In the winter of 1949, James Tedford was on a bus from St. Albans to Bennington, Vermont, a trip he had made many times before. The journey was delayed due to heavy snow, and Tedford fell asleep during the ride. When the bus reached its final stop in Bennington, Tedford was missing. Despite being last seen asleep on the bus before the final stop, he had vanished without a trace, and no one saw him disembark. His disappearance remains unexplained.