The Disappearance of Owen Parfitt: The Man Who Vanished from His Chair
About 5 min readIn June 1768, Owen Parfitt — about seventy, grey-haired, and unable to walk unaided — was carried out to a chair in his sister’s garden in Shepton Mallet. Half an hour later the chair was empty, his greatcoat folded on it, and he was never seen again.