5 Strange Disappearances in Vermont's Mysterious Bennington Triangle...

to look at Bennington County situated in the southwestern US state of Vermont you could be forgiven for swimming is just another picturesque New England locale nestled alongside Glastonbury mountain which forms part of the Green Mountain National Forest the 275 mile long long trail which runs through the length of a Mont passes over the peak of Glastonbury mountain and a mecca for hikers who come to marvel over the breathtaking landscape it's a beautiful and slightly isolated region that incorporates the ghost town of Glastonbury which in the 1800's was a thriving center for logging and charcoal production but at the last count now has a population of just 8 yet this serene region is home to a series of bizarre disappearances that occurred between 1945 and 1959 of which have been solved or sufficiently explained this led local author and paranormal enthusiast Joseph a citro to dub Bennington and surrounding towns including Somerset Shaftesbury and Woodford as the Bennington Triangle and here are five mysterious and so far unexplained disappearances that occurred in the area hit those lights sit back and enjoy MIDI rivers on November the 12 1945 MIDI rivers a 74 year old local guide and hunter vanished whilst escorting a party of four men back from a hunting expedition along the long trail MIDI who had been walking slightly ahead of the group was reportedly last seen at approximately 4:00 p.m. heading towards an area called hal holbrook assuming that MIDI would be waiting for them by the time they reached their campsite the man was slightly surprised to find no sign of him upon their return although initially they were unconcerned knowing that MIDI possessed a sound knowledge of the terrain but as time passed they began to feel anxious and raised the alarm a search party of 20 local firemen began to comb the area for signs of MIDI but to no avail the search expanded over the following days with 200 US army recruits drafted in to assist the worried local community in finding him after eight days of intense searching there was still no indication of what could have happened to MIDI search parties continued to look for him for a month but he was never found and the only indication that he had ever been in the area came in the form of an unused rifle cartridge which was discovered lying at the bottom of halahala brook Paula Jean Weldon Porter John Weldon has the dubious honor of being the most high-profile missing person case to occur in the bennington triangle history Paula an 18 year old student at Bennington College went missing on December the 1st 1946 she had a part-time job working the lunch shift at the on-campus dining hall and after his shift ended she returned to a dormitory and announced to her friends of her intention to explore the nearby long trail she asked if any of them wanted to accompany her but unfortunately they were either all busy or had no desire to join her so Paula decided to go on her own she changed into a trainers and an eye-catching bright red coat with a fur collar but she packed no extra clothes nor did she take any money or food with her so it appeared she only planned to be out for a couple of hours Paula was observed by Danny Fager a worker at a gas station located opposite the college entrance at 2:30 p.m. he claimed she sprinted up a small hill beside the college only to walk back then again before heading down Route 67 a towards Bennington Paula then managed to hitch a lift with lewy NAB a local contractor who happened to be on his way home he dropped her off along Route 9 approximately 2.5 miles away from long trail weather she hitched another lift or wort the rest of the way is not known but Paul arranged Big Foot Hollow at 3:45 p.m. where she was given directions by ernie whitman an employee for the local newspaper the Bennington banner he reportedly warned her about not wearing enough warm clothing for being outside in winter and so close to sunset which would occur at 4:20 p.m. Paula reportedly encountered a group of young hikers on a way along the trail and ask them questions regarding the route then after being observed that's an area named faithfully camp she was never seen again Paula's disappearance wasn't reported by a dorm mates that evening as they had assumed she had returned to college I was studying in the library however when she failed to appear the next morning her friends reported her missing to the head of college and a large manhunt for Paula began the College suspended classes so all students were given the opportunity to help look for her and they were joined by a father Archibald who was a well renowned architect in his home state of Connecticut he wielded his influence in order to get both in New York and Connecticut State Police to assist in searching for his daughter which they were willing to do especially given that Vermont had no state police force at this time a $5,000 reward was posted for any information relating to Paula's disappearance and the FBI were called in to help four weeks after searching both on first and by air Paula had still not been found during the search a waitress I diner in Fall River Massachusetts had claimed to serve a rather agitated young lady that matched the description of Paula after receiving this information Archibald took it upon himself to investigate the lead without telling the authorities involved and he himself disappeared for a total of 36 hours the police viewed