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<v Speaker 1>The story of Lars mitting is one that's baffled investigators

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<v Speaker 1>for years. The last time he was ever seen, he

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<v Speaker 1>was caught on camera, but instead of this helping, it

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<v Speaker 1>only added confusion to his story. Since then, Lars has

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<v Speaker 1>gone on to become the Internet's most famous missing person,

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<v Speaker 1>as the security camera that caught his last known whereabouts

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<v Speaker 1>was in an airport and received several million views on

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube due to the strange events that it witnessed.

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<v Speaker 2>My name's Ben and I'm Nicole, and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 2>Wicked and Grim, a true crime podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Warning the following podcasts and material for a mature audience listener. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a good open.

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<v Speaker 2>That actually was That was me?

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<v Speaker 1>That was you? Okay, Well, now here's me. Can I

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<v Speaker 1>do better? I feel like there's pressure on now?

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<v Speaker 2>You always do better.

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<v Speaker 1>Yours was more satisfying. Man was a little bit too quick.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a little premature.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so bad. I'm actually drinking a what is this?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a semi sweet apple cider. It's still less nice.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm drinking some steamworks from Vancouver. So do me a favor.

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<v Speaker 1>Turn your head and look outside. See those yellow leaves.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we don't want to talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, we do have to talk about it. Yeah, fall

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<v Speaker 1>is on its way, It really is. It is. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you guys like where you're listening from

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. If you can look outside and see yellow

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<v Speaker 1>leaves right now, it's starting here. It's not on our

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<v Speaker 1>trees yet, but the underbrush, Yeah, like the little willows

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<v Speaker 1>and bushes and stuff, they're starting to turn a little yellow.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I went on a paddleboard excursion thing adventure today,

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<v Speaker 2>adventure like it was wild and yeah, it felt like

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<v Speaker 2>full it literally because it was kind of cold, like

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<v Speaker 2>it was maybe what like eighteen degrees today celsius and.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, make sure you say celsius.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And it felt like if we commented it out,

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<v Speaker 2>it felt like it was full.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. While you were out paddle boarding doing an epicate adventure,

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<v Speaker 1>guess what I was doing working. I was doing a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of research, not only to finish off this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was looking looking at some other true crime

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<v Speaker 1>cases that I want to cover in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And I went down this rabbit hole on the murderer

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<v Speaker 1>in history who has the highest to kill count ever?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>And I found them, And I'm not saying who I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not saying numbers. All I'm saying is I found them

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<v Speaker 1>and we are doing that case soon and the number

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<v Speaker 1>is absurd.

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<v Speaker 2>Shoot, I feel like we have we talked about this before.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about some with some high numbers, and most

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<v Speaker 1>of them are suspected high numbers. Okay, this one is

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<v Speaker 1>apparently recorded as such.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well we're gonna talk about this later.

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, you ain't getting nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>I need some more deep.

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<v Speaker 1>No, but I'll give you guys a brief hint at

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<v Speaker 1>the number. It's over five hundred. That's all I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I'm not going to say how much over

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred because I'm leaving it open here.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, I need a little bit more. No, Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>when off.

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<v Speaker 1>Nope, Nope, Nope, nope, nope. You get nothing maybe our patrons,

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<v Speaker 1>but not you. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, Wow, that's how it is.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how it is. Speaking of patrons, we got to

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<v Speaker 1>thank some patrons.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank we sure do.

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<v Speaker 1>So signing up this week over on Patreon. We have

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<v Speaker 1>Megan Dunn, we have Courtney Burkett, we have Ashley Leigh,

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea and Stella Rose. They all get that epic behind

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<v Speaker 1>the scenes content. Get to talk to us a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>They're actually going to be naming some of our new

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<v Speaker 1>chickens for US polls and stuff. Official naming is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be happening tomorrow, so if you really want to

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<v Speaker 1>get on, you know, on it, pay attention to that.

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<v Speaker 1>There's been some suggestions put up so far, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>officially happening tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. Yeah, the fact that we've had these new little

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<v Speaker 2>chickens for over a week and they are nameless.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you've been gone for weeks on vacation, so I

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<v Speaker 1>had to like wait for you to get home. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyways, thank you so much for our patrons. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you guys for being here and just listening to the show.

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<v Speaker 1>We really appreciate that. With all of that out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way, do you want to get in to today's episode?

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<v Speaker 2>I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, does the name Lars mid Tank mean anything to you?

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<v Speaker 2>Slightly? And I know we have chatted about this, but

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<v Speaker 2>I recall zero information at the moment, okay, And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure a little bit will come back to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Okay, Well this is over over across the ponds,

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<v Speaker 1>so if I do apologize about mispronouncing names, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen in this episode, but I will be

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<v Speaker 1>doing my best. So to start off with Lars's name,

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<v Speaker 1>it is Lars. I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>His last name is mid Tank. I know that. However,

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<v Speaker 1>his middle name, I believe it's Lars. Joke him Midtank

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<v Speaker 1>I think joke him is how you say it. Joke him,

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<v Speaker 1>joke him. I'm not sure, but there's gonna be some

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<v Speaker 1>names things like that that I'm going to do my

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<v Speaker 1>best to get this pronunciation right.

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<v Speaker 2>You always do your best.

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<v Speaker 1>We always do our best here, we always do. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>his life began on the ninth of February in nineteen eighty,

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<v Speaker 1>so he was only two years our senior. So within

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<v Speaker 1>the vibrant city of Berlin, Germany is where he was born.

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<v Speaker 1>In Germany, Yep, you bet you so. His roots, however,

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<v Speaker 1>took hold in it so a town nestled in schlitzwig

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<v Speaker 1>Holstein in the slitzwig Holstein region, and this is where

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<v Speaker 1>he spent the entirety of his formative his formative years.

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<v Speaker 1>Growing up, he established connections, cultivated relationships, and formed a

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<v Speaker 1>foundation for his life story. Within this whole area, Lars

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<v Speaker 1>even found himself employed at a local power plant, making

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty decent money. He also began dating a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>woman and they were looking at their future together as

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<v Speaker 1>their bond continued to grow and grow and grow stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>So he he was doing pretty good for himself in

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<v Speaker 1>his younger age, as he was beginning to actually get

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<v Speaker 1>into the world and you know, be an adult.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and actually it sounds like that very much.

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<v Speaker 1>So being an adult isn't easy, which I'm sure we

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<v Speaker 1>can all attest to. So, yeah, he's doing good. He's

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<v Speaker 1>doing good.

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<v Speaker 2>It definitely has its moments.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you petcha. So Lars was devoted more than to

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<v Speaker 1>just his girlfriend, though he was a son who frequently

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<v Speaker 1>visited his parents nice. He was a very very good kid,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly after his father had suffered from a stroke. So

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<v Speaker 1>in the wake of this family ordeal, he extended his assistance,

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<v Speaker 1>tending to needs that his parents' household might need, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe doing some lawn work. I don't know exactly the

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<v Speaker 1>extent of his help, but I'm sure some labor around

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<v Speaker 1>the house or helping take care of his father or

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<v Speaker 1>something like that would be part of that. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>what he was doing, lending a hand where he could.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I already feel like this guy is freaking awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Lars is a good dude. Yeah, yeah, many people actually

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<v Speaker 1>really got along with them. To those who actually knew Lars,

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<v Speaker 1>he was more than just an ordinary individual. He was

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<v Speaker 1>someone who consistently liked to make others laugh. He was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a funny, a happy go lucky type guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was someone who consistently played the role of

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<v Speaker 1>a peacemaker when conversations, you know, became a little bit tense.

