In 1999, twenty-seven students went on their long-awaited graduation trip — but none of them ever returned home: Twenty-two years later, investigators found the missing bus, and inside… 

In the summer of 1999, in a small town, twenty-seven high school graduates set off on a long-anticipated journey to celebrate the end of school.

A yellow school bus, filled with laughter and excitement, departed early in the morning. It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives.

But that day, no one came home.

The bus, along with the students and teachers, simply vanished. No traces, no witnesses, no explanations. Despite extensive searches, nothing was ever found.

Years passed, and the story became a local legend — a tale told to schoolchildren like a ghost story.

Twenty-two years later, in March 2021, a lone traveler who got lost in a nature reserve stumbled upon the rusty shell of a bus, half buried in the earth and tangled in tree roots.

Inside — dusty backpacks, moldy photo albums, graduation ribbons, and human remains. Investigators quickly confirmed: it was the very same bus that disappeared in 1999.

But the discovery brought no answers — only new questions. How did the bus end up deep in the forest, miles from any road? And why were all the personal belongings neatly arranged, as if someone had deliberately left them there to be found one day?

A few days later, experts found a small, time-worn notebook inside one of the backpacks. It belonged to a student — Mary K.
When specialists examined its contents, they finally uncovered the truth: where the bus had gone and what had happened to the students. 
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Inside were handwritten entries, made on different days.

“We fell off the bridge. The driver couldn’t brake in time. The bus got stuck between the trees. Outside — silence and forest. No one knows where we are.”

“Two boys went to look for help. It’s been two days — they haven’t come back. We’re rationing the water. There’s almost no food left.”

“At night we hear howling. One of the teachers says it’s wolves. But they’re closer than they seem.”

“Anna died during the night from exhaustion. We can’t bury her — the ground is frozen. We just sit next to her. It’s cold inside the bus.”

“There’s no one around. We screamed, but no one heard us. It feels like the forest swallows the sound. We’re all so scared.”

“Everyone is leaving one by one. Only five of us are left. I don’t feel time anymore. I’m writing so someone will know we were here. I’m so hungry.”

The last entry was dated July 27, 1999.

The ink was smudged, as if it had been written under the flickering light of a flashlight.

The text ended abruptly, mid-sentence:

“If someone finds this — we’re still here…”