She probably didn't call the cops b/c she was worried about getting in trouble. But if she'd just stayed on the lighthouse she probably would have lived. It would have been a cold, miserable, lonely, traumatizing night. But she would have lived.
@@HoneyBee-br6hi I think we’re all trying to figure out why in hell she wouldn’t have called authorities since they obviously had phone reception. I automatically assumed they had no service. Her mother would’ve done the exact same thing OR told her to hang up and call… the authorities.
Sadly I think her family is just grasping at straws. I don't blame them - you always want to hold out hope. But she probably just drowned and somehow her body got taken further out to sea or something.
What’s even scarier is that you assumed the male would be the offender with the female as victim. As someone with an interest in true crime, surely you know better than that.
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 With an interest in crime, we are aware that men are often the perpetrators. I am so tired of men using women being fearful or paranoid as a way to push your anti-feminism agenda.
The ocean is its own mystery. It is not impossible she got caught or carried away further. Sea critters will also consume the body. Never underestimate mother nature . On land or sea.
I wonder why sofia didnt ring the police, as well as her mother. Because she had time, if she tried to call 7 times. Not unless she knew she was gonna die, and wanted to say goodbye.
@@no_peace Huh? What assumptions? If she called her mom 7 times around the time they disappeared, it seems likely that there was an emergency. We have no idea though, except that he later turned up dead and the boat washed to shore.
I grew up in that area and have boated out there many times. First, if it says "no trespassing, " don't trespass! There are many reasons why Sofia's body would not be found. Depending on the tide and currents she could have gotten swept out through the Race past Fisher's Island and eventually past Montauk, the next stop is Portugal. Sharks and other sea creatures could have disposed of the body. It's all very sad but I guess each new generation has to learn for themselves.
I love this channel. You are such a terrific narrator. You should narrate audio books professionally. I listen to an audio book most nights through my Echo Dot with a sleep timer. Many professional actors/actresses do this very well. I think you'd be a boss at the job. Thanks as always for posting.
I'm not sure why it was omitted, but Sofia had an issue with a jealous ex-boyfriend. They suspected he may have seen the snap chat and went out there possibly. There's more to this story. I believe it was an accident too, but the other information is interesting and considerable.
tbh, there are absolutely no proofs of that jealous bf involvement. So why even bring him? People are stupid. They can go and harass that guy just because they heard about him in YT video and thought they "know the truth"
@@cindypyles6281 it’s interesting, wow the search for Spencer and Sophia was even called off because the other two missing people. But it still came out nowhere though. But wow.
This was probably one of your best videos to date. Such a tragic case, but you set out the facts with compassion in your voice. Best of luck on your continuing endeavors.
Such a sad and preventable case. Sadly I doubt Sofia is still alive, still I understand the family hanging on to hope, can't imagine how though that must be.
This is heartbreaking. Sofia, probably drowned while trying to help Spencer. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family and friends. May they all Rest In Peace.🙏❤🙏💙🙏❤🙏
It's pretty hard to predict what a body will do in open water. When my cousins were lost on their fishing boat, (both lifelong fishermen). Only one was found. Roughly 2 months later & around 80 miles from where they think the boat was lost. Never found any trace of the boat either & it was sheer luck that they found the one of them as a cargo ship happened to spot the body floating.
Very well done, as always. The fluidity of your voice makes you really pay attention to what you are saying. God bless Spencer and Sophia and their families. TY Mary from FL USA 🇺🇸
How sad. They just wanted to go on a little adventure. Must have had no idea it would be there last few hours alive. I doubt they'll ever find the Sofia's body now sadly.
I understand wanting to believe that someone caused these deaths and that Sofia is out there but I think that there's nothing more here than a terrible, terrible accident. There are so many things in bodies of water that Sofia could be caught on that has prevented her from being found. As others have pointed out, it's entirely possible they didn't call 911 for fear of getting in trouble and so naturally the next option would be her mom. I can't imagine either of them believed getting in the water would be deadly and as a result might not have been compelled to call 911 once Sofia's mom didn't answer.
