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168: I WAS ALMOST A MISSING PERSON CASE | 21 True Scary Stories | EP 156

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The Story of Mark Tildsley

Little Mark Tildsley went to the carnival on June 1st, 1984. He had saved up his 30-pence weekly pocket money for an entire month and added to his savings by doing odd jobs under the supervision of his parents. When he handed over a 50-pence piece to pay for his candies, Margaret Hickman found it very odd indeed. She watched Mark collect up his goods before returning to an adult outside, but it wasn't Mark's father or mother. In fact, Margaret didn't recognize the man at all. What followed was one of the largest search and rescue operations in British history. A ragtag team of police officers, civilian volunteers, and

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