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THE VANISHING OF OWEN PARFITT : Somerset’s Unsolved Disappearance | True Crime & Paranormal Mysteries

THE VANISHING OF OWEN PARFITT : Somerset’s Unsolved Disappearance | True Crime & Paranormal Mysteries

Update: 2025-09-29
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In 1768, Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man in Shepton Mallet, vanished from his chair outside his sister’s cottage without a trace. Was it abduction, escape, or something supernatural? His disappearance remains one of England’s strangest unsolved cases.


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Sources:

https://sheptonmallet.nub.news/news/local-news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-owen-parfitt-shepton-mallets-unsolved-enigma-219634

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/more-historys-most-famous-unsolved-disappearances

https://www.tumblr.com/downsideabbeylibrary/146703119366/the-mystery-of-owen-parfitt

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/e1y57f/the_disappearance_of_owen_parfitt/

https://esoterx.com/2016/03/07/the-disappearance-of-owen-parfitt-is-it-better-to-burn-out-or-fade-away/

https://factrepublic.com/facts/24012/

https://www.facebook.com/bobandsheriradio/posts/vanishedin-1768-owen-parfitt-was-a-crippled-old-man-sitting-on-his-front-porch-l/1379921043495377/


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THE VANISHING OF OWEN PARFITT : Somerset’s Unsolved Disappearance | True Crime & Paranormal Mysteries

THE VANISHING OF OWEN PARFITT : Somerset’s Unsolved Disappearance | True Crime & Paranormal Mysteries