@@janetcw9808 oh my ty so much , unfortunately im down to 2 of my elderly cats now , its been a heartrtbreaking few months , will upload some more soon , ty x
"Why would 3 out of 4 bodies, but not hers, be recovered and how did she vanish without a trace"? I get wanting to hold out hope but surely her family is not that clueless. It's the ocean. Bigger things than people have gone missing despite knowing right where they should be. I'm actually surprised the found 3 of the 4 but I guess it depends on how far offshore they all were.
So if Sofia jumped into the water to help spencer, after she tried to call her mother, where was Spencer’s phone then? Did she take it with her as she jumped in? Makes no sense.
@@lowrider81hd Obviously he took his phone out of his pocket, to hand to her, BEFORE he jumped in to try and catch up with the boat! He had no intention of drowning, and without the boat they were both stranded, so he had to go after it to get them both back home, but gave her the phone before jumping into the sea.
I thought the same. Nobody is ringing their mum on their mates phone when they are stranded at a lighthouse only to drop it in the water or jump in with it. This is one of those cases where too many details make no sense at all and 'the evidence' and timeline really aren't anything much more than assumptions it seems.
I find this story confusing. Up to around 7:35 the story is about two young people who go out on a boat to a lighthouse and disappear. Then at 7:38 there's mention of a "James" who AFAIK wasn't brought up previously, and suddenly the story is about four missing people(?) And yet Sofia's MISSING poster only refers to the original two people who went out on the boat. What am I missing here?
@@tillybug_pug4180 I sort of came to that conclusion, but when she mentions "James" even though he was never mentioned before, the whole story kinda went off the rails. Appreciate the response though.
@@Finians_Mancave Sorry. I figured Sofia’s missing poster would only refer to the person she went missing with. Not the other two unrelated disappearances.
it wasn't said, and after 2 weeks it might not be traceable, but they probably had some drinks, which could explain why she didn't stay at the lightouse.
Rip to these young people. I think they both drowned it’s very sad and tragi, but sometimes the hard truth is difficult to accept. They are both most likely not with the living anymore...
In cold water bodies do not bloat ( float , swell up) they actually sink in cold water. Now, sea life, craps and other scavengers will take advantage of such things. As the water temps warm the body will start to decompose causing bloating and in water decomp is accelerated at a faster rate .
@jr7845 Where in my comment do I say anything about average individuals doesn't really matter? NO WHERE! Because I commented about the young lady as being attractive? You derived from that, I insinuated average looks doesn't matter? Your reading into something that's not even there!
This is WEIRD. The boat drifts off, Spencer goes after it, starts drowning, alright - but then, Sofia's reaction is neither jumping into the water right away to help nor calling emergency, but calling her mother SEVEN times before she eventually gets into the water? That's an awful lot of time wasted ringing up while your friend is drowning - like, hang on there and don't drown just yet, I need to talk to my mom before I try to rescue you? This doesn't make any sense to me - you either act immediately, in which case there is no time for the calls, and if you do make those calls, Spencer would have drowned in between, hence no reason to get into the water... It seems to me that those calls rather indicate a situation when Sofia knew herself to be in danger but was not under time pressure to save Spencer from drowning. I think their situation was more complicated, and heart-breaking, than that simple scenario.
an order of events that make more sense is that first, the boat drifts off, Spencer is ready to go after it, hands Sofia his phone and she starts calling her mom in an attempt to wake her up, maybe even trying to get advice?. while she's calling her mom, Spencer starts drowning, and it's then that Sofia in a panic goes after him?
Or what if Sophia jumps in and is trying to save him and it's too late and she's holding her to his body and makes the calls before drowning and that's why she couldn't text she's focusing on swimming while calling with one hand that could be one possibility trying to text while in the water sounds difficult calling would probably be easier
Very sad story. They obviously drowned. Hypothermia will get you in very short order depending on your body flesh you will last 10 to 20 minutes before you lose the ability to move your arms and legs and eventually drown. I think the young woman is dead and her body has been snagged on something or washed out depending on tides. I think people should just accept that she is dead and try to get on with their life as best they can. RIP.
