Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden

He is one of the lucky ones.

This exact spot is where Paula Welden, a Bennington College sophomore was last seen alive 62 years ago.

There's something about random inclement weather in these cases, kind of like Mother Nature is playing a game.

Seems that in a lot of missing person cases immediately once a search starts, foul weather comes in.

However, this never came to be, and no trace of the missing guide has ever been found.

The area from which Rivers vanished is near Long Trail Road and Vermont State Route 9.

The very next year, on Sunday, December 1st, 1946, an 18-year-old college student named Paula Welden went missing while hiking in the same area around Long Trail Road.

Easily remembered because she was wearing a bright red jacket, several people recalled seeing her that day, including a shop clerk in Bennington who had provided her with directions, and also a couple of elderly hikers who had been approximately 300 feet behind her on the trail for part of their hike.

Something weird about it.

But it's about to get weirder, because seven months after Middie Rivers' handkerchief was discovered, news of a missing 18-year-old college student named Paula Welden was published to local papers Paula was a sophomore at Bennington College at the time, who enjoyed going on hikes and walks in the Green Mountain National Forest during her downtime.

On Sunday, December 1st, 1946, Paula left campus in the early afternoon, telling friends that she was going to go for a hike on the Long Trail.

During the six-mile journey from campus to the start of the trail, Paula was seen walking, and later she was confirmed to have hitchhiked at least part of the way.

In July of 1947, only seven months after she disappeared, the Vermont State Police was officially established.

Despite multiple searches involving hundreds of people, investigators never recovered Paula's body, clothing, shoes, or any other personal belongings.

To this day, Paula Welden remains missing.

So, that's so creepy.

The bright red coat was gone.

So the disappearance of Paula Welden triggered the largest manhunt in Vermont history.

The governor called in the FBI.

National Guard troops walked the mountain shoulder to shoulder.

She simply walked around a corner and out of this world.

And then it seems as if once the mountain had a taste, it just didn't stop.

Then three years to the day after Paula Welden disappeared, December 1st, 1949, a veteran named James Tedford vanished from a moving bus.

His luggage remained in the luggage rack, and an open bus timetable was left on his empty seat.

The bright red coat was gone.

So the disappearance of Paula Welden triggered the largest manhunt in Vermont history.

The governor called in the FBI.

National Guard troops walked the mountain shoulder to shoulder.

She simply walked around a corner and out of this world.

And then it seems as if once the mountain had a taste, it just didn't stop.

Then three years to the day after Paula Welden disappeared, December 1st, 1949, a veteran named James Tedford vanished from a moving bus.

His luggage remained in the luggage rack, and an open bus timetable was left on his empty seat.

The bright red coat was gone.

So the disappearance of Paula Welden triggered the largest manhunt in Vermont history.

The governor called in the FBI.

National Guard troops walked the mountain shoulder to shoulder.

She simply walked around a corner and out of this world.

And then it seems as if once the mountain had a taste, it just didn't stop.

Then, three years to the day after Paula Welden disappeared, December 1st, 1949, a veteran named James Tedford vanished from a moving bus.

His luggage remained in the luggage rack, and an open bus timetable was left on his empty seat.