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<v Speaker 1>He was always one to like step in and try

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<v Speaker 1>and calm things down and be like, well, guys, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all good. Like I don't know. Kind of brings me

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<v Speaker 1>to this old proverb of like I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a proverb, but like a tactic for drinking

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<v Speaker 1>in bars, which I always memorized but I've never needed

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<v Speaker 1>to use because I'm not much of a bar drinker.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's if you ever get in like an altercation

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<v Speaker 1>with an individual and a bar, okay, for example, say,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, if I make eye contact with his girlfriend

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<v Speaker 1>because I simply think she looks familiar to someone who

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<v Speaker 1>went to elementary school with or something whatever reason, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, Hey, you're looking at my girlfriend, and all

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do is just be nice. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to stir up an altercation and offered to buy

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<v Speaker 1>him a drink.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it's that easy.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's that easy. I mean instead of being like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at your girl, Can I buy a drink? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been like, oh sorry, I was just dazed. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>good on you. She's beautiful here. Can I buy you

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<v Speaker 1>a drink? What's your name?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah. That would turn it around quite a bit,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's like, oh, good for you, man, You land

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<v Speaker 1>yourself a good one. Can I buy you drink? What

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<v Speaker 1>are you up to?

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<v Speaker 2>What's that?

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening? What's your name? You know that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think he's kind of the same sort of

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<v Speaker 1>person who would do that. Is that very much so

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<v Speaker 1>peacemaker type individual?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? Yeah, I feel like a lot of people wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily do something like that. No, Like, if you were

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<v Speaker 2>accused of something like that right away, you'd probably just

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<v Speaker 2>get pissed. I'm not you, per se, but like the

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<v Speaker 2>majority of people, right.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's it's better. The old proverb that I was

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<v Speaker 1>originally actually talking about is it's better to be a

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<v Speaker 1>warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, say that again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's better to be a warrior in a garden than

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<v Speaker 1>a gardener in a war.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, right, so you rather know how to fight and

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<v Speaker 1>not have to fight, right then not know how to

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<v Speaker 1>fight and have to fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeez, Okay, that's deep. I am like so tired right

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<v Speaker 2>now that I feel like my brain is processed shit

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<v Speaker 2>very slowly.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm dropping some bombs on you with information to day.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, okay, so maybe it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a well I mean that like you're getting like

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<v Speaker 1>the oh I see the old Japanese proverb of the

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<v Speaker 1>gardener and the warriors thing. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I just have to say, you're describing this person

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<v Speaker 2>quite well, Like I already feel like I know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like I have a picture in my head.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's good. Yeah, Well to add to it if

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<v Speaker 1>I may. He had a slender build, slender athletic build.

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<v Speaker 1>He had short brown hair, a little bit of frosted tips,

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<v Speaker 1>and his nice deep brown eyes to go with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Lars was also a very devoted football or soccer for

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<v Speaker 1>North American individuals. He was a very devoted football fan

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<v Speaker 1>and his favorite team was the Worden Bremen team. Okay, So,

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<v Speaker 1>as Lars was living his life and devoting a lot

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<v Speaker 1>would roll into June of twenty fourteen, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>when Lars is at the age of twenty eight. Lars

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<v Speaker 1>four of his closest friends. It was a vacation for

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<v Speaker 1>some downtime and for Lars to just kind of relax

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<v Speaker 1>of situation. So the week long escapade was destined for

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<v Speaker 1>the Viva Club hotel within the scenic embrace of the

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<v Speaker 1>Golden Sands Resorts, which is oh oh Sands.

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<v Speaker 1>No Golden Sands Resort. This was positioned approximately seventeen kilometers

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<v Speaker 1>north of the bustling heart of Varnaka. Now the Golden Sands,

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<v Speaker 1>not Sandals or anything like that. It's said to have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of European tourists for like the whole like sunsets,

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<v Speaker 1>the sunkiss days, the beaches, the shores, and to top

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<v Speaker 1>it all off, a lot of really.

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<v Speaker 1>So Lars and his friends made their way there and

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<v Speaker 1>they're having the time of their lives and making memories

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<v Speaker 1>for years to come. Their days were filled with, of course, shenanigans, relaxation,

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<v Speaker 1>and even football, as the World Cup semi finals were

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<v Speaker 1>currently taking place and they were being played across the

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<v Speaker 1>screens of all the local bars and pubs in the area.

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<v Speaker 1>So the beginning of their vacation spanned for the first

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<v Speaker 1>five days and unfolded relatively uneventful. It was just some

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<v Speaker 1>good moments, just fun, just relaxing, just vacation now. One

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<v Speaker 1>of Lars's friends, Paul roman recollected to quote him directly,

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<v Speaker 1>the week went by really fast, kind of like a

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<v Speaker 1>blink and you miss it sort of. Yeah, when you're

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<v Speaker 1>having fun, that tends to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like that's the shitty thing about vacations is

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<v Speaker 2>you work. Your work week will drag on by your

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<v Speaker 1>Just gone or flash exactly so, and it was the

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<v Speaker 1>same situation here. They're just having fun and it's going

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<v Speaker 1>by so fast you need to stop and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>take it in to really enjoy it. Now, however, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a pivotal shift in their vacation that occurred on

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<v Speaker 1>the fifth of July. So on this day, Lars found

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<v Speaker 1>himself in a bit of a disagreement with some fellow

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<v Speaker 1>German tourists and fellow football fans. Oh Now, as I mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>Lars was a supporter of the Werner Brennan team, while

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<v Speaker 1>these other individuals were fans of the Brayer Munich team,

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<v Speaker 1>and they didn't seem to find it too funny when

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<v Speaker 1>Lars made light of rivalries and was changing around team

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<v Speaker 1>flags and some of the tables in the bar.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh so he was just like, probably had a few

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<v Speaker 2>too many drinks and just kind of playing around having fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Then these people weren't into that.

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<v Speaker 1>No, they weren't having it. And I mean, football fans

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<v Speaker 1>are known worldwide to be a little bit much at times.

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<v Speaker 1>There's riots that breakout and stuff like that. So not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily that they all are, but tensions tend to get

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<v Speaker 1>high regarding football.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So the group that you know was the Brayern Munich

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<v Speaker 1>fans voiced their opinions and aggravation on this practical joke

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<v Speaker 1>that Lars had just played, and things quickly escalated into

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<v Speaker 1>a full on verbal altercation between them and Lars and

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<v Speaker 1>his group of friends. Okay, so emotions were flaring, tempers

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<v Speaker 1>were high, and after the heated argument had passed, they

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<v Speaker 1>were all left with a rather thick tension lingering in

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<v Speaker 1>the air, which I don't think would make for the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest of drinking atmospheres. Probably not, No, especially in vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, and you had said that Lars is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a peace keeper, right, Yes, so I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 2>this is settling very well with him.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I don't think so. I think he, in this

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<v Speaker 1>heated argument, was probably trying to like guys, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a joke sort of thing, but I don't think they

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<v Speaker 1>were having any of it by the sounds of it.

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<v Speaker 1>So Lars and his group of friends collectively decided that

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<v Speaker 1>it was time for them to leave the bar and

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<v Speaker 1>they were going to head somewhere else to grab a

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<v Speaker 1>bite to eat before heading back to the hotel for

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<v Speaker 1>the night. Now their chosen destination was the same choice

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<v Speaker 1>of any other drunken mid twenties individual. McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I went to fast food, but I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>is it fast food?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? They chose to go to McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Lars, however, he wasn't too hungry at this time. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he was distraughted by you know, the thought of the

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<v Speaker 1>altercation or whatever. But he wasn't going to get anything,

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<v Speaker 1>so he decided to wait outside the restaurant while his

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<v Speaker 1>friends went inside to order their food. So they did

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<v Speaker 1>just that. They went inside, they got the food, came

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<v Speaker 1>back out, and Lars was nowhere to be found. Just gone,

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<v Speaker 1>just gone. Now they were a little perplexed, to say

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<v Speaker 1>the least, but they weren't immediately alarmed. I mean, after all,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he was getting tired too, just like they were.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he didn't want to wait, and he just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of wandered back to the hotel, right like, they'll head there, Nah,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll meet him there and that's that.