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 I didn't say it wasn't haunted, just that it wasn't scary. No bad feelings in it at all, to me. Growing up in Chicago my friends and I went around to tons of supposedly haunted places and experienced some pretty creepy stuff. Even in Connecticut we explored an abandoned asylum and even though I personally didn't pick up anything paranormal, everyone else did. The creepiest thing about that place was the incredibly long halls partitioned occasionally by those quintessential double doors with the big square windows. Something about a hospital layout is incredibly disturbing when it's abandoned. The lighthouse in New London was just kinda soothing. That could also be simply because the lighthouse was synonymous with returning home from sea; we'd pass it every time we returned to home port from an underway. 👍
This was my exact thought!! if i knew i couldnt swim good and seeing him struggle i would know i cant help this dude! hes gonna take me down with him if i do
@@melissatorrey3910 A lot of people aren't aware of that and instinctively go out to help the person drowning. They where close, and no matter her swimming skills she more than likely just wanted to save her friend. It's such a shame.
They got stranded somehow with the boat…tried to swim to it and drowned. If she was alive she would have come home. Even if she had been saved and taken to a hospital and couldn’t remember her name they would have posted her photo etc to try to reach family
I am.sure that she is also dead… sometimes bodies are being dragged by currents very far and deep that they remain undiscovered😕😕😕 But of course, her family will hope till the end, because they love her. It's a normal work of a human brain 😕
This is such a sad story....I truly feel for her family...not knowing where ur child is, or what had happened, if they are still alive or did they pass away that evening?.... honestly, that is just completely heartbreaking... of course I pray that she is still alive/safe somewhere...but if she is no longer with us, I pray that her body may be found so her family may put her to rest...my thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family 🙏💜😥
Wow, watch out. Karma has a way of making us eat our words. What are you, an automaton? People who love, hold onto hope. If it makes it easier for them to live with hope, why do they 'need to accept reality and learn to live with the 'fact'?" Control freak much?
Sadly I would imagine she drowned. If she was not a strong swimmer then the currents around the lighthouse could well have swept her out to sea. What a sad and tragic story and 4 people losing their lives on the same night.
Tragic.... But just because 3 bodies have been found it doesn't necessarily mean that the unforgiving Ocean will give up her body she may never be found who knows but one thing is certain this beautiful young lady is deceased no doubt about that .... RIP to all 4 victims of this tragedy ... God bless them all....love from UK x
I haven't finished the video yet but whenever you said that she had called her mother several times and then decided to jump into the water doesn't make any sense if she was jumping in the water to save him she wouldn't have been calling anyone she would have just jumped so the fact that she was calling someone ahead of time before she possibly jumped in meant that she had something to do with it it was probably trying to get advice from her mom on what she should do. Maybe not seeing a way around seeing jail time maybe that is why she jumped in or escaped and got away and went somewhere else. Like I said I haven't finished the video yet.
Quite odd that Ms. Sophia didn't send a text when her calls weren't answered, or that she wouldn't try to ring someone else, or post a Snap... So sad😪💔
I suspect she was calling for urgent but not emergency help, probably because the boat came loose, and then something tragic happened before she could do anything else like text or call police or whoever. If I really needed help I would leave a voicemail but there are a lot of reasons it might not have been possible or practical in her case. I didn't set my voicemail up for like 4 years so no one could leave a message even if they wanted to
Such a sad story. Two young people's lives tragically cut short my heart felt sympathys go to the family's rest in peace Spencer and Sophie from Alma and Glen Australia
When you grow up around the water one of the first things you learn is not to get in cold water, the shock of diving in can kill you. The second is to not attempt a drowning rescue, as it’s likely you’ll both die. It’s so sad that Spencer likely tried to get their boat, he should have known better.
why would the Telefoon not be somewhere on the lighthouse., in the water, it will break fast. try swimming with it it holds you back. if they both just stayed on the lighthouse. but I can understand going after it. it's sad and for some near, life-changing in a terrible way. I wish them much strength.
No she wouldn't jump in. She couldn't swim well at all. And you cant dial a phone while drowning.. Its Spencer not james . You say James multiple times
Sorry, no mystery here, just unfortunate candidates for the Darwin award. Boat floated off: working phone > call 911 > safely wait at lighthouse for help to arrive.
Highly unlikely she didn’t drown like the others. I can understand their believing she might still be alive, but I’m from that part of the country and tidal flows in and out, strong currants can easily be the reason her body was never recovered. They didn’t all drown in the same spot, so one body can be lost while another turns up. Sad story. If he had known how to secure the boat properly, might’ve turned out differently. Disclaimer! Not blaming, just point out a possibility.
