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Jul 2024
52m 24s

Bryce Laspisa // 426

Dark West Productions
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In August of 2013, a 19-year-old man drove down the state of California allegedly heading to his parent’s house. After speaking to his mom numerous times throughout the day, it was determined that for much of that time, he wasn’t driving at all - but instead, sitting on the side of the road in his car, rarely progressing, with an incredibly eerie timeline. The next morning, his car was found to have driven into Castaic Lake, but he was nowhere to be found. This is the story of Bryce Laspisa. 

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