11/23/2025
15 kids disappeared on a school trip in 1986 — 39 years later, their bus is found buried deep in the woods
In the spring of 1986, a group of 15 children and their teacher set off for what was supposed to be a simple school field trip.
They never came back.
The bus was never seen again. No bodies. No tire marks. Just silence.
Authorities blamed a wrong turn, an accident, maybe even a sinkhole. But nothing was ever proven.
For nearly four decades, Morning Lake became a place locals avoided — the town’s quiet tragedy.
Then last week, a construction crew digging just miles from the old highway hit metal.
What they uncovered sent shockwaves through the town.
A rusted school bus. Still sealed. Still holding secrets...
They’d opened the emergency exit door. The smell was earthy, sour. Inside: dust, mold, brittle decay. The seats were still in place, some seatbelts latched. A pink lunchbox lay beneath the third row. A single child’s shoe rested on the back step, covered in moss.
But there were no bodies.
The bus was empty — a hollow monument, a question mark buried in dirt.
At the front, taped to the dashboard, Lana found a class list in the looping handwriting of Miss Delaney, the homeroom teacher who vanished with them. Fifteen names, ages nine to eleven.
And at the bottom, a message written in red marker:
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