In 1978, college student Steven Kubacki vanished while skiing along Lake Michigan. His footprints led out onto the frozen lake… and then stopped. No broken ice. No body. No explanation. Fifteen months later, he woke up in a field 700 miles away—with no memory of where he’d been, wearing someone else’s clothes, and carrying a bag of maps and receipts.
In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, we dive deep into the chilling case of Kubacki’s disappearance, reappearance, and the eerie stretch of water known as the Lake Michigan Triangle, a hotspot for UFO sightings, vanishing aircraft, and stories that slip the grip of reality. Was it a dissociative fugue, government experiment, alien abduction, or a glitch in the multiverse? We explore the facts, the theories, and the unsettling silence that still surrounds the case.
If you love unsolved mysteries, paranormal legends, or disappearances with just the right amount of WTF… this one’s for you.
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