It goes to show college doesn’t mean you are smart. Going out at 2am in a small paddleboat that wasn’t theirs.👌 And I’m sure Sofia let her boyfriend know she was with another man in the middle of the night. Why didn’t she call her boyfriend for help if she needed help? I think we all know why? 🤷♂️ Her last pic was laughing underneath a No Trespassing sign at the lighthouse. They wanted to do things their way, rules & common sense be damned! How’d that work out for you?
Well sadly if no DB ( Dead Body) was found its classified as a MP or" Missing Person" those cases go cold quickly. Reason being time, other cases or lack of leads or all the above. Thats the way investigations go...My occupation for 20 years.
The police theory dosent really make sense. Why jump in ice water for a boat when you have a cell phone? I can't speak for these no two, but I would let the boat go and call a friend or family member to come get us.
Impulse. I've chased after things that where stupid in hindsight or not worth it. It's the middle of the night, they where ready to go home and the boat starts to float. I presume they where just desperate to go home and immediately jumped in after the boat. It's a shame because they probably giggled about it at first, laughing at him going after the boat. The water is such a dangerously underated thing.
Yeah, I’m sorry but she drowned then was eaten by a shark or her body got caught under a rock or something. But yes if it was my loved one, I wouldn’t be able to let go either.
Atmosphere?!? The haunting beauty and solitary essence of lighthouses, perhaps. Without licensed access to multiple images and video of the New London Lighthouse, the presentation could become visually tedious. There usually is a point, even if it’s not obvious to some.
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 : well I'd agree about keeping it visually engaging, but in this case it might confuse some who don't know which light house image is the one in question. The actual image falls out of focus. And there are other images as well as the surrounding environs
If the wrong person "rescued" Sofia, she could have been trafficked. If so, it is unlikely she will ever be found. Most likely, she suffered the same fate as her friends...and there are many reasons that not every body is found. A drowning happened in the river nearest my home when I was little. Two brothers...one strong swimmer, one not so much. The body of the youngest was found days later, tangled in a trot line. The other was never found. Yet no one ever really stopped looking for him...every time anyone went out on the river, eyes were peeled for signs of Kevin...even as weeks, months, years went by... no trace was ever found.
Now that’s is odd.. more like awful but still.. if they were really familiar with the waters there, it wouldn’t surprise me that much. It’s just terrible that they had to be the ones to find him. And not her still to this day. And she was absolutely gorgeous.
She probably didn't call the cops b/c she was worried about getting in trouble. But if she'd just stayed on the lighthouse she probably would have lived. It would have been a cold, miserable, lonely, traumatizing night. But she would have lived.
Getting in trouble! You can’t be serious! You think if she was watching her friend fighting for his life she’d be worried about getting in trouble!?
@@HoneyBee-br6hi I think we’re all trying to figure out why in hell she wouldn’t have called authorities since they obviously had phone reception. I automatically assumed they had no service. Her mother would’ve done the exact same thing OR told her to hang up and call… the authorities.
I had no guess as to why she wouldn't call 911. Interesting thought.
We dont know what the reason behind the call was. Sad that the mother didnt pick up because the. We would have known more about the situation
@@-_YouMayFind_- Can you imagine the immense guilt her mother probably carries? I would never get over that.
Sadly I think her family is just grasping at straws. I don't blame them - you always want to hold out hope. But she probably just drowned and somehow her body got taken further out to sea or something.
Surely they have sharks there.
In that cold water, she would have had much less chance than he did due size and muscle mass. I agree with you Melodica. Very sad story and outcome.
She either drowned and was eaten by sharks or was simply eaten by sharks. All of those bodies in the water would’ve attracted sharks.
You know what's scary? I automatically assumed that this was going to be a story of Spencer murdering Sophia.
Saame
me too, I feel bad now!!
Yes indeed
What’s even scarier is that you assumed the male would be the offender with the female as victim. As someone with an interest in true crime, surely you know better than that.
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 With an interest in crime, we are aware that men are often the perpetrators. I am so tired of men using women being fearful or paranoid as a way to push your anti-feminism agenda.
The ocean is its own mystery.
