40. Disappeared Between Cameras
I was working as night security for a small office at a sanitation plant. The building had a single entrance and you had to check in at the security station to get in or out. One night, a worker shows up and checks in saying he needs to take care of a few things and grab some stuff. So I check in his ID and flip a few lights for him, and then go back about my business.
Fast forward a few hours and my shift is about to end, I still haven’t seen the guy come back. So, I go patrol the building to find him and literally can’t find him anywhere. He’s not in any of the areas I turned lights on for him, no other lights are on, and he’s not in any other rooms. I stop by security to see if we just missed each other and he’s trying to leave, but nobody is there.
I do a second patrol and still no signs. At this point, I went to check the cameras to see where he went, but he’s not on a single camera except the one covering the entrance and security station. He turns down a hallway and never shows up on the next camera down said hall. At this point, I logged it as an incident, and got out right as the relief shift showed up.
Next day my boss calls me and says that the worker had been on vacation out of state for several days, and wouldn’t be returning for several more. Nobody could offer any explanation as to what happened.