What makes an eighteen-year-old walk into the mountains on a cold December afternoon — and never come back?
And how can a young woman vanish from a busy hiking trail without leaving a single trace?
On December 1, 1946, Paula Jean Welden, a sophomore at Bennington College, set out to walk a portion of the Long Trail in the Green Mountains of Vermont. She hitched rides, asked hikers for directions, and kept walking north as darkness fell. She was never seen again. Despite one of the largest searches Vermont had ever mounted, no footprints, no torn clothing, and no body were ever found. Her disappearance exposed a shocking gap in Vermont law enforcement — and within seven months, the state created its first-ever state police force. This is the story of the girl who walked into the Bennington Triangle — and never walked out.
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