It is not impossible she got caught or carried away further. Sea critters will also consume the body.
Never underestimate mother nature . On land or sea.
I wonder why sofia didnt ring the police, as well as her mother. Because she had time, if she tried to call 7 times. Not unless she knew she was gonna die, and wanted to say goodbye.
I had the exact same question. Very odd decision indeed. Unfortunately, it probably cost her her life. 💔
@@VioletJoy it's only odd if you make assumptions about what happened
She may have been calling because the boat was floating away, and dropped the phone because she saw him jump in
@@no_peace Huh? What assumptions? If she called her mom 7 times around the time they disappeared, it seems likely that there was an emergency. We have no idea though, except that he later turned up dead and the boat washed to shore.
yeah she knew she was gonna die. that's why she called her mother
I grew up in that area and have boated out there many times. First, if it says "no trespassing, " don't trespass! There are many reasons why Sofia's body would not be found. Depending on the tide and currents she could have gotten swept out through the Race past Fisher's Island and eventually past Montauk, the next stop is Portugal. Sharks and other sea creatures could have disposed of the body. It's all very sad but I guess each new generation has to learn for themselves.
Yeah, that will teach them.. 🙄 Your comment is quite disgusting.
Exactly. Respecting property rights, that's what this case is about.. lol shut up Karen.
I love this channel. You are such a terrific narrator. You should narrate audio books professionally. I listen to an audio book most nights through my Echo Dot with a sleep timer. Many professional actors/actresses do this very well. I think you'd be a boss at the job. Thanks as always for posting.
I listen to audiobooks every night due to insomnia and have recommended she narrate them. 🙂
I'm not sure why it was omitted, but Sofia had an issue with a jealous ex-boyfriend. They suspected he may have seen the snap chat and went out there possibly. There's more to this story. I believe it was an accident too, but the other information is interesting and considerable.
Thank you for this comment
I assumed it was an accident but the way they describe it isn't really believable to me
You saved me writing exactly what you did.lol
tbh, there are absolutely no proofs of that jealous bf involvement. So why even bring him? People are stupid. They can go and harass that guy just because they heard about him in YT video and thought they "know the truth"
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Did the fact that there was 4 people missing and 3 bodies found come out of nowhere to anybody else or just me...?
Not just you! No idea where the other two people came from
Go to 6:40 in the video. The coast guard was looking for 2 other people at the same time as they were looking for these two.
@@cindypyles6281 it’s interesting, wow the search for Spencer and Sophia was even called off because the other two missing people. But it still came out nowhere though. But wow.
@@cindypyles6281 true
@@michellemckenna9568 I’m sorry Michelle if you ever need to talk I’m here
Poor family, stuck in denial 😢
Rip to these young people. I think they both drowned it’s very sad and tragic.
This was probably one of your best videos to date. Such a tragic case, but you set out the facts with compassion in your voice. Best of luck on your continuing endeavors.
What sounded like a great idea turned so tragic for these families.
Such a sad and preventable case. Sadly I doubt Sofia is still alive, still I understand the family hanging on to hope, can't imagine how though that must be.
Her poor family are just in denial when it's a sad reality that she'll never be found - her body will have been consumed by now.
This is heartbreaking. Sofia, probably drowned while trying to help Spencer. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family and friends. May they all Rest In Peace.🙏❤🙏💙🙏❤🙏
It's pretty hard to predict what a body will do in open water. When my cousins were lost on their fishing boat, (both lifelong fishermen). Only one was found. Roughly 2 months later & around 80 miles from where they think the boat was lost. Never found any trace of the boat either & it was sheer luck that they found the one of them as a cargo ship happened to spot the body floating.
Very well done, as always. The fluidity of your voice makes you really pay attention to what you are saying.
God bless Spencer and Sophia and their families.
TY Mary from FL USA 🇺🇸
How sad. They just wanted to go on a little adventure. Must have had no idea it would be there last few hours alive. I doubt they'll ever find the Sofia's body now sadly.
I understand wanting to believe that someone caused these deaths and that Sofia is out there but I think that there's nothing more here than a terrible, terrible accident. There are so many things in bodies of water that Sofia could be caught on that has prevented her from being found. As others have pointed out, it's entirely possible they didn't call 911 for fear of getting in trouble and so naturally the next option would be her mom. I can't imagine either of them believed getting in the water would be deadly and as a result might not have been compelled to call 911 once Sofia's mom didn't answer.
