I frowned, grabbing the mouse from him to scroll through the video. That couldn't be right. It's impossible for a man to just disappear like that. Yet that was exactly how it appeared. Timing was right, the number of cars on the train stayed the same.
"Impossible." I muttered, watching the footage. There had to be something here. Something to indicate how one man on an empty train could just...vanish. Honestly, this would be so much easier if there were cameras on the train itself. Anything could have happened in that seven minute gap between stations. Anything. We had a missing person here, and no idea what happened. "Have you scanned the footage"
"To all the other entrances to see if he left? Of course." he said in a tone that made it sound like I'd just insulted him. "This was the last stop. Everyone has to get off. The train goes on to the yard after this point. You can see here." He points. "The conductor walking along the aisle, checking to make sure everyone is off. He wouldn't leave someone there. Even if someone managed to avoid him, The cleaning crew would call if someone managed to make it to the yard. And the last incident reported was seven months back."
I tapped my fingers against my chin, frowning. "There has to be more to this." I turned abruptly away heading for the door.
"Where are you going?"
"I have a train to catch." Maybe being on the scene, taking the same journey would help solve the mystery.
-Inspiration from watching Sherlock Season 3 episode 1.
Thoughts: Answer to disappearance would involve a magic of some sort. An introduction to a hidden world within our own. Maybe there's a 'magic portal' of sorts for 'special' folk. That takes them to a different station, to stop at, but while they're in this portal time doesn't shift so that the train still arrives on time to it's 'normal human' stops. This time there was just the misfortune of someone on camera noticing since the guy was the only one on the train. (possible Harry Potter esq connection. *shrugs*)
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