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The Bennington Triangle Mystery | Montpelier News
In the mid-1940s, five people vanished in Vermont’s woods near Bennington—most famously Paula Welden in 1946—sparking a massive, fruitless search that exposed flaws in local law enforcement. The outcry led directly to the creation of the Vermont State Police in 1947, making it the last U.S. state to establish its own force. The haunting mystery birthed “The Bennington Triangle,” fueling decades of folklore—from Bigfoot to wild theories—and cementing the region’s eerie legacy. While modern officials like Lt. Tyson Kinney dismiss it as coincidence and note today’s advanced search tech, the case…
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