| Many people refuse to acknowledge, that we are not | | | | were no footprints in the snow-covered ground to give |
| always in control. So what of this story? How can | | | | lead or clue as to the villager's whereabouts. |
| anyone ever explain this logically? | | | | Labelle, now panic-stricken, took off running non-stop |
| On a freezing winter's night in November 1930, | | | | to the telegraph office. A message was sent to the |
| Canadian fur trapper, Joe Labelle was to discover, | | | | Royal Canadian Mounted Police who turned up a few |
| under the glare of a full moon, one of the most | | | | hours later. |
| remarkable disappearances known to date. The | | | | The Mounties searched the village...what they found |
| bustling Eskimo village's 2,000 inhabitants, located on | | | | would have chilled any man to the bone. In the village |
| the shoreline of Lake Anjikuni in Canada, had vanished | | | | burial ground, every single grave was unearthed and |
| without trace. | | | | empty. This was even more unnerving as the icy |
| Labelle's discovery began as he approached the | | | | ground around the graves was as hard as rock. |
| village with nervous trepidation, when an unnatural | | | | A massive search party was organised. During the |
| silence met him. His anxiety lifted a little when he heard | | | | investigation, there was another unsettling discovery; |
| the crackling embers of a fire. As the flickering, amber | | | | the entire pack of sleigh dogs were found buried under |
| flames came into view, he dashed towards it in the | | | | 12 feet of snow...all had starved to death. |
| hope of finding someone attending to it. However, he | | | | If that wasn't enough, all of a sudden a strange blue |
| was met with a pot of blackened stew still simmering | | | | light began shimmering on the horizon. This was not the |
| and no one around. | | | | Northern Lights, it seemed artificial and pulsated until at |
| Labelle then walked around the village peering | | | | last it faded into the darkness, leaving all who |
| cautiously into every hut, where he noticed food and | | | | witnessed it, dumbstruck. |
| provisions in abundant supply in each. The fish | | | | Newspapers worldwide reported the mass vanishing |
| storehouse was also adequately stocked, but not a | | | | of the 2,000 Eskimos. Many thought the disappearance |
| soul or a sleigh dog was to be seen. Labelle looked | | | | would lead to some sort of logical explanation, but to |
| around the perimeter of the village and noticed there | | | | no avail...the Anjikuni tribe has never been seen again. |