hi op
heres an interesting dissapearance in front of witnesses
this is one from my childhood that started me to seek more at the age of 10
heres the story
Next is an account of a man who disappeared in full
view of 2 witnesses in 19th century England. It was September 3, 1873. A
man named James Worson had accepted a challenge to race in record time
from the town of Leamington to the town of Coventry, a 20-mile trek. He
had been basting of his foot skills and then asked to prove them, so
with sporting good spirits he set about to do just that. Two
friends, Hammerson Burns and Barham Wise, followed behind in a
horse-drawn gig. Burns brought alonghis camera. As the three traversed
down the country road all were in high spirits. The day couldn't have
been prettier. Worson was never out of their sight and would often turn
around while running to exchange some friendly words with the two
riders. Running in the middle of the road, Worson suddenly appeared to
stumble and pitch forward, having time enough for only one short,
piercing scream. Wise later said, "It was the most ghastly sound ether
of us had ever heard." But as Worson pitched forward with that terrible
cry, instead of falling to the ground as he appeared to about to have
done, he completely and totally vanished in mid-fall before ever
striking the ground. The road itself told the story and Wise took the
pictures to prove it. There, in the soft dirt, were Worson's footprints.
They led down the middle of the road, looked as if the runner stumbled,
and there they disappeared. When the two men returned to Leamington with
their incredible story, search parties were formed to scour the entire
area from Leamington to Coventry, but not one shred of evidence was ever
found of James Worson, nor would there ever be in the years to follow.
The bloodhounds used in the search were strangely reluctant to approach
the spot where Worson disappeared. He was never seen or heard from
again. At least, not in his old earthly body, for if reports are to be
believed, for many years after James Worson's tragic and unbelievable
disappearance, a ghostly runner with an eerie green glow would be seen
making the trek from Leamington to Coventry on black lonely nights on
the empty road. What happened to James Worson remains a mystery to this
day. What made him scream so terribly, did he see something the others
did not?
source
www.unexplained-mysteries.com...