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<v Speaker 2>But still that does seem a bit odd, right, like

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<v Speaker 2>they were hanging out the whole trip together, and then

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<v Speaker 2>how long does it really take to be getting your McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Yeah, exactly, it's odd for sure, but like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you do? Right, he probably just headed back

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<v Speaker 1>to the hotel, So they made their way back to

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel too, and once they arrived there at the room,

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<v Speaker 1>Lars was not there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>So they were quite concerned. But again, what do they do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like you can report a missing He's an adult,

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<v Speaker 1>he's been out drinking. He's probably just wandering around having fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he ran into someone and just got pulled off

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<v Speaker 1>to a bar for another drink. Or maybe he saw

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<v Speaker 1>on a TV another soccer game or football, sorry, football game.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows. There's a million different reasons that he could

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<v Speaker 1>be off doing something else.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I feel like I would be going back to

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<v Speaker 2>the McDonald's though, because I'd kind of be like, oh, shoot,

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<v Speaker 2>like we left our friend there, like he's probably went

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<v Speaker 2>off somewhere but then came back and now we're not there,

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<v Speaker 2>and well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're kind of expecting him to show up

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<v Speaker 1>at the hotel any moment sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, they're just kind of waiting around.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they're kind of like, well, he's going to show

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<v Speaker 1>up pretty quick, and he's probably going to show up

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<v Speaker 1>with some sort of story explaining what happened, right, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what did occur.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, good.

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<v Speaker 1>Lars not too long later returned back at the hotel

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<v Speaker 1>and he had exactly that a story to tell on

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. So his account detailed another altercation geez, what's

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<v Speaker 1>up with this with four individuals who Lars said were

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<v Speaker 1>either Bulgarian or Russian, and they attacked him when he

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<v Speaker 1>was alone, leaving him to adore the assault and run

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<v Speaker 1>for his life.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh geez.

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<v Speaker 1>So, as he recounted the incident to his friends, Lars

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<v Speaker 1>told them he suspected a link between this attack and

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<v Speaker 1>the altercation they had earlier at the Barbee with the

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<v Speaker 1>group of German tourists. In fact, Lars was convinced that

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<v Speaker 1>those guys had actually hired these four guys to follow

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<v Speaker 1>him and assault him. Okay, so that's what he thought

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<v Speaker 1>was going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, it does seem pretty weird that there would

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<v Speaker 2>be two altercations like this in one night.

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<v Speaker 1>It does, for sure, So that's kind of what he's thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And because I'm also kind of assuming that Lars

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<v Speaker 2>does not have these kind of alter altercations regularly, right.

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<v Speaker 1>No, not as far as I could tell. No, definitely not.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean his friends were quite worried about the

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<v Speaker 1>situation too, Like, he clearly he got beat up a

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<v Speaker 1>bit here. He's not like busted up lip or anything

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<v Speaker 1>like that, but he's you know, he's been tossed around,

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<v Speaker 1>you could tell that, right. So, despite of this the

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<v Speaker 1>gravity of this story that he was telling, his friends

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<v Speaker 1>were a little bit skeptical. Not against the assault, as

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned, but the idea that someone would be hired

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<v Speaker 1>specifically to target him, especially when they're off on vacation

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<v Speaker 1>over a simple altercation that they had in the bar

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<v Speaker 1>earlier that night. It's kind of a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>far fetched stretch, really.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like had gone too far.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So, nonetheless, whether they believed him or not, they

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<v Speaker 1>were just relieved that he was back and he's now safe.

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<v Speaker 1>So now, as for the attack, Lars was left a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit injured. He complained of discomfort in his ear

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<v Speaker 1>from a hit that he took to the side of

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<v Speaker 1>the head, and he was actually struggling to hear from

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<v Speaker 1>that ear as well. So it was obvious he needed

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<v Speaker 1>to do what go see a doctor, right, so he

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<v Speaker 1>did that. He went and got checked out. It was

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<v Speaker 1>two days later when he went and got checked out.

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<v Speaker 1>The diagnosis was a ruptured ear drum and an injury

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<v Speaker 1>to his jaw.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, Okay, that's like that seems like a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit much.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it was like he got hit right

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<v Speaker 1>on the ear and that ear That air pressure can

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<v Speaker 1>actually go in and rupture an ear drum rather easy.

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<v Speaker 1>They're pretty weak. So if you get hit just right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it can blow out your ear drum.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh. I don't even know exactly what that means.

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<v Speaker 2>But okay, like I don't know how that how you

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not too sure the healing process either. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>it depends on how badly it's ruptured.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like I feel like maybe it's sounding something like

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<v Speaker 2>that sounds worse than it actually is, But I have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea. Now I want to google it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you'll do some googling after I will. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>the doctor did tell Lars, you know, with your ruptured

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<v Speaker 1>ear drum, you can't be flying anywhere as the altitude

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<v Speaker 1>and pressure change could cause or further harm to the

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<v Speaker 1>ear drum and potentially cause irreversible damage.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Yes, as soon as you said that, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>how on earth is like he gonna fly? It did

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<v Speaker 2>pop in my head here, yeah, because and then I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, oh did they fly there? They did fly there?

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<v Speaker 1>They did fly Wow, And he can't be flying home

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Shit, So of course there is a significant problem.

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<v Speaker 1>How is he going to get home? Their flight is

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<v Speaker 1>scheduled for the next day because they're there for a week,

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<v Speaker 1>So it was five days in when they got attacked,

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<v Speaker 1>and now it's been two days, so the next day

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<v Speaker 1>is when they leave. So the doctor did also prescribe

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<v Speaker 1>an antibiotic called CEF brazil five hundred milligrams was prescribed

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<v Speaker 1>to him to combat any potential infection and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>this is, specifically for any sort of potential infection that

425
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<v Speaker 1>could occur in the ear drum while healing. So take this,

426
00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:17.680
<v Speaker 1>it'll help prevent that. He also advised that Lars go

427
00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:22.279
<v Speaker 1>to the hospital and seek surgery, surgery for the ear

428
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<v Speaker 1>drum as well.

429
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<v Speaker 2>Shit.

430
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<v Speaker 1>So Lars now stood at the crossroads of a critical decision. Now,

431
00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:29.640
<v Speaker 1>first and foremost, he knew right away he wasn't going

432
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<v Speaker 1>to go seek surgery, but should he risk flying home

433
00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:38.279
<v Speaker 1>with this injury? That's the second question. In solidarity. His

434
00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:40.799
<v Speaker 1>friends right away offered to stay behind with him, but

435
00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.079
<v Speaker 1>Lars refused. He didn't want to trouble them. He didn't

436
00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.799
<v Speaker 1>want to make them stay behind or anything. He decided

437
00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:50.200
<v Speaker 1>he's going to stay behind himself before he flies home,

438
00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.119
<v Speaker 1>so heel up a little bit and fly home.

439
00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.880
<v Speaker 2>Do we know how long that he was supposed to wait?

440
00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Had it said that?

441
00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:59.680
<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it varies depending how he was healing,

442
00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.839
<v Speaker 1>depending on how he was healing, depending on the severity

443
00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:06.640
<v Speaker 1>of the injury. By the sounds of it, it's only

444
00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.119
<v Speaker 1>a few days wait, is what would have been expected.

445
00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:13.160
<v Speaker 1>Because where they are located, and by country, we're not

446
00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:17.359
<v Speaker 1>talking like Canada North America where it's like crazy distances

447
00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.440
<v Speaker 1>you have to go. No, it's like he could also

448
00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:22.519
<v Speaker 1>just bust there right Okay, so that's another option, but

449
00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:24.119
<v Speaker 1>we will be talking about that a little bit later.

