Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain

Brian Schaefer, a 27-year-old medical student, entered the Ugly Tuna bar on April 1, 2006, with friends. The bar, located on the second floor, had one main entrance/exit via an escalator and was covered by numerous security cameras. Despite footage showing him entering and interacting with people, including an argument with his roommate Clint Florence and a brief conversation with two unidentified women, no camera ever captured Brian leaving the building. Police meticulously reviewed all footage and confirmed he did not use the main escalator or the employee-only elevator. The only potential exit was a service door leading to a construction area with intermittent camera coverage, but no evidence or witnesses placed him there.

Security camera footage confirmed Brian's entry and presence in the bar, but no footage showed his exit. Police stated with '100% certainty' that he did not leave via the escalator. K9 units tracked his scent to the bar entrance, where it abruptly stopped.

In October 2009, the Jameson family (Bobby, Cherylyn, and 6-year-old Madison) disappeared after driving to a remote property in the Samboy Mountains. Their truck was found abandoned with $32,000 cash, phones, IDs, and coats left inside. Security camera footage from their home on the morning of their disappearance showed Bobby and Cherylyn loading their truck in a silent, 'trance-like' manner, stopping repeatedly to stare blankly into the distance. Cherylyn's handgun and a brown briefcase were missing. Four years later, their skeletal remains were found three miles from the truck, but the medical examiner could not determine a cause of death, finding no evidence of trauma or other definitive factors.

Abandoned truck with belongings and cash (17:07), security camera footage of 'zombie-like' packing (20:16), discovery of skeletal remains (24:15), and the medical examiner's 'undetermined' cause of death (24:52).

On May 14, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his father after his car went into a ditch. Believing he was near Lind, he stayed on the phone for 47 minutes while walking towards distant lights. Cell phone records, however, placed him 25 miles away near Porter. During the call, he described passing fences and uneven ground, consistent with the Yellow Medicine River area. K9 units tracked his scent from his abandoned car, across the Yellow Medicine River, and then north along a gravel road, where the trail abruptly ended in open farmland. His last word on the phone was a surprised 'Oh' before the line went dead, and he was never seen or heard from again.

47-minute phone call with father (27:17), cell tower pings placing him near Porter (28:21), K9 trail tracking across Yellow Medicine River (31:36) and ending in open farmland (31:56), and his final word 'Oh' (33:42).