room. About an hour later, Damon awoke and noticed that an alarm light was flashing. He found the sliding glass door leading to the back yard open, so he closed it. The next morning, Danielle was discovered missing, and her parents called the police at 9:39 a.m on February 27, two searchers found her nude, partially decomposed body near a trail in Dehesa, California, an unincorporated town east of San Diego. The penalty phase ended on September 16 when the jury rendered a verdict of death against Westerfield. In January 2003, Judge William Mudd sentenced Westerfield to death. #MissingChild #ChildGoneMissing #MissingPersons #FyP #CaliforniaTravel #MissingKids

Missing: The Mystery of Asha Degree

On February 14, 2000, 9-year-old Asha Jaquilla Degree vanished from her home in Shelby, North Carolina. Despite multiple sightings, a recovered backpack, and decades of searching, the mystery remains unsolved. This video tells Asha’s story — her final known movements, the evidence investigators uncovered, and the unanswered questions that continue to haunt her family and community. 📸 Images shown in this video include: - Asha’s school portraits - Official missing posters and reward flyers - FBI/NCMEC age-progressed renderings - News clippings and photos of search efforts 🚨 If you have any information, please contact: - Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office: (704) 484-4822 - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: 1-800-THE-LOST ———— ► Sources & More Info: - Wikipedia — Disappearance of Asha Degree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree) - FBI — Age-Progression Images & Case Info (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/asha-degree) - MissingKids.org — Asha Degree Poster (https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/879788/1) - WBTV / WSOC Local Coverage 🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE to keep Asha’s story alive. #AshaDegree #MissingPersons #TrueCrime #UnsolvedMysteries #ColdCase Link In Bio!!!