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Unsolved Mysteries

The Sudden Departure of Granger Taylor Part 1

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Granger Taylor leaves a note for his family, explaining that he is leaving on a 42-month journey throughout the galaxy, with aliens. Then he drives off intoa blinding rain, never to be seen again. What happened to Granger Taylor? To find out more about this case visit: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/the-sudden-departure-of-granger-taylor-part-one/ 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

He said, I had a dream last night.

0:12.4

Someone came to me and told me that they needed me and they needed my thoughts and my

0:19.1

expertise and some things and they wanted to take me with them.

0:27.0

I believe they're from another planet.

0:35.4

On the night of November 29, 1980, a thick torrent of rain and gale force winds tear through

0:41.8

the central portion of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, knocking out the electricity

0:46.6

in some areas and sending locals scurrying for shelter.

0:51.2

In the midst of this violent storm, 32-year-old Granger Taylor leaves a note taped to his

0:57.0

parents' bedroom door.

0:59.2

It reads,

1:00.2

Dear Mother and Father, I've gone away to walk aboard an alien spaceship, as recurring

1:05.9

dreams assure of 42-month interstellar voyage to explore the vast universe, then return.

1:11.8

I'm leaving behind all my possessions to you, as I will no longer require the use of

1:17.1

any.

1:18.8

Please use the instructions in my will as a guide to help.

1:22.1

Love?

1:23.1

Granger.

1:24.8

After leaving the note, Granger walks out of his parents' home and has never heard

1:29.1

from again.

1:33.2

I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries, the sudden departure of Granger Taylor,

1:46.2

the first one.

1:59.3

On the shore of Salmanus Lake, situated in the misty forests of British Columbia, Canada,

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