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"Why would 3 out of 4 bodies, but not hers, be recovered and how did she vanish without a trace"? I get wanting to hold out hope but surely her family is not that clueless. It's the ocean. Bigger things than people have gone missing despite knowing right where they should be. I'm actually surprised the found 3 of the 4 but I guess it depends on how far offshore they all were.
The second I heard "strong swimmer" I knew there was going to be trouble.
Love your videos. Thanks a lot for making them. Your lovely dulcet tones soothe my mind
So if Sofia jumped into the water to help spencer, after she tried to call her mother, where was Spencer’s phone then? Did she take it with her as she jumped in? Makes no sense.
I could easily see accidentally jumping in with my phone if I was in some situation where I was panicking
@@sabrinatscha2554 I don’t. Not after frantically trying to call my mom…
@@lowrider81hd Obviously he took his phone out of his pocket, to hand to her, BEFORE he jumped in to try and catch up with the boat! He had no intention of drowning, and without the boat they were both stranded, so he had to go after it to get them both back home, but gave her the phone before jumping into the sea.
@@tamielizabethallaway2413 I don’t think you should join the convo if you have t listened to the video.
I thought the same. Nobody is ringing their mum on their mates phone when they are stranded at a lighthouse only to drop it in the water or jump in with it. This is one of those cases where too many details make no sense at all and 'the evidence' and timeline really aren't anything much more than assumptions it seems.
Love your channel! Always going along with that tune you use lol
I find this story confusing. Up to around 7:35 the story is about two young people who go out on a boat to a lighthouse and disappear. Then at 7:38 there's mention of a "James" who AFAIK wasn't brought up previously, and suddenly the story is about four missing people(?) And yet Sofia's MISSING poster only refers to the original two people who went out on the boat. What am I missing here?
Two other people went missing that night. Separately.
@@tillybug_pug4180 I sort of came to that conclusion, but when she mentions "James" even though he was never mentioned before, the whole story kinda went off the rails. Appreciate the response though.
@@Finians_Mancave Sorry. I figured Sofia’s missing poster would only refer to the person she went missing with. Not the other two unrelated disappearances.
James is Spencer's middle name.
My thoughts exactly. It started with two people, the four came as a surprise as that was never mentioned at the beginning.
it wasn't said, and after 2 weeks it might not be traceable, but they probably had some drinks, which could explain why she didn't stay at the lightouse.
Drowned and swept out to sea the chances of locating a body is very slim.
Rip to these young people. I think they both drowned it’s very sad and tragi, but sometimes the hard truth is difficult to accept. They are both most likely not with the living anymore...
In cold water bodies do not bloat ( float , swell up) they actually sink in cold water. Now, sea life, craps and other scavengers will take advantage of such things. As the water temps warm the body will start to decompose causing bloating and in water decomp is accelerated at a faster rate .
I never knew that, wow. That's a morbid yet interesting fact, thank you.
Beautiful young lady!
Very sad.
I hope this family finds closure.
So if your average looking you dnt matter?
@jr7845 Where in my comment do I say anything about average individuals doesn't really matter?
NO WHERE!
Because I commented about the young lady as being attractive?
You derived from that, I insinuated average looks doesn't matter?
Your reading into something that's not even there!
This is WEIRD. The boat drifts off, Spencer goes after it, starts drowning, alright - but then, Sofia's reaction is neither jumping into the water right away to help nor calling emergency, but calling her mother SEVEN times before she eventually gets into the water? That's an awful lot of time wasted ringing up while your friend is drowning - like, hang on there and don't drown just yet, I need to talk to my mom before I try to rescue you? This doesn't make any sense to me - you either act immediately, in which case there is no time for the calls, and if you do make those calls, Spencer would have drowned in between, hence no reason to get into the water...
It seems to me that those calls rather indicate a situation when Sofia knew herself to be in danger but was not under time pressure to save Spencer from drowning. I think their situation was more complicated, and heart-breaking, than that simple scenario.
