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The many disappearances that occur throughout the year often become ominous and dreadful in the snows of winter. The prospect of finding a body half frozen, killed of exposure is a very real threat for those members of the public services who search for the missing at all times of year. But sometimes the drifts present a far more confusing and mysterious puzzle for the investigators.
Such was the case last December in the town of Clydebank, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. An exceptionally heavy blizzard during the night left many unable to leave their homes when morning arrived. The Seward family awoke to find their fifteen year old daughter missing, apparently having run away in the night.
In the virgin snow a clear path was visible from their door and onto the High Park, a local recreational area notable for its complete lack of any cover. Its position at the crest of a hill had aided her departure, as the wind had kept the drifts far shallower than elsewhere in the town, averaging about six inches deep, compared to the two or three feet in other areas.
Since such behaviour was so unnatural for the girl, the father immediately tele-phoned the police who responded straight away, They promptly cordoned off the area and turned the West Thomson Street and the park into a crime scene. Apart from the investigators the only tracks on the entire hill were those of the girl. Hers led from the house directly to the highest point of the park where they were lost in a circle eight feet in diameter which was apparently untouched by the snow.
Her body is yet to be found, and no other clues were discovered, nor explanations how a girl could seemingly disappear into thin air.