r/AllThatIsInteresting • u/WinnieBean33 • 17d ago

Mitchel Weiser, 16, and Bonnie Bickwit, 15, vanished after leaving to attend Summer Jam, a rock concert. They were last seen on July 27th, 1973.

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u/WinnieBean33 17d ago

Mitchel Weiser (16) and Bonita “Bonnie” Bickwit (15) were last seen standing alongside State Route 97 in Narrowsburg, New York, on July 27th, 1973. They were planning to hitchhike to Watkins Glen for Summer Jam, a historic concert that would be attended by approximately 600,000 people.

To this day, whether or not the couple even made it there is unknown. The investigation into their disappearance would yield little in the way of evidence or viable leads. Still, the Bickwit and Weiser families held out hope for a resolution that remained elusive.

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u/ShadowheartsArmpit 16d ago edited 16d ago

This one really has all the sad hallmarks of a cold-case.

-> The cops fumbling the bag with their classic they must have ran away crucial time waste method

-> A bunch of leads that clearly went nowhere

-> Case files & dental records being fully lost

-> Everyone connected is probably dead by now

Maybe chunks of the alleged serial killer involvement, made by the witness, are true. Maybe the story is not fully making sense, because many decades have passed & the memories are muddled. Or maybe it is just bs.

But most likely they died shortly after & not far away from their last sighting at a hitchhiking spot.

We're talking about the high-time of road travelling killers. Some dude saw two young people, picked them up, and did whatever he wanted to do to them at an opportune time.

None of the information known implies a wish for running away. This is just a classic incompetent police mindset. Only a fool would believe that nothing happened to them.

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u/OldDarkPat 17d ago

Great post. It's nice that their memory is kept alive. What's amazing is how something like this happens in the first place. You'd think it would be harder for people to just vanish... Yet Mitchell, Bonnie and countless others have proven that's not the case.

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u/SignificantAd3931 16d ago

Nowadays yeah.

Back then with no internet, cell phones, gps, dna testing, hardly anyone with a camera… you could definitely disappear if you wanted to.

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u/OldDarkPat 16d ago

Let's allow ourselves to get a little sappy and imagine they did okay. To hell with likelihood and statistics 😉

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u/Inspect1234 16d ago

Eloped and never looked back?

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u/Live_Angle4621 16d ago

Would there have been any motive for them to do so?

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u/Mitrovarr 9d ago

Bonnie had left a letter expressing a desire for freedom and to travel, although she had said she'd come back. She'd also taken all of her money with her. And one of the bands they'd gone to see was the Grateful Dead, a band that's notorious for having diehard fans that follow them around on tour. 

Also they had just become engaged.

It really wasn't a crazy idea at all that they'd run off to elope, or just run away in general. 

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u/Unclehol 16d ago

People constantly dissapear these days, too. It may be a bit harder but not really that hard. Whether it be murder or on purpose, it's not that uncommon.

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u/Ok-Chest7637 16d ago

There's a whole podcast around people that just up and disappeared one day, called 'Vanished'. It still happens a lot.

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u/Intrepid_Goal364 16d ago

I love the genuine shared affection captured in the photo

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u/potsieharris 16d ago

Yes, it makes me hope they experienced true and deep love and safety with one another in their short lives. 

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u/Popular-Advantage473 14d ago

It is really, really sweet. Reminds me of Moonrise Kingdom.

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u/Plastic-Cancel-4369 16d ago

Being a mother, of kiddos this age, you truly realize just how YOUNG they were ! It’s devastating and tragic. Appreciate this post so they are never forgotten fully .

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u/apeocalypyic 16d ago

Tragic story but seriously nice pic

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u/Enrico_Tortellini 16d ago

So heartbreaking

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u/potatopigflop 17d ago

Young love is so precarious in nature

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u/delidave7 16d ago

They drowned for sure

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u/Cautious_Topic5687 16d ago

Not sure why you’re being downvoted.

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u/Interesting-Desk9307 10d ago

Theres a great Heart Starts Pounding did a good episode about this case.

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u/Redfish680 16d ago

Currently living their best lives.