Ashley A 17-year-old in Oregon just made what might be the craziest yard sale find of the decade — and police are calling it a “breakthrough in a 30-year-old mystery.”
Liam Roberts was browsing a neighborhood yard sale when he picked up a dusty 90s-era camcorder for $5. When he got home and charged it up, he found a tape still inside.
“I just wanted to see if it worked,” Liam said. “But then the video started… and I realized this wasn’t just a home movie.”
The footage, dated August 13, 1994, shows a man and woman hiking in what appears to be the Cascade Mountains — but then it cuts abruptly to a shaky shot of a campfire… and the woman disappears from frame. The rest of the tape is disturbing, with strange symbols drawn in dirt, muffled voices in the background, and a man whispering, “She’s not coming back.”
Liam turned the footage in to local authorities, and investigators have now linked it to a cold case involving a missing hiker named Rebecca Mills, last seen in 1994 — the same week the video was recorded.
“We believe this tape could hold vital evidence,” said Detective Karen Elo. “It’s surreal that it surfaced after all this time.”
👀 TikTok sleuths are already analyzing the footage, claiming to spot hidden figures in the background and decoding the dirt symbols.
The FBI has reportedly joined the investigation.
