Rotten Mango
#405: Man From Viral Tiktok Looks Exactly Like Missing Husband- Did He Fake His Own Death For Another Girl
Wed, 4 Dec 2024
Do you trust a random stranger to give you life-altering advice?A TikToker is standing on the sidewalk with a giant pasteboard - “ASK ME FOR FREE ADVICE.” A middle aged man on a bike stops and asks“Do I go to Uzbekistan or stay here?”The whole exchange is bizarre. She asks him why would he move? He tells her for a woman. She asks him why doesn’t he just date an American woman? He tells her that he’s already married with kids…All of this is made more confusing by the fact that the entire time the man appears calm. He’s pleasant and keeps smiling… That TikTok is filmed in June. In August, just 2 months later, a man goes missing in one of the deepest lakes in the state. He’s presumed dead. But why does he look identical to the man in the TikTok video?Did this man actually drown? Or did he fake his death, abandon his wife and kids, to be with a new woman? Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Chapter 1: What strange advice does a TikToker offer?
She's got this giant poster board sitting on her lap and it just reads, ask me for free advice in big, bright orange letters. I don't know how long she's been sitting out there for, but a middle-aged man stops on his bike. Do I go to Uzbekistan or stay here?
Mmm.
Yes. And it's such an intense question. Say that one more time. Do I go to Uzbekistan or stay here? Do you have family there? No. Why do you want to go? To meet a woman. to meet a woman and it was Uzbekistan, which that's a huge thing to ask a stranger for advice. Do you move to the other side of the world for a woman or do you stay here?
I don't know, but maybe he just needs someone who blurts out an answer. To give you the honest truth of how I feel about this TikTok, it appears to me that he just wants someone to say yes. Like, you know, when you ask someone for advice, but you already know what you want to hear. So anything else is just going in one ear and out the other. It doesn't matter to you.
It's like when you decide you want to buy something already, you ask your friend and they tell you, do you really need it? You just keep going until they say, yeah, you should totally get it. That's the energy here. And the man on the bike has this very interesting outward appearance. He's wearing this black beanie, but it's only covering half of his bald head.
And he's eerily calm the entire time, like a bit too calm. The way he's just pleasantly smiling. Do I just uproot my life and move to the other side of the country?
It's really odd, right?
Yes. And the TikToker Bailey continues to ask him, you don't like American women? Well, they're familiar. So you've given up on meeting someone here in America? No, I'm married. So he's married, pondering if he should move to the other side of the world for a woman. And the whole thing just gets stranger and stranger. He talks about how his kids are out of the house. He has an empty nest.
He wants to find a woman that he's content with. He says, quote, I want to find a companion that I'm content with. And the whole time he's just pleasantly smiling while Bailey keeps telling him, sir, you're unhinged. You need to at least talk to your wife about this or settle things out here first before you even think about moving out of the country. This is crazy.
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Chapter 2: Who is the man in the TikTok video?
I was amazed, but at the same time in awe of what power beyond the grave could even do this event, the roof of the structure was not at all slippery, so there was no reason that he would fall off. And as we were briskly walking back to the car, we also had this feeling of being watched, and Tom claimed to have seen shadows moving between the headstones.
I have not been to Dartford Cemetery in several years since then, but I always think about it, about what happened that night. So why is the cemetery so haunted? I mean, technically, there are 20,272 registered cemeteries in the United States, not including the unregistered ones that nobody knows about. But out of the 20-something thousand, why is this one so haunted?
For thousands of years, the indigenous people considered Green Lake a very sacred place where you go to pay homage to, quote, the spirit that dwells beneath the water. Back then, the cemetery on the lake had a more beautiful history surrounding it until, of course, the United States government forced the indigenous people off the land. And that's when things clearly go south.
Chief Heinecker, the last indigenous chief in the area, was buried at the cemetery. He's known to be one of the spirits haunting the area because, I mean, do you blame him? He would have been very mad to see what happened to his people. Which, side note, it is said he passed away August 12th, 1911 from drowning in the Green Lake.
And now, August 12th, 2024, exactly 113 years later, another man goes missing at Green Lake, presumably drowned in a part of the lake that is over 200 feet deep. Which if that's the case, that's not looking very good. The call comes in early in the morning from a woman. Her husband went missing last night at Green Lake. What do you mean he went missing?
He texted his wife the night before at around 11 p.m. He tells her that he was kayaking on the lake. He's turning around in the water now and he's heading to shore. So he should have been home, I don't know, let's say latest midnight, which already is alarming for authorities because even if you're an experienced kayaker, probably not the smartest thing to do in the middle of the night.
But nevertheless, he doesn't make it home. His wife doesn't notice until about 5 a.m. the next morning. She wakes up. He's still not there. The authorities rushed to figure it out. Maybe he made it back to shore and decided to stay at a friend's house. Deputies rushed to the lake. The first bad sign, they come across the missing man, Ryan, his car parked near the lake along with his trailer.
Okay, that's okay. Maybe his kayak got stuck in the water and he's been waiting for someone to come and help him. You know, traumatic, but a great outcome considering the circumstances. First sweep of the lake, they find Ryan's kayak overturned, capsized, floating by itself in the lake. Now things are not looking as good.
The biggest problem now is, well, if for one, if Ryan capsized in his kayak, he's likely dead. He was last heard from 11 p.m. He isn't reported missing until 5 a.m. If he capsized, how could he have survived? Perhaps he swam to shore, but there's an undercurrent that's strong. That doesn't make sense. And why wouldn't he be near his car then? Mm hmm.
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Chapter 3: What happens to the man who resembles the TikToker's advice seeker?
They were probably annoying. At least he ain't no killer. They need to leave that man be. His family must be the worst people to put up with. You know, what drove him to such desperation? I would look at the wife. Another, someone call the police for this one, reads, it probably would have been easier to kill her than to talk to her about divorce.
Another just jokes, he didn't let his family stop him from letting him be with the love of his life. And you got to respect that. I don't blame him. Some very good looking woman over there in Uzbekistan. Yeah. Women from there are very beautiful, skinny and not fat. Just say no to pizza. Yeah. Yeah. But then you have some women commenting and they just write, how do I get my husband to do this?
And some people just write, don't let your wife stop you from finding your dream girlfriend. Or another one reads, somewhere, someone just purchased a kayak, is watching this and is looking at his return receipt thinking, damn, back to the drawing board.
These are some crazy takes.
And that is the case of the missing kayaker found alive. Well, missing kayaker, presumed dead, found alive with a woman from Uzbekistan connected to a TikTok of another man who wants to go to Uzbekistan.
You think the TikTok played a role in this case or no?
I think it played a role in making the case a lot more viral.
So that's not why he reached out to send the video?
No.
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