15 Children Vanished on a Field Trip in 1986 — 39 Years Later, the School Bus Is Found Buried

In 1986, a school bus carrying 15 children and their teacher vanished on the way to Morning Lake, leaving no trace and becoming known as “The Morning Lake Vanishing.” Nearly 40 years later, a construction crew unearthed the bus—eerily intact but empty—along with a chilling note: “They never made it to Morning Lake.” The discovery reignited the cold case, sparking new theories of abduction, cover-ups, and even the supernatural. For the families and community, it brought both hope for answers and the pain of reopened wounds, as investigators now search for the truth behind one of America’s most haunting mysteries.