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#312: Help Us Find Nancy - 12 Went To Yoga Retreat Only 11 Returned & Nobody Will Tell What Happened

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.825.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The yoga retreat was supposed to be a week of relaxation, connecting with nature, and peace. It was going to be held at the beautiful volcanic Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. 12 people were going to be at the week-long retreat together. Eating together, doing yoga together, hiking together - till one of them goes missing. The mysterious circumstances surrounding Nancy’s disappearance still have no answers. Where and how did she go missing? Why did the 11 others fly home within hours of her disappearance? And why are they not being more cooperative with the authorities? Are they hiding something? And most importantly - where is Nancy? Help Us Find Nancy GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-find-nancy-and-support-the-ng-family Help Us Find Nancy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helpusfindnancy Help Us Find Nancy WhatsApp: +1 626 614 3218 Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ramble.

0:01.0

There is a lake in Guatemala called Lake Atitlan.

0:06.5

It's like straight in the heart of the Guatemalan Highlands.

0:09.2

I saw a few videos of the lake online.

0:11.6

It's a beautiful lake. Some people on

0:13.6

Tic-Tock even call it the Lake Como of Central America. Some parts of the

0:17.7

lake have this really incredible turquoise hue to the water. Other parts have this cool, cold slate blue water color,

0:26.8

but it's equally stunning.

0:28.4

And it's really what's around the lake that makes it what it is.

0:31.4

There are three dormant volcanoes. The lake is surrounded by steep

0:35.9

hills and all these colorful small towns on the edges of the lake. The lake is home primarily

0:42.1

to multiple different indigenous communities and each

0:45.2

little town has their own culture, their own personality and it's just so diverse.

0:51.2

So naturally it's become a bit of a tourist spot.

0:54.0

People who have gone to visit Lake Atitlan said,

0:56.0

it's one of the best places in Central America to just relax and enjoy nature.

1:02.0

The philosopher that wrote Brave New World, he called it the most

1:05.6

beautiful lake in the whole world. October 2023, a group of 12 mostly Americans

1:12.3

traveled to Lake Atseitlan for a yoga retreat.

1:15.6

It was going to be a full week of reflection, tranquility, peace, a time to find calmness

1:22.3

not only with themselves, but with nature and with each other.

1:27.0

That is, until one of them goes missing.

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