450
00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.680
<v Speaker 1>But anyways, Lars decided he's going to stay here alone,

451
00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.839
<v Speaker 1>heel up before he flies home. So with all this

452
00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:35.319
<v Speaker 1>seasonal tourism that was going on at the time, the

453
00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:40.119
<v Speaker 1>task of securing last minute accommodations wasn't exactly easy, especially

454
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<v Speaker 1>somewhere close to where he was already familiarized with by

455
00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:47.319
<v Speaker 1>the nice you know hotels and all these accommodations. It was,

456
00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.839
<v Speaker 1>you know, not fun, especially when you consider it's extra

457
00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.640
<v Speaker 1>costs on top of what.

458
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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I mean the idea of like extending your

459
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<v Speaker 2>vacations seems kind of awesome, but then I'll lot of

460
00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:02.640
<v Speaker 2>times at the end, at the end of your vacation

461
00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.559
<v Speaker 2>kind of want to just get home. Yeah, and then

462
00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:07.599
<v Speaker 2>you don't have stuff pre booked, and budgets are really

463
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<v Speaker 2>part of it disaster.

464
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So that's kind of what it was for him.

465
00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.519
<v Speaker 1>He was forced to kind of go somewhere where he

466
00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:15.160
<v Speaker 1>wasn't familiar with because he hasn't been around over in

467
00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.400
<v Speaker 1>this area. He's spending it all the time over here

468
00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.880
<v Speaker 1>sort of thing, so low on budget in an unknown area,

469
00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.160
<v Speaker 1>he was actually forced to look at cheaper and unfamiliar

470
00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.599
<v Speaker 1>alternatives basically, and it would be the hotel Color where

471
00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.960
<v Speaker 1>Lars would book his new room at. And this area

472
00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:33.599
<v Speaker 1>which the hotel was located was a little more run

473
00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:36.720
<v Speaker 1>down and rough around the edges. You can say, okay,

474
00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.880
<v Speaker 1>but he could book it, you could afford it. It

475
00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:44.319
<v Speaker 1>would have to do. So the first night solo in

476
00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:48.759
<v Speaker 1>his hotel is where things begin to go downhill for Lars.

477
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<v Speaker 1>At ten thirty pm, he got on the phone with

478
00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:56.680
<v Speaker 1>his mother, Sandra Mittank. Now, he seemed very shook and

479
00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.000
<v Speaker 1>very nervous when he was talking to her, and he

480
00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:02.079
<v Speaker 1>asked her if she could cancel his credit and debit

481
00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:04.960
<v Speaker 1>card for him because he believed they were copied when

482
00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.599
<v Speaker 1>he checked into his hotel, and then he promptly hung up.

483
00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:12.559
<v Speaker 2>Oh geez, Okay, that's an alarming call for a parent.

484
00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.160
<v Speaker 1>Yes.

485
00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.319
<v Speaker 2>Ah.

486
00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:16.880
<v Speaker 1>So throughout the night there was multiple phone calls back

487
00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:19.279
<v Speaker 1>and forth between them, and Sandra spoke on the phone

488
00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:22.759
<v Speaker 1>with her sons several times. She described the conversations as

489
00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:26.039
<v Speaker 1>very odd, as her son seemed extremely worried and was paranoid.

490
00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:29.599
<v Speaker 1>He confided in his mom that he believed he was

491
00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:34.160
<v Speaker 1>being followed by four men. He would actually even whisper

492
00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.960
<v Speaker 1>in the phone as he talked to her, as though

493
00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.599
<v Speaker 1>he thought someone could be listening in to the conversation.

494
00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.240
<v Speaker 2>Oh my.

495
00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:43.880
<v Speaker 1>Lars also asked his mom about the drug his doctor

496
00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:48.559
<v Speaker 1>had prescribed him in a rather concerned fashion. So he's

497
00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:51.039
<v Speaker 1>very concerned about this drug that his doctor gave him.

498
00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:53.960
<v Speaker 2>Huh, you must have to wonder if he got like

499
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.400
<v Speaker 2>a concussion or something sort of where my head is going.

500
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, well, well we will talk theories at the

501
00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:04.319
<v Speaker 1>end here, but that is a potential one for sure. Now.

502
00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:08.200
<v Speaker 1>Surveillance footage of the hotel from that night shows large Lars,

503
00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:13.119
<v Speaker 1>very agitated, pacing restlessly throughout the lobby. He would repeatedly

504
00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:15.880
<v Speaker 1>look out the windows over his shoulders and would disappear

505
00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:19.440
<v Speaker 1>and reappear again and again from the elevator. At around

506
00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:23.640
<v Speaker 1>one am, Lars ventured outside the hotel premise for about

507
00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:27.359
<v Speaker 1>an hour, where his whereabouts were completely unaccounted for, before

508
00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:31.519
<v Speaker 1>he would return to the hotel. Eventually, though, the sun

509
00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:35.160
<v Speaker 1>would rise on the dawn of July eighth, and Lars's

510
00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:39.359
<v Speaker 1>paranoia reached a peak. He was in desperate need to

511
00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.599
<v Speaker 1>get home. His mom, Sandra, managed to secure a flight

512
00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:46.400
<v Speaker 1>for him that afternoon, while also ensuring contingency plan in

513
00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:49.319
<v Speaker 1>the form of a bus ticket, as I mentioned, because

514
00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:53.759
<v Speaker 1>in case he can't fly, because it's only been like barely.

515
00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:55.359
<v Speaker 2>Passah, hardly.

516
00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:59.119
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, maybe, I don't know, maybe thirty six hours. I'm

517
00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:01.160
<v Speaker 1>going to guess approxy at this point, because I would

518
00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:04.160
<v Speaker 1>assume it's probably somewhere in the afternoon when he learned

519
00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:07.079
<v Speaker 1>it from the doctor the next day. The whole day

520
00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:09.039
<v Speaker 1>has passed hour in the morning, so maybe close to

521
00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:13.640
<v Speaker 1>forty I guess. Okay, so about forty hours. So he's

522
00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.440
<v Speaker 1>got a plane ticket and a bus ticket booked. Now

523
00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:19.079
<v Speaker 1>it was set, one way or another, he was going

524
00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:21.880
<v Speaker 1>to be coming home and escaping whatever troubles that he

525
00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.079
<v Speaker 1>seemed to think he was in. Now Lars also requested

526
00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.720
<v Speaker 1>his mom send him five hundred dollars to his bank

527
00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:33.519
<v Speaker 1>account now regardless of the reason that five hundred dollars

528
00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:36.599
<v Speaker 1>would remain in his bank account and would be untouched.

529
00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:40.880
<v Speaker 1>He then made his way via a taxi ride to

530
00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:44.079
<v Speaker 1>the Varna Airport. He shared a cab with a young woman,

531
00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.720
<v Speaker 1>and during the ride, this young woman noticed that he

532
00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:50.440
<v Speaker 1>seemed to be acting very odd and that his eyes

533
00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:55.559
<v Speaker 1>were very dilated. Whatever was going on with Lars was

534
00:26:55.599 --> 00:27:02.359
<v Speaker 1>clearly getting worse. Airport security campus show Lars arriving and

535
00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:06.240
<v Speaker 1>entering the airport carrying a black duffel bag and the

536
00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:10.039
<v Speaker 1>distinctive red and black backpack. He pushed through the doors

537
00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:15.039
<v Speaker 1>and immediately headed towards the airport medical facility. Doctor Costa

538
00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.839
<v Speaker 1>cost of was the attending physician and Lars was there

539
00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.240
<v Speaker 1>to get his ear checked to ensure he could actually fly,

540
00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.960
<v Speaker 1>make sure it's safe, you know, the whole kitten kaboodle.

541
00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:29.559
<v Speaker 1>So doctor Kostev remembers the visit with Lars and his

542
00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:34.119
<v Speaker 1>behaviors at the time. He was fidgety, nervous, and seemed

543
00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:37.599
<v Speaker 1>to be shaking. His nerves were clearly getting the best

544
00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:42.319
<v Speaker 1>of him. Lars was also asking about his previously prescribed medication,

545
00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:45.039
<v Speaker 1>voicing concerns and confusion about it.