I totally agree with you, it doesn't make any sense.....
an order of events that make more sense is that first, the boat drifts off, Spencer is ready to go after it, hands Sofia his phone and she starts calling her mom in an attempt to wake her up, maybe even trying to get advice?. while she's calling her mom, Spencer starts drowning, and it's then that Sofia in a panic goes after him?
Or what if Sophia jumps in and is trying to save him and it's too late and she's holding her to his body and makes the calls before drowning and that's why she couldn't text she's focusing on swimming while calling with one hand that could be one possibility trying to text while in the water sounds difficult calling would probably be easier
Very sad story. They obviously drowned. Hypothermia will get you in very short order depending on your body flesh you will last 10 to 20 minutes before you lose the ability to move your arms and legs and eventually drown. I think the young woman is dead and her body has been snagged on something or washed out depending on tides. I think people should just accept that she is dead and try to get on with their life as best they can. RIP.
Did you mistakenly call spencer by the name James a few times in this video? Or is there another person
I been to that lighthouse several times when I was stationed in Groton for 2 years. There's nothing scary about it at all.
Everyone knows that _all_ lighthouses are haunted and terrifying. It’s a well established fact 😉
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 I didn't say it wasn't haunted, just that it wasn't scary. No bad feelings in it at all, to me.
Growing up in Chicago my friends and I went around to tons of supposedly haunted places and experienced some pretty creepy stuff. Even in Connecticut we explored an abandoned asylum and even though I personally didn't pick up anything paranormal, everyone else did. The creepiest thing about that place was the incredibly long halls partitioned occasionally by those quintessential double doors with the big square windows. Something about a hospital layout is incredibly disturbing when it's abandoned.
The lighthouse in New London was just kinda soothing. That could also be simply because the lighthouse was synonymous with returning home from sea; we'd pass it every time we returned to home port from an underway. 👍
Now there’s something scary. Four people died going there.
It’s not haunted but the ocean weather and current is dangerous, wondering in the ocean in the middle of the night is not safe
I'm a great swimmer but wild horses would not have driven me into that water...makes you wonder if something worse was at the lighthouse after them?
This was my exact thought!! if i knew i couldnt swim good and seeing him struggle i would know i cant help this dude! hes gonna take me down with him if i do
@@melissatorrey3910 A lot of people aren't aware of that and instinctively go out to help the person drowning. They where close, and no matter her swimming skills she more than likely just wanted to save her friend. It's such a shame.
Very weird that 4 people went missing in the same place at the same time🤷♀️
I remember when this happened. I didn’t know them but knew others who did. Sad story
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I don't understand this story...3 bodies we're recovered..But it was only mentioned 2 people in this story...I'm confused
Thanks I guess I wasn't paying close attention 🙃
I was wondering about that too. I wonder who they were?
From what I recall a younger man and an older man’s bodies surfaced around the same time that Spencer’s body surfaced.
So sad for the family thinking she's still alive but it's human nature that until you see the dead body......
They got stranded somehow with the boat…tried to swim to it and drowned. If she was alive she would have come home. Even if she had been saved and taken to a hospital and couldn’t remember her name they would have posted her photo etc to try to reach family
I am.sure that she is also dead… sometimes bodies are being dragged by currents very far and deep that they remain undiscovered😕😕😕
But of course, her family will hope till the end, because they love her. It's a normal work of a human brain 😕
This is such a sad story....I truly feel for her family...not knowing where ur child is, or what had happened, if they are still alive or did they pass away that evening?.... honestly, that is just completely heartbreaking... of course I pray that she is still alive/safe somewhere...but if she is no longer with us, I pray that her body may be found so her family may put her to rest...my thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family 🙏💜😥
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People really need to accept reality and learn to live with the fact people who go missing like this are dead
I highly doubt you would feel this way if the missing were your child, your mother, your wife etc. EMPATHY
Wow, watch out. Karma has a way of making us eat our words. What are you, an automaton? People who love, hold onto hope. If it makes it easier for them to live with hope, why do they 'need to accept reality and learn to live with the 'fact'?" Control freak much?
Easier said than done
Wow just insensitive! I hope this never happens to you.
Sadly I would imagine she drowned. If she was not a strong swimmer then the currents around the lighthouse could well have swept her out to sea. What a sad and tragic story and 4 people losing their lives on the same night.
