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Illinois man dies in crash; wife leaves car, vanishes
CNN ^ | 12/07/10 | CNN wire staff

Posted on 12/08/2010 3:35:04 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

An Illinois woman walked away from a car crash that killed her husband, authorities believe, but they have found no trace of her other than footprints in the snow leading to a road.

A search was in its third day Tuesday for Tanya Shannon, 40, of Ransom, Illinois...Tanya Shannon is described as being 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 125 pounds, with shoulder-length strawberry-blond hair and green eyes

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Apparently she walked away from a deadly car accident, reached the road, may have been picked up, yet no one reported finding her. Weird. "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me..."
1 posted on 12/08/2010 3:35:11 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
I read the whole article.

It sounds like "Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick" syndrome.

They were at a Christmas party, witnesses said they were dancing and having a ferociously good time, and she was the driver.

2 posted on 12/08/2010 3:44:39 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Creepy.

Those poor kids.....:(


3 posted on 12/08/2010 3:45:39 AM PST by Salamander (Black Ace Dog Handler)
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To: SkyPilot

?

“Her brother was sober, she told the newspaper, and was driving his wife’s car.

About 1:45 a.m. Sunday, a deputy on patrol in a rural area of Brookfield Township found a one-car traffic accident, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “The deputy found a male occupant of the vehicle in the driver’s seat deceased,”


4 posted on 12/08/2010 3:47:51 AM PST by Salamander (Black Ace Dog Handler)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Aliens?


5 posted on 12/08/2010 3:53:02 AM PST by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
so sad. But there's something very odd about this.
6 posted on 12/08/2010 3:54:32 AM PST by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

I suspect the wife wandered off in shock. It’s not unusual after an accident.


7 posted on 12/08/2010 3:57:37 AM PST by kitkat ( Obama: Hype and Chains.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
You dumb saps! Can't you connect the dots?

Contrail,...Sharpton goes after Rush,...Assange arrested,...Bernanke prints more fake money,...strange lights over Atlanta. Don't you see? Don't you understand? She's with 'THEM'................................

8 posted on 12/08/2010 4:11:19 AM PST by Doc Savage (Stay Thirsty My Friend!!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me..."

"The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality"

Emily Dickinson. I memorized that poem for a speech class thirty years ago.

9 posted on 12/08/2010 4:12:13 AM PST by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: BigCinBigD

I worry that a “bad Samaritan” picked her up.

I used to go rescue salamanders and frogs trying to cross the mountain top road during their late February/early March mating season because drivers just blithely smashed them but it only took one creepy guy stopping to “help” to drive it home that I was alone, in the dark and defenseless.

I could have “vanished” here in these mountains and nobody would have ever found my remains.

[and I don’t even live in a “bad area” but that doesn’t mean bad people can’t just happen by, sometimes]


10 posted on 12/08/2010 4:13:49 AM PST by Salamander (Black Ace Dog Handler)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Did she have a cellphone?


11 posted on 12/08/2010 4:19:58 AM PST by bonfire
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

http://www.wgntv.com/news/chi-1207-car-crash-graphic,0,4406947.graphic

According to this graphic, they weren’t going home, they are well past their home. They’re 4 or 5 miles past their house. AAnyone familiar with the area?


12 posted on 12/08/2010 4:20:18 AM PST by blueheron2 (Donate to Sarahpac)
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To: Salamander

I agree with your assessment. She may have waved down a vehicle - or perhaps it was a case of road rage gone horribly wrong and the other party realized she was a witness.


13 posted on 12/08/2010 4:20:23 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: raybbr; 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
This is why I love FR. Where else could one find a thread that begins with a mysterious solo car accident in the middle of night and a missing passenger, leading to aliens, conspiracy theory, Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, all neatly tied together with a quote from Emily Dickinson.
14 posted on 12/08/2010 4:27:42 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: Salamander
Evil never sleeps and it never stops. And it doesn’t need the dark of night or a deserted road. It's quite happy in a smiling face or a crowed store.
15 posted on 12/08/2010 4:30:43 AM PST by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: bonfire

Article says the police have her cell phone. It also mentions she wore glasses. I can’t imagine her going through a crash that breaks the back of the seat, and her glasses stay on. Most likely she went for help, dazed and dim-sighted.
It has an eerie note of destiny to it, though. Like she walked away from Death; so Death had to send a car to take her another way.


16 posted on 12/08/2010 4:32:49 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Grammar police off-duty. But I saw what you did.)
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To: BigCinBigD

Break Down (1997) with Kurt Russell - one creepy movie - but really gives you idea of how evil minds are, the level of jealousy, envy, greed that most can’t comprehend


17 posted on 12/08/2010 4:38:55 AM PST by Esther Ruth
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
I believe the most likely theory so far was offered in the comments section of the original article.

Husband dies in accident in remote area, the intoxicated and possibly injured wife tries to round up some help. She doesn't happen upon anyone, collapses at the side of the road from the cold/injuries, and a snow plow comes along and unfortunately doesn't see her body, which is already probably covered with some snow. It plows even more snow over her body. She's buried in snow, I bet.

18 posted on 12/08/2010 4:39:24 AM PST by Bird Jenkins
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To: kitkat
I suspect the wife wandered off in shock.

At first I thought there might have been something nefarious going on. She probably did wander off and unfortunately may have expired. If she were alive she'd probably have turned up by now.

19 posted on 12/08/2010 4:40:23 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: sodpoodle

OMG...I didn’t even consider the latter scenario.

I’m praying for her safe return but don’t feel a whole lot of hope....:(


20 posted on 12/08/2010 4:41:26 AM PST by Salamander (Black Ace Dog Handler)
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