CANADA Canada - Ben Tyner, 32, cowboy, horse returned w/o him, Merritt, British Columbia, 26 Jan 2019 - #3

[ErinC]

I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again- how in the blue Hades does a big guy like that, in good health, and armed, completely disappear?? This is one of my few cases where I can't even take a guess at what happened.

 

[nannymo]

I don't think he is anywhere near where his horse was found. The only way he will be found is if someone stumbles across remains somewhere......JMO

 

[Dog_River]

I have moved away now but lived close to this area. LOT'S of people in the general area have vanished without a sign. There is an evil in those parts that has not been explained yet.

 

[ilovewings]

I have moved away now but lived close to this area. LOT'S of people in the general area have vanished without a sign. There is an evil in those parts that has not been explained yet.

Wow! very interesting to know this: thanks for the info: I guess we will never know what happened to Ben Tyner--- it is sad.

 

[LarkBunting]

For some reason, Ben’s name popped into my head tonight and I looked up his thread to see if there have been any updates to his case. So sad and so many questions. My heart goes out to his family and all those missing him.

 

[Midnight_Fox]

Happy birthday cowboy. I pray you will be found and your family will have some answers.

 

[DustysMom]

Ben Tyner: Cowboy's 2019 Disappearance Still Unsolved

 

[ilovewings]

Ben Tyner: Cowboy's 2019 Disappearance Still Unsolved

Thank you so much for this update. I hope some day tthis caxe is solved--

 

[Midnight_Fox]

Another year has passed with no answers. Time to go home cowboy. May this be the year you are found

 

[zecats]

Another year has passed with no answers. Time to go home cowboy. May this be the year you are found

I think about this case often. Truly a sad mystery.

 

[ilovewings]

I think about this case often. Truly a sad mystery.

Yes i think,of this,case too- i feel it will remain a,sad mystery

 

[61Montcalm]

Though I no longer live in British Columbia, I'm quite familiar with the Meritt area. It'd not that far by Canadian standards from Vancouver or Kamloops, the latter gaining an increasingly poor reputation for crime, drugs, vandalism and gang activity. The area around Meritt is remote. Plenty of lakes, forest and open ranch land and it's actually quite a beautiful part of the province. This remoteness lends itself ideally to criminal activity unfortunately, with lots of space for illegal goings on to pass by unnoticed. My personal theory is that Ben came across such activity innocently and for that he was eliminated. It's very cold around Meritt in the fall and winter, and as marijuana is legal in British Columbia, I can't see him having come across a grow-op due to the legality and the climate. Other options include stumbling on an chop shop where stolen expensive cars are parted out (although that could be discovered by putting a drone up), witnessing some kind of gang activity, biker or otherwise, being a witness to a murder (look at the Danille Tyner / Heather Grogg case on here). My gut tells me outlaw biker gang, based on many years living in British Columbia in Greater Vancouver, Gulf Islands and West Kootenays. IMHO Only, just speculation and no facts or links to back this up other than my own personal experiences.

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@ilovewings - I love them too, especially the red kind from Detroit. Family on the East Side.

 

[ilovewings]

Though I no longer live in British Columbia, I'm quite familiar with the Meritt area. It'd not that far by Canadian standards from Vancouver or Kamloops, the latter gaining an increasingly poor reputation for crime, drugs, vandalism and gang activity. The area around Meritt is remote. Plenty of lakes, forest and open ranch land and it's actually quite a beautiful part of the province. This remoteness lends itself ideally to criminal activity unfortunately, with lots of space for illegal goings on to pass by unnoticed. My personal theory is that Ben came across such activity innocently and for that he was eliminated. It's very cold around Meritt in the fall and winter, and as marijuana is legal in British Columbia, I can't see him having come across a grow-op due to the legality and the climate. Other options include stumbling on an chop shop where stolen expensive cars are parted out (although that could be discovered by putting a drone up), witnessing some kind of gang activity, biker or otherwise, being a witness to a murder (look at the Danille Tyner / Heather Grogg case on here). My gut tells me outlaw biker gang, based on many years living in British Columbia in Greater Vancouver, Gulf Islands and West Kootenays. IMHO Only, just speculation and no facts or links to back this up other than my own personal experiences.

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@ilovewings - I love them too, especially the red kind from Detroit. Family on the East Side.

Thank you for providing your impression of this sad mysterious case. Certainly the potential scenarios you point out are all possible- Sadly though, I think we will never know what really happened to this unfortunate soul. I was not aware of the remoteness of that area.

 

[zecats]

Though I no longer live in British Columbia, I'm quite familiar with the Meritt area. It'd not that far by Canadian standards from Vancouver or Kamloops, the latter gaining an increasingly poor reputation for crime, drugs, vandalism and gang activity. The area around Meritt is remote. Plenty of lakes, forest and open ranch land and it's actually quite a beautiful part of the province. This remoteness lends itself ideally to criminal activity unfortunately, with lots of space for illegal goings on to pass by unnoticed. My personal theory is that Ben came across such activity innocently and for that he was eliminated. It's very cold around Meritt in the fall and winter, and as marijuana is legal in British Columbia, I can't see him having come across a grow-op due to the legality and the climate. Other options include stumbling on an chop shop where stolen expensive cars are parted out (although that could be discovered by putting a drone up), witnessing some kind of gang activity, biker or otherwise, being a witness to a murder (look at the Danille Tyner / Heather Grogg case on here). My gut tells me outlaw biker gang, based on many years living in British Columbia in Greater Vancouver, Gulf Islands and West Kootenays. IMHO Only, just speculation and no facts or links to back this up other than my own personal experiences.

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@ilovewings - I love them too, especially the red kind from Detroit. Family on the East Side.

I agree about the remoteness. It was discussed at length during the active posting here. And, I have actually driven through some of that part of Canada while on a driving trip vacation with DH. The curious thing that remains (one of them) though, is his horse. It always appeared that the horse had been saddled up and left to wander in order to implicate Ben had fallen off and been lost while riding.