546
00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:49.119
<v Speaker 2>You almost have to wonder, h like, this is another

547
00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:51.960
<v Speaker 2>I guess theory I'm putting out there. If he's having

548
00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.160
<v Speaker 2>like some sort of allergic reaction to this medication or something.

549
00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:58.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to let you voice your opinion. Go for it.

550
00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.759
<v Speaker 1>But I'm not going to talk theory until the end.

551
00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.039
<v Speaker 1>So if you want to go for it, go for it.

552
00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.680
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I have to get it out of my brain.

553
00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.160
<v Speaker 2>So that's that's just something I needed to put out there.

554
00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.640
<v Speaker 1>Okay, Okay, gotcha. The two talked a bit about the

555
00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:16.039
<v Speaker 1>medications and the doctor began taking a look at Lars's ear. Now,

556
00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:19.680
<v Speaker 1>luckily for Lars, he received some good news. He was

557
00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.680
<v Speaker 1>well enough to fly.

558
00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.759
<v Speaker 2>Wow. Okay.

559
00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:25.640
<v Speaker 1>Upon hearing the news, relief should have rushed over Lars's face,

560
00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.920
<v Speaker 1>but instead a look of fear was in its place.

561
00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.839
<v Speaker 2>Huh.

562
00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:36.240
<v Speaker 1>Just then, a construction worker walked into the doctor's office,

563
00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:39.559
<v Speaker 1>and at that moment, Lars, and at the moment Lars

564
00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:43.200
<v Speaker 1>laid eyes on the man. He panicked. Lars stood up

565
00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:46.599
<v Speaker 1>and screamed, quote, I don't want to die here. I

566
00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:49.720
<v Speaker 1>have to get out of here, and he bolted out

567
00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.880
<v Speaker 1>of the doctor's office.

568
00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Hmm. So is it like that he kind of recognized

569
00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>the construction worker maybe, or we don't really know, okay,

570
00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:00.599
<v Speaker 2>or you're just not saying right yet. Okay.

571
00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:04.839
<v Speaker 1>So once he exited the doctor's office, he bolted down

572
00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:08.000
<v Speaker 1>the hallway, bolted through the airport, and was seen on

573
00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:11.400
<v Speaker 1>security footage running out of the front doors, across the

574
00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.240
<v Speaker 1>property and highway into a field, over a two meters

575
00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:16.079
<v Speaker 1>high fence, then off into the woods.

576
00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:18.119
<v Speaker 2>Holy shit, this was.

577
00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:20.960
<v Speaker 1>The last time Lars was ever seen.

578
00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:26.599
<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh. Hey, yes, you almost have to feel

579
00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:29.640
<v Speaker 2>like really fucking bad for him, because some shit is

580
00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:31.200
<v Speaker 2>going down, you bet you.

581
00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:35.160
<v Speaker 1>And in his panic, Lars left his backpack, his duffel bag,

582
00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:40.920
<v Speaker 1>all of his stuff, all of it, his possessions, identification, passport,

583
00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.640
<v Speaker 1>all of it was left in the doctor's office.

584
00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:49.640
<v Speaker 2>Huh wow. Okay, that's like very alarming for family too.

585
00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.720
<v Speaker 2>Oh you bet you, Like I don't actually think that

586
00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:54.839
<v Speaker 2>I could be settled with that. I mean, like he's

587
00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:59.039
<v Speaker 2>still missing, which is so right, Yeah, unsettling. I'm like,

588
00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.160
<v Speaker 2>we do know that, right.

589
00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:02.400
<v Speaker 1>That's the end of the story. Now we're just into theories.

590
00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:05.759
<v Speaker 1>That is the story of Lars. There's a couple more

591
00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.680
<v Speaker 1>little tweaks at the end here after the theories. I

592
00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.759
<v Speaker 1>will say that, but that is the basis of the story.

593
00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just don't think I would ever be able

594
00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:19.839
<v Speaker 2>to rest with that, Like that is unreal, yeap, that

595
00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:22.039
<v Speaker 2>that happens and then all of a sudden he's just gone.

596
00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.559
<v Speaker 2>Do we not know if like this construction worker person

597
00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.839
<v Speaker 2>was recognizable to him? Nope, the construction worker just played

598
00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.640
<v Speaker 2>dumb kind of thing.

599
00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:35.079
<v Speaker 1>I mean, as far as we know the construction worker.

600
00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.079
<v Speaker 1>Because there are some details that we are going to

601
00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.440
<v Speaker 1>go over in the theories here, Like you talked about

602
00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.000
<v Speaker 1>an allergic reaction. There is a detail that can go

603
00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.960
<v Speaker 1>right along with that that we'll talk about. But as

604
00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:46.759
<v Speaker 1>far as the construction worker goes, I could find nothing that.

605
00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:49.319
<v Speaker 2>Would show that they were aware of each other or

606
00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.039
<v Speaker 2>of each other for all we know.

607
00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:54.880
<v Speaker 1>Maybe it was paranoia and he just saw this construction worker,

608
00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:57.880
<v Speaker 1>and the construction worker is literally just that some random

609
00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:01.480
<v Speaker 1>construction worker, and Lars panicked because maybe he thought he

610
00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:04.960
<v Speaker 1>recognized him, or thought maybe he was some other like

611
00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.640
<v Speaker 1>a hitman or something. Who knows.

612
00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:11.000
<v Speaker 2>Wow, this is bizarre. Okay, let's get into these theories please.

613
00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.480
<v Speaker 1>Okay. Well, there are numerous theories that are circulating around

614
00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:20.200
<v Speaker 1>the internet, each offering its own interesting thought and perspective.

615
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:23.920
<v Speaker 1>One prevalent one explores the idea of someone who is

616
00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:28.440
<v Speaker 1>after Lars, which raises the question who and why. So

617
00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.599
<v Speaker 1>it is possible that it stems from the whole bar

618
00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:34.000
<v Speaker 1>fights related to football sort of thing. But it's kind

619
00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:37.519
<v Speaker 1>of hard to think someone like this would or something

620
00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.880
<v Speaker 1>like this would happen over something so trivial, right, But

621
00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:44.079
<v Speaker 1>then again, as I mentioned, football fans are known be

622
00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:46.319
<v Speaker 1>rather intense at times, so who knows.

623
00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.480
<v Speaker 2>They take it very seriously.

624
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:52.039
<v Speaker 1>Very seriously, and very personal, especially regarding my team versus

625
00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.720
<v Speaker 1>your team or that team sort of thing. It's almost

626
00:31:56.279 --> 00:32:01.759
<v Speaker 1>religious to a point. Now, an alternate theory proposes that

627
00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:06.119
<v Speaker 1>Lars might have delved into more shady circles during his

628
00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:09.920
<v Speaker 1>stay at the Hotel Color, which aligns with another theory

629
00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:12.799
<v Speaker 1>suggesting that maybe while he was on vacation he was

630
00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:18.640
<v Speaker 1>involved with drug smuggling as a mule, And it's a

631
00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:23.960
<v Speaker 1>possibility that he might have actually unknowingly taken part in

632
00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:27.599
<v Speaker 1>an operation and discovered it while he was already abroad.

633
00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.759
<v Speaker 1>So it's also possible that Lars was under the influence

634
00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:38.119
<v Speaker 1>of these said drugs, leading to his erratic behavior and paranoia.

635
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.880
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm confused by that one. So he before he

636
00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:43.920
<v Speaker 2>left he was involved in this.

637
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:47.759
<v Speaker 1>Well, that's about four different theories, but they all kind

638
00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:51.559
<v Speaker 1>of play on each other. So basically, he could have

639
00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.200
<v Speaker 1>that the Hotel Color and the kind of shady part

640
00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:58.599
<v Speaker 1>of town gotten mixed up with some bad people, okay, yeah,

641
00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:03.119
<v Speaker 1>Or could have been taken part in drug smuggling as

642
00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:08.119
<v Speaker 1>a mule. Or he could have unknowingly been a mule.

