8 Terrifying Unsolved Halloween Mysteries
1. Pocahontas Goes Missing
It was a Halloween night like any other when 40-year old Argyle, Minnesota resident Veronica Safranski attended a costume party at Micks Bar in the nearby town of Warren. The year was 1996 and Safranski separated from her husband at the time was decked out in a Pocahontas costume.
Shortly after midnight her friend at the party was unable to locate her inside the establishment, and witnesses later reported that she was seen leaving with a man named Kevin Skjerven, a sex offender with multiple charges. The couple reportedly left together in a new model Dodge Power Wagon truck with Oregon plates. Safranski was never seen or heard from again.
She was reported missing later that day, and weeks later a belt believed to be part of her costume was found alongside a country road in the area, but an extensive search yielded no further clues of any kind. Skjerven admits to leaving the party with Veronica but claims to have no knowledge of what happened to her afterwards. No charges have ever been filed against him, and her case remains unsolved.
Even as the months turned into years, Safranski's parents continued to search the remote areas or Marshal County hoping to find some answers as to what happened to their daughter, and at the start of each hunting season the sheriff asks local hunters to be on the lookout when traversing the rural lands. In regards to finding closure for her family, Sheriff Herb Maurstad said "You look into (Safranski's parents') eyes, and you see the agony. You don't know how they feel. There's always that glimmer of hope, that we'll find her".