Before sunrise, a backpacker waits at a wind-scoured bus stop on an Andean salt flat. Her thermos hisses; the horizon stays empty. By noon, she is gone. A clerk swears she boarded the bus, yet no ledger, no ticket stub, confirms her presence.
This is not an isolated event. Along the world’s travel corridors, similar stories of vanishings recur—in remote forests, across deserts, and on late-nig...