643
00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:11.519
<v Speaker 1>One of his friends or someone potentially stuffed drugs in

644
00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:14.240
<v Speaker 1>his bag and then he found out and was trying

645
00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.960
<v Speaker 1>to refuse or something and then that got him in trouble.

646
00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:22.319
<v Speaker 1>Or maybe he was on certain drugs that caused the

647
00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:27.119
<v Speaker 1>paranoia and behaviors. So that's about four different theories that

648
00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:30.480
<v Speaker 1>play off each other, but could also be all theories

649
00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.480
<v Speaker 1>on their own too.

650
00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.559
<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's really interesting.

651
00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:40.240
<v Speaker 1>Now, among the more plausible theories is one posing that

652
00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:45.200
<v Speaker 1>Lar's condition extended beyond mer ruptured ear drum, as you mentioned,

653
00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:49.279
<v Speaker 1>a concussion, right, Yeah, so that's what this idea actually

654
00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.680
<v Speaker 1>talks about. It proposes that he might have experienced a

655
00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.400
<v Speaker 1>minor concussion or another head injury in a shape or

656
00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:58.200
<v Speaker 1>form which accounted for his erratic conduct and heightened paranoia

657
00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.960
<v Speaker 1>and just all his weird behaviors.

658
00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.279
<v Speaker 2>I feel like that makes a lot of sense to me.

659
00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:06.039
<v Speaker 1>It does, actually, and it could explain the dilated pupils

660
00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.960
<v Speaker 1>and disorientation.

661
00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.320
<v Speaker 2>Yes.

662
00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.159
<v Speaker 1>Now, counter to this, his family confirmed that he had

663
00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:14.519
<v Speaker 1>no prior mental health issues, further deepening the mystery surrounding

664
00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:18.440
<v Speaker 1>the whole disappearance and behaviors. But a concussion is certainly

665
00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.719
<v Speaker 1>not off the table.

666
00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:22.199
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, because if he didn't get like tested for

667
00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:24.840
<v Speaker 2>it or tested properly when he went in and they

668
00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.719
<v Speaker 2>just kind of figured out it's just like the ear drum,

669
00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:29.639
<v Speaker 2>but there really was something else going on, it would

670
00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.599
<v Speaker 2>almost explain all of this, really, I mean, it doesn't

671
00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:35.119
<v Speaker 2>necessarily explain where the heck he is at this moment

672
00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:38.599
<v Speaker 2>in time or what happened to him after that footage,

673
00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:43.079
<v Speaker 2>but the paranoia and just like not seeming like himself

674
00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.719
<v Speaker 2>and stuff.

675
00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:47.880
<v Speaker 1>It could if you consider that maybe amnesia was another factor.

676
00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:53.599
<v Speaker 2>Okay, what do you mean by loss of memory? Okay?

677
00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.679
<v Speaker 1>Is where he is?

678
00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:57.679
<v Speaker 2>Shit? Yeah? But and then I guess too, he could

679
00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:01.320
<v Speaker 2>have just like even succumbed to his inies or something.

680
00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.199
<v Speaker 2>But then you think that his body would have been.

681
00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:05.239
<v Speaker 1>Found hard to say.

682
00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:09.079
<v Speaker 2>Huh, Okay, that one is sticking with me here.

683
00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:13.239
<v Speaker 1>So all these theories do remain subjects of debate among

684
00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:16.000
<v Speaker 1>a lot of experts and family members and of course

685
00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:20.719
<v Speaker 1>internet sleuths. Right though, his mother, along with the Bulgarian,

686
00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.800
<v Speaker 1>German and medical professionals, have considered the possibility that his

687
00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:27.280
<v Speaker 1>odd behavior might have stemmed from an uncommon side effect

688
00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:32.440
<v Speaker 1>from the antibiotic he was prescribed, which is called CEF Brazil. Now,

689
00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:36.239
<v Speaker 1>there is one problem with this. The catch is that

690
00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:41.760
<v Speaker 1>doctor Costoff contradicts this hypothesis by revealing that Lars when

691
00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:45.639
<v Speaker 1>he came into the hospital the airport hospital to see

692
00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:48.000
<v Speaker 1>him and was questioning him about it. Yeah, he had

693
00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:51.039
<v Speaker 1>the prescription slip. He did not fill the prescription. He

694
00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.480
<v Speaker 1>never took any of that medication.

695
00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:56.559
<v Speaker 2>Oh seriously, seriously.

696
00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:00.480
<v Speaker 1>He did not fill his prescription, according to the doctor.

697
00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:06.719
<v Speaker 1>Oh so, theoretically, unless it was something illegal, he was

698
00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.480
<v Speaker 1>not on any drugs or substances.

699
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:13.079
<v Speaker 2>Huh, unless it was a really weird error where he

700
00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:15.840
<v Speaker 2>maybe got the prescription but then they didn't actually take

701
00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.760
<v Speaker 2>the like the piece of paper.

702
00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:20.519
<v Speaker 1>Well, maybe maybe there was more to it. Maybe he

703
00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.800
<v Speaker 1>talked to him and he confirmed that he wasn't on

704
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.280
<v Speaker 1>the medication. But the doctor stands by and says he

705
00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.480
<v Speaker 1>did not fill that prescription.

706
00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:30.440
<v Speaker 2>Huh. Okay, Can I just point out too how smart

707
00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.880
<v Speaker 2>I am and that two of these theories I have

708
00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:36.119
<v Speaker 2>already came up with during the podcast. I'm just like

709
00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.360
<v Speaker 2>gonna pat myself on the back.

710
00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.840
<v Speaker 1>Good job. Yeah, you better patch yourself hard enough that

711
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.960
<v Speaker 1>everybody can hear it. Right now, There you go, that

712
00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:50.119
<v Speaker 1>was a good pat. So, despite the extensive efforts by police,

713
00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:58.079
<v Speaker 1>Lars Midank's fate remains completely unknown. His mother, Sandra Uh,

714
00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:01.599
<v Speaker 1>did all she could help her son. Shanelisted services of

715
00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:07.199
<v Speaker 1>a private investigator, one named Andreas gutig So. Andreas explored

716
00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:11.000
<v Speaker 1>hospital records in his search to try and find unidentified

717
00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:14.119
<v Speaker 1>patients who might match Large's descriptions.

718
00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:16.039
<v Speaker 2>If he doesn't remember who the fuck he is and

719
00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:20.519
<v Speaker 2>he has no identification exactly, oh my gosh.

720
00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.000
<v Speaker 1>But it yielded no results.

721
00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:29.000
<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, that is very unsettling. Okay, he left all

722
00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:35.079
<v Speaker 2>the doctor's office, so awful. Yeah, his poor, poor mother,

723
00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.719
<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness.

724
00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.840
<v Speaker 1>So if he doesn't know who he is, there is

725
00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.440
<v Speaker 1>no way of him finding.

726
00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:45.280
<v Speaker 2>Out right, and it's just like kind of in hope

727
00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:47.760
<v Speaker 2>that he gets recognized or something. But like he's in

728
00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:50.039
<v Speaker 2>a for like a country that he's not from.

729
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.760
<v Speaker 1>Yep.

730
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.800
<v Speaker 2>Like if this happened to you when you were like

731
00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:55.519
<v Speaker 2>in your home city or whatever, you.

732
00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:58.480
<v Speaker 1>Know, but even still depending on the population of your city.

733
00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:00.599
<v Speaker 1>In our city's one thing, but if you go to

734
00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.719
<v Speaker 1>like Toronto or Vancouver or something.

735
00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was more so thinking our city.

736
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:09.519
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, big cities is a little different. Yeah, so

737
00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.599
<v Speaker 1>it's wild.

738
00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:14.119
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, I am like, yeah.

