Apparent sightings of Shaffer as far away as Sweden went nowhere.īut every night, Shaffer’s girlfriend-whom Shaffer had planned to make his fiance during a spring break trip to Miami-would call his phone. Tips later claiming Shaffer was killed or living in the Virgin Islands turned out to be hoaxes. It’s possible he escaped through an unwatched freight elevator, but security cameras from nearby bars should have spotted him afterward. In fact, every single person who entered the bar that night was seen leaving, except Shaffer. Another camera showed he hadn’t slipped out an emergency exit, either. Then police discovered something odd: An entrance camera showed Shaffer entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona around 1:15am, but not leaving. Nor could anyone else in the days that followed. But when the lights came on at the end of the night, his friends couldn’t find Shaffer anywhere, reports MEL Magazine. That year, the holiday fell on the first Saturday of spring break for students at Ohio State University, where 27-year-old Shaffer was a medical student, and he’d spent it on a bar crawl with friends.Ĭolumbus’ Ugly Tuna Saloona was the first and final stop. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĬOLUMBUS, Ohio - Under different circumstances, Brian Shaffer’s vanishing act on April Fools’ Day 2006 might have been the ultimate prank. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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