his behavior as somewhat suspicious and local opinion began to favor the idea that Paula's father could himself be a suspect this notion was reinforced by reports that had at some point fallen ad with Archibald resulting in her decision to remain at Bennington College over Thanksgiving rather than returning home intern Paula's father proposed that she may have had a boyfriend that she planned on meeting and insinuated that her unknown lover was at the heart of Paula's disappearance disappointed in the seeming lack of organization and professionalism in the investigation indeed there are no notes or records made for the first 10 days of the search Paula's father left Bennington on December the 16th never to find out what lay behind the mystery of his daughter's disappearance thread the following decades a local man reportedly proclaimed that he knew paula was dead and that he had knowledge of where her body was located however when escorted by police officers he couldn't or didn't identify a sign which contained any signs of human remains and so to this day Paula's disappearance is a complete mystery James Edward tedford now this is a strange one exactly three years to the day after Paula went missing on December the 1st 1949 James tedford a world war two veteran became the third person to vanish in the Bennington Triangle James lived at a soldier's retirement home in Bennington I was returning there from visiting relatives in st. Albans this was an arduous eight-hour bus journey for James and as there had been snowfall this meant the trip took even longer they were around a dozen other passengers on the bus and they all testified that James was on the vehicle for the whole duration of the journey with some noting that they had seen him asleep in his seat at different stages throughout the trip the passengers that remained on the bus until it reached Bennington claimed they recall seeing James in his seat at the last stop prior to reaching Bennington however when the bust reached his terminal point and the other passengers disembarked James had somehow vanished his personal effects remained on the luggage rack and on the seat next to him was an open bus timetable so with all his fellow travelers swearing that they had not seen him move from the how had James managed to disappear in full view of them all in between to stop off points James Tedford was never seen or heard from again becoming yet another mystery of the bennington triangle Paul Jefferson the fourth individual to vanish was eight year old Paul Jepsen on October the 12th 1950 fals parents were farmers and on the day he vanished he was assisting his mother with her work on the farm they had driven down to feed their livestock in a pickup truck which Paul had remained in whilst his mother went about her business when his mother returned to the vehicle Paul was no longer sitting in sight nor could he be seen or heard playing anywhere nearby strangely enough just like Paula Paul was wearing a bright red coat rendering him highly visible and missed the green landscape but despite search parties involving police volunteers and bloodhounds Paul was never found legend has it that the dogs lost all trace of his scent are the same location that Paula Walden was last seen along the long trail to this day locals considered bad luck to wear red when walking the long trail Freda Langer the file disappearance to occur in the Bennington Triangle was October 28 1952 16 days after Paul Jefferson vanished 53 year-old Freda Langer an experienced hiker was staying with her cousin Albert Al's now near Somerset reservoir which is located approximately 11 miles east of Glastonbury mountain during a hike with Herbert Freda slipped and fell into a creek she decided to return to the campsite to change into dry clothing and asked Herbert to wait at their present location for her while she did so and she would then rejoin him to resume their walk when Freda failed to return herbert walked back to the campsite only to find that she wasn't there and that in fact nobody had seen her return to the campsite at all once again a search party was formed and they persevered in looking for Freda for two weeks both by fern and sadly Freitas body was eventually discovered but not until the 12th of May 1951 not far from the campsite at Somerset reservoir local authorities consider this strange as the area adjacent to the reservoir was searched extensively at the time unfortunately by the time Freitas body was recovered the extent of the decomposition was so bad that no cause of death could be determined the only comfort is that at least Frida's family were able to bury her therefore given them the small amount of closure that had been denied to the grieving families of the other four individuals that vanished in the area many theories still exist regarding the fate of the bennington five including the possibility of a serial killer in the area however there has been other strange phenomenon in the area over the years unexplained noises and lights have been reported in the Triangle together with UFO and Bigfoot sightings according to local residents the land around Bennington was considered cursed land by Native Americans and they reportedly refused to enter this territory so could any of these be the reasons behind the disappearances in the Bennington Triangle or is this just a sad case of unrelated random incidents what do you think [Music]

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Published: Mon Feb 25 2019