739
00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.920
<v Speaker 1>Now, you also did touch on the idea on his

740
00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:21.280
<v Speaker 1>survival rate. Now, he did have a background in actor

741
00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:25.360
<v Speaker 1>activities like hunting and fishing, but survival of the harsh

742
00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:29.920
<v Speaker 1>summer conditions, compounded by limited access to food, made his

743
00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.320
<v Speaker 1>survival rate rather slim. His mom does still hold on

744
00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:38.079
<v Speaker 1>to hope, though, believing that maybe he is just suffering

745
00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.679
<v Speaker 1>with memory loss and that that's the only reason why

746
00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.960
<v Speaker 1>he hasn't come home yet.

747
00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.639
<v Speaker 2>But this was twenty fourteen, Hey you bet you so,

748
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.599
<v Speaker 2>nine years ago?

749
00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:54.400
<v Speaker 1>Jeez. Now. There have been numerous alleged sightings of Lars

750
00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:59.119
<v Speaker 1>in various countries that have emerged. None, however, have turned

751
00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:04.400
<v Speaker 1>up anything. A notable sighting was in twenty fifteen and

752
00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:07.920
<v Speaker 1>involved a German truck driver offering a lift to a hitchhiker.

753
00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:12.800
<v Speaker 1>The hitchhiker apparently bore a resemblance to a little bit

754
00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:16.840
<v Speaker 1>of a more weathered Lars, sporting long hair and a beard,

755
00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:21.880
<v Speaker 1>appearing fatigued and with prominent cheekbones. The driver reported it

756
00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:26.239
<v Speaker 1>weeks after the encounter, and he reported it weeks after

757
00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:30.159
<v Speaker 1>only because he had learned of Lars's case after picking

758
00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:33.639
<v Speaker 1>up the hitchhiker, and once he figured out the case

759
00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:36.320
<v Speaker 1>and saw the resemblance, then reported it.

760
00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh so, it's like if only he had known of

761
00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.880
<v Speaker 2>this case before.

762
00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:43.400
<v Speaker 1>Hey, you bet you so he picked up this individual

763
00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:48.079
<v Speaker 1>in Dresden and took them to Schlidoh in, I'm really

764
00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:53.480
<v Speaker 1>going to butcher this pronunciation Brandenburg and Brandenburg's over Havel

765
00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:58.480
<v Speaker 1>County just north of Berlin. Good work, but nothing has

766
00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:01.599
<v Speaker 1>come out of that sighting or any others since.

767
00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:07.119
<v Speaker 2>Wow, I I this one has gotten me here. Holy.

768
00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:12.840
<v Speaker 1>So mom, Lars's mom still holds onto hope. She continues

769
00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.280
<v Speaker 1>to post on social media about her missing son and

770
00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:18.679
<v Speaker 1>puts flyers up when she can. She knows the chances

771
00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:22.480
<v Speaker 1>of him being found, let alone alive, are slim, but

772
00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:24.719
<v Speaker 1>still holds out hope that he will be found and

773
00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.719
<v Speaker 1>can return home.

774
00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.559
<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean also like hopefully those posters and stuff

775
00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:32.719
<v Speaker 2>that she's putting up has him looking like you had

776
00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:36.199
<v Speaker 2>referred to it, more weathered or whatever. Right, I'm sure

777
00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.840
<v Speaker 2>that's like.

778
00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:40.239
<v Speaker 1>Putting up probably both actual photos of him and then

779
00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:42.280
<v Speaker 1>maybe pause at sketches or something.

780
00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:43.679
<v Speaker 2>They potentially actually look like.

781
00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.760
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So for everyone's information out there, especially if you

782
00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:52.599
<v Speaker 1>are in the area. Lars Jokim Mittank was last seen

783
00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:56.559
<v Speaker 1>wearing a yellow T shirt, blue jean shorts, and white shoes.

784
00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:59.400
<v Speaker 1>He stands about one hundred and eighty centimeters or five

785
00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:03.639
<v Speaker 1>foot nine tall, and weighed around eighty five kilograms or

786
00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:05.440
<v Speaker 1>one hundred and eighty five to one hundred and eighty

787
00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:10.199
<v Speaker 1>seven pounds. He could be injured, disoriented, or have memory loss.

788
00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:13.679
<v Speaker 1>He has brown eyes and a scar on his left forearm.

789
00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:16.840
<v Speaker 1>If you have any information on Lars, you are urged

790
00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:20.280
<v Speaker 1>to call authorities in Germany at four nine one five

791
00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:24.199
<v Speaker 1>seven seven eight three zero zero eight nine six. You

792
00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:28.519
<v Speaker 1>can also send an email to findet underscore Lars at

793
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<v Speaker 1>web dot d that's fi n d e T underscore

794
00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:37.679
<v Speaker 1>l A r s at w e B dot d E.

795
00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:41.360
<v Speaker 1>And that is the story of Lars Midtank.

796
00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness.

797
00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:50.159
<v Speaker 1>So that being said, you need to watch the security footage.

798
00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm like, I don't know if I can like

799
00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:57.599
<v Speaker 2>process anything more this. I don't know. Oh my goodness,

800
00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:01.280
<v Speaker 2>this story is unbelievable to me, the fact that like

801
00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:06.079
<v Speaker 2>his poor mom, I can't I just can't stop thinking

802
00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:10.840
<v Speaker 2>about that. Could you imagine someone the story that someone

803
00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:14.039
<v Speaker 2>like your son or like loved one literally just runs

804
00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.320
<v Speaker 2>off and disappears and like.

805
00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:19.199
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, nothing, and it's it's so haunting if you watch

806
00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.119
<v Speaker 1>the actual sign.

807
00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:21.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I even want to.

808
00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:24.760
<v Speaker 1>So the security the clip here is fifty five seconds long.

809
00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:29.000
<v Speaker 1>In between him entering and exiting the airport, it was

810
00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.840
<v Speaker 1>approximately forty five minutes that he was in the doctor's

811
00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:33.760
<v Speaker 1>office for So just heads up on that.

812
00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:37.639
<v Speaker 2>Okay.

813
00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:39.440
<v Speaker 1>So that shows him walking in with the yellow T

814
00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:44.159
<v Speaker 1>shirt and his two bags. Okay, so just watch and

815
00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:46.360
<v Speaker 1>we'll leave a link down below so you guys can

816
00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:48.320
<v Speaker 1>watch this video as well. If you haven't checked it

817
00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:52.800
<v Speaker 1>out just yet, we urge you too. It's like I said, haunting,

818
00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:06.920
<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh, that is a man running for his life.

819
00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:11.039
<v Speaker 2>Honestly, that one shot there didn't he didn't seem like

820
00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:16.880
<v Speaker 2>he looked all that panicked. Really, you don't think so,

821
00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:25.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, gosh, this is hard to tell. Some footage,

822
00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.679
<v Speaker 2>some footage it kind of seems like he does, but

823
00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:30.320
<v Speaker 2>then others it seems like he just is kind of

824
00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:32.360
<v Speaker 2>like going for a stroll like that. He's not really

825
00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.480
<v Speaker 2>in a super panic.

826
00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.320
<v Speaker 1>Okay, I disagree with you there. I got to take

827
00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:39.079
<v Speaker 1>a look again then, Okay, you see, because it looked

828
00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.360
<v Speaker 1>to me like, no, he's just bold.

829
00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:42.239
<v Speaker 2>It didn't seem like he was full out running like

830
00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:44.199
<v Speaker 2>as fast as he could or anything. He's not looking

831
00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:45.440
<v Speaker 2>behind him or anything.

832
00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, he ain't looking back, He's just gone.

833
00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:51.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I feel like if I was afraid

834
00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:54.400
<v Speaker 2>for my life though, i'd be looking back. But maybe

835
00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.320
<v Speaker 2>that's just me.

