Shane Sprenger

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Shane Sprenger disappeared from Vida, Oregon, on November 2, 2021. Shane was a contractor, and on that day, he was working at a job site near McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. Around 9:30 am, Shane left the job and returned to his home in Vida. No one ever saw Shane again. In the days following his disappearance, Shane's truck was found abandoned on a logging road near the Blue River Reservoir, about 16 miles away from his home. The area where they found the vehicle was one of Shane's favorite mushroom picking spots. It was suggested by some people close to Shane that maybe he had gone mushroom picking and got lost. However, it was later discovered that Shane planned to return to the job site to meet with a subcontractor. It did not make sense that Shane would have stopped to pick mushrooms because all clues indicated that he was planning to return to work after a quick break. Shane's family in Minnesota had no idea that anything was wrong until they got a phone several days after Shane vanished. They made the trip to Oregon to search for him. They began to hear strange stories about the day Shane disappeared, tales that simply weren't adding up.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	He was last seen on November 2nd. That's a Tuesday. His wife and friends that had last seen him reported him missing to the authorities on that Friday.
0:35.0	His friend let my mom know on Saturday. My mom then sent a text to all of us sisters, letting us know that he was missing.
0:46.0	My first thought was, I hope they find him safe. Before I knew any of the details of what happened before and what happened on that day, I thought maybe he had just taken off on a hiking trip or something.
1:02.0	But then later we found out that he was working that morning. He had all of his tools plugged in at his job site and he went home briefly and then hasn't been seen since.
1:15.0	So after learning that, I just have a feeling that something terrible has happened and it feels like somebody knows something.
1:25.0	Most of the searching took place outdoors. I know the investigative teens have all searched in their pretty small groups with their search dog.
1:35.0	There was one bond here group out of Eugene. They've been focusing kind of in the woods.
1:42.0	47-year-old Shane Springer disappeared from Vida Oregon on November 2nd, 2021. Shane was a contractor and on that day, Shane was working at a job site near the town of MacGeran.
1:54.0	Around 9.30am, Shane left the job and returned to his home in Vida. No one ever saw Shane again.
2:04.0	In the days that followed, Shane's truck was found abandoned, about 16 miles away from his home on a logging road near the Blue River Reservoir.
2:13.0	This area where the truck was located was said to be one of Shane's favorite mushroom picking spots.
2:19.0	So it was suggested by some people close to Shane that maybe he had gone mushroom picking.
2:24.0	But it was later discovered that Shane had planned to return to the job site on the day that he disappeared.
2:30.0	And it didn't make sense that he would have stopped at the reservoir to go mushroom picking because he had plans to meet a subcontractor at the job site.
2:38.0	And he had also left all of his tools plugged in as if he would be returning shortly.
2:44.0	When Shane's family learned that he was missing, they quickly jumped into action to find him.
2:49.0	What they discovered was a twisted web of stories that didn't seem to add up.
2:54.0	More than four months later, they're still trying to untangle those stories in order to discover the truth.
3:01.0	Amarisa and from Wondery, this is Episode 335 of the Vanished, Shane Springer's story.
3:32.0	Shane Springer was known to be a friendly guy who enjoyed spending his free time outdoors and working with his hands.
3:45.0	Shane had somewhat of an idyllic early life growing up on a farm surrounded by all of his sisters.
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