836
00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:58.480
<v Speaker 1>Oh, I think what you're watching is Oh, I guess

837
00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:00.800
<v Speaker 1>once he exits the building, he looks a little more

838
00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:05.800
<v Speaker 1>casual for sure. Yeah, but inside the building he's definitely

839
00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:09.360
<v Speaker 1>he's sprinting through the building. But outside yet yeah, right,

840
00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.840
<v Speaker 1>it's more.

841
00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:12.239
<v Speaker 2>Of a Inside the building he did seem like he

842
00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:14.920
<v Speaker 2>was a bit more shook, but then outside it didn't

843
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:16.000
<v Speaker 2>seem like it as much.

844
00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:19.480
<v Speaker 1>But then also, if he's not in a like, if

845
00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:21.400
<v Speaker 1>he wasn't panicked, why would he go out across the

846
00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:25.800
<v Speaker 1>highway into a field fence, into the woods.

847
00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:29.440
<v Speaker 2>Without any of his shit? I don't know that That

848
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<v Speaker 2>didn't help me in any way with thinking this story

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<v Speaker 2>is really fucked, Like I have no other words just

850
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<v Speaker 2>to describe this. Wow, I would love, love love for

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<v Speaker 2>him to be found.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh definitely. Yeah. And the internet has gone over every

853
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<v Speaker 1>frame of that footage, every ounce of his story, you

854
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<v Speaker 1>name it. He is, as I mentioned, he's the most

855
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<v Speaker 1>famous missing person.

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<v Speaker 2>So do you actually think that his face and his

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<v Speaker 2>name and everything is really all that. Like it's a

858
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<v Speaker 2>big like most people are aware of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Most people are aware of the man who went missing

860
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<v Speaker 1>and ran from the airport. Most people know that his

861
00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:24.719
<v Speaker 1>name or his story appearance, but like they know the clip.

862
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<v Speaker 1>They know that, but maybe, like Alisa Lamb, her name

863
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:32.440
<v Speaker 1>and stories a little more prevalent. I think, Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>that clip is easily the most famous as far as

865
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<v Speaker 1>missing people go.

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00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, but then how many people I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if they were walking past this person on the street

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<v Speaker 2>or seeing them in person, would they be able to

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<v Speaker 2>tell or would it clue in their brain that, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>my gosh, this could be him.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so. I think it has to be

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<v Speaker 1>someone who's actively looking at the photos, actively searching or researching. Yeah,

873
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<v Speaker 1>I bet you if I in a week time walk back, Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you tomorrow, if I walked by a weathered

875
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<v Speaker 1>yeah Mars, I probably wouldn't recognize him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's the thing.

877
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<v Speaker 1>And I spent the last like two days researching this case.

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<v Speaker 2>Yikes, So it almost just seems like it's just this

879
00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:25.559
<v Speaker 2>this oh, this haunting feeling of just like like feeling

880
00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:27.119
<v Speaker 2>so helpless for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, really, yeah, that's exactly it help us for him

882
00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:33.199
<v Speaker 1>and help us for his family.

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00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:37.320
<v Speaker 2>Because technically, okay, technically, say he did survive and that

884
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<v Speaker 2>was him who the truck driver had picked up, right, Yeah,

885
00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:45.440
<v Speaker 2>But then at this point something else has happened or something,

886
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<v Speaker 2>or he's passed away and like no, like his body

887
00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:55.280
<v Speaker 2>would not have been identified. Correct, Oh my god. Okay, yeah,

888
00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:56.840
<v Speaker 2>this is just too much.

889
00:46:56.800 --> 00:47:01.719
<v Speaker 1>Unless someone had the know about to search to cross

890
00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:04.719
<v Speaker 1>reference maybe his dental records and missing persons reports and

891
00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:07.960
<v Speaker 1>stuff like that, yeah, which I do hope would occur.

892
00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:12.039
<v Speaker 2>But sometimes hopefully, hopefully, I don't know. Shit like that

893
00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:17.159
<v Speaker 2>just naturally occurs, though, when they have an an identified body.

894
00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:19.639
<v Speaker 1>Hard to say. I think it's going to depend on

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<v Speaker 1>the situation, because, unfortunately, I think if it becomes if

896
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<v Speaker 1>we're talking homeless population, I think the likelihood of them

897
00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:32.519
<v Speaker 1>cross referencing is probably lessened. And that's very sad to say.

898
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<v Speaker 1>But if they just come across just hey, a random

899
00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:38.840
<v Speaker 1>dead person that doesn't seem homeless or anything, then maybe

900
00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:41.480
<v Speaker 1>maybe so wow.

901
00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:46.119
<v Speaker 2>Wow, this story is something else. Oh my goodness, Oh

902
00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:47.280
<v Speaker 2>my goodness.

903
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<v Speaker 1>You were all kinds of just wrapped up in your head, right,

904
00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.679
<v Speaker 1>now I really am.

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00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:53.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm literally about to eat snacks right now because

906
00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:54.599
<v Speaker 2>I think I'm about to stress eat. But it's like,

907
00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:56.079
<v Speaker 2>can I eat snacks while we're talking?

908
00:47:56.440 --> 00:48:01.599
<v Speaker 1>So my goodness, your eyes are just darting back and

909
00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.880
<v Speaker 1>forth like you're they are.

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00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:06.559
<v Speaker 2>This one is very This is kind of probably one

911
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<v Speaker 2>of the most disturbing ones that I have listened to,

912
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<v Speaker 2>really because I kind of have a bit of OCD.

913
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<v Speaker 1>Right, yes, we would know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if any everyone on here would know that.

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<v Speaker 1>I can confirm that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like I could not fucking imagine that being someone

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<v Speaker 2>I knew, and and this this is just this like

918
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<v Speaker 2>I just don't think that I could go on living

919
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<v Speaker 2>my life like not having a clue.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and I think that's why he is the most

921
00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:42.760
<v Speaker 1>famous missing person, because the idea of him running from

922
00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:47.719
<v Speaker 1>the fucking airport and just gone gone is so baffling

923
00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:53.519
<v Speaker 1>and just so strange and just awe struck. Yeah that's

924
00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.679
<v Speaker 1>even a word, but jaw dropping, I guess I think

925
00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.360
<v Speaker 1>that is a word.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. Yeah, holy moly, Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, that's the story of Lars Mittank.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Nicole is gonna be paralyzed in thought for the

930
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<v Speaker 1>rest of the night. So this is gonna be funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it is. I mean I could

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<v Speaker 2>see some like Internet sluice just spending some serious time

933
00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:21.840
<v Speaker 2>on this. He people have, Yeah, because I would be

934
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<v Speaker 2>so freaking pumped if like he was found like that

935
00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:28.280
<v Speaker 2>would and like then was able to kind of like

936
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<v Speaker 2>get the help or whatever that he needed if he

937
00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:33.239
<v Speaker 2>had like memory loss or whatever like that would just

938
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<v Speaker 2>be a freaking miracle and so amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, you bet.

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00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Youah, Okay, well there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, hopefully you guys are not as distraught as Nicole

942
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<v Speaker 1>right now. Hopefully you enjoyed the episode. If you want

943
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<v Speaker 1>to check out any of our links, they're down below.

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<v Speaker 1>We got Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, website, all of it's down there,

945
00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:55.400
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946
00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:56.880
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947
00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:59.519
<v Speaker 1>you want to just listen here, we really appreciate that.

948
00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:01.119
<v Speaker 1>That goes long way. You can go ahead and give

949
00:50:01.159 --> 00:50:05.000
<v Speaker 1>us a rating two. That means a lot. Basically, just

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. You guys are wicked. Couldn't be doing this

951
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<v Speaker 1>without you, so thank you.

952
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<v Speaker 2>And just because I'm distraught doesn't mean I didn't enjoy

953
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<v Speaker 2>the show. I just need to point that out, I know,

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, Ditto to everything Ben said, Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for being here.

956
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<v Speaker 1>We really do appreciate waiting to take Easy Street.

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<v Speaker 2>Ditto, ditto, and until next week, stay Wicked.