Tragic.... But just because 3 bodies have been found it doesn't necessarily mean that the unforgiving Ocean will give up her body she may never be found who knows but one thing is certain this beautiful young lady is deceased no doubt about that .... RIP to all 4 victims of this tragedy ... God bless them all....love from UK x
This is heart breaking 😢😢
Sharks.
Turtley
Sea turtles and jelly fish ate them
I haven't finished the video yet but whenever you said that she had called her mother several times and then decided to jump into the water doesn't make any sense if she was jumping in the water to save him she wouldn't have been calling anyone she would have just jumped so the fact that she was calling someone ahead of time before she possibly jumped in meant that she had something to do with it it was probably trying to get advice from her mom on what she should do. Maybe not seeing a way around seeing jail time maybe that is why she jumped in or escaped and got away and went somewhere else. Like I said I haven't finished the video yet.
Quite odd that Ms. Sophia didn't send a text when her calls weren't answered, or that she wouldn't try to ring someone else, or post a Snap... So sad😪💔
I suspect she was calling for urgent but not emergency help, probably because the boat came loose, and then something tragic happened before she could do anything else like text or call police or whoever. If I really needed help I would leave a voicemail but there are a lot of reasons it might not have been possible or practical in her case. I didn't set my voicemail up for like 4 years so no one could leave a message even if they wanted to
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@@no_peace I didn't think of that,🥺, so tragic 💔
Following this since the beginning.
Crazy
Such a sad story. Two young people's lives tragically cut short my heart felt sympathys go to the family's rest in peace Spencer and Sophie from Alma and Glen Australia
I wish they would have waited until morning for rescue. RIP
Me too
Why are the people around the 10 minute mark searching a forest? Lol
Exactly.
LE "We cam only do ONE water search at a time!"
Total BS . I agree with you on this!
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When you grow up around the water one of the first things you learn is not to get in cold water, the shock of diving in can kill you. The second is to not attempt a drowning rescue, as it’s likely you’ll both die. It’s so sad that Spencer likely tried to get their boat, he should have known better.
are 4 people drown in a night something normal there? what the fuck
She jumped in to help WITH his phone? I don’t think so.
why would the Telefoon not be somewhere on the lighthouse., in the water, it will break fast. try swimming with it it holds you back.
if they both just stayed on the lighthouse. but I can understand going after it. it's sad and for some near, life-changing in a terrible way. I wish them much strength.
No she wouldn't jump in. She couldn't swim well at all. And you cant dial a phone while drowning..
Its Spencer not james . You say James multiple times
Spencer was an incredibly kind young man.
So sad !
Sorry, no mystery here, just unfortunate candidates for the Darwin award. Boat floated off: working phone > call 911 > safely wait at lighthouse for help to arrive.
If she called her mom before diving in, where is the phone then??? She dived in with it??
As cheap as camera are these days, why on earth would the lighthouse have decoys?! The decoys probably cost almost as much as the real thing 🙄
Wow, what tragic story. 😿😓🥺
Highly unlikely she didn’t drown like the others. I can understand their believing she might still be alive, but I’m from that part of the country and tidal flows in and out, strong currants can easily be the reason her body was never recovered. They didn’t all drown in the same spot, so one body can be lost while another turns up. Sad story. If he had known how to secure the boat properly, might’ve turned out differently. Disclaimer! Not blaming, just point out a possibility.
Are James and Spencer the same person?
Yes
It goes to show college doesn’t mean you are smart. Going out at 2am in a small paddleboat that wasn’t theirs.👌
And I’m sure Sofia let her boyfriend know she was with another man in the middle of the night. Why didn’t she call her boyfriend for help if she needed help? I think we all know why? 🤷♂️
Her last pic was laughing underneath a No Trespassing sign at the lighthouse. They wanted to do things their way, rules & common sense be damned! How’d that work out for you?
Who is James? 7:39
Well sadly if no DB ( Dead Body) was found its classified as a MP or" Missing Person" those cases go cold quickly. Reason being time, other cases or lack of leads or all the above. Thats the way investigations go...My occupation for 20 years.
just say dead body and missing person mate. You dont sound cool abbreviating them
@@youngprick95 He's a DH
Makes no sense she wouldn’t at least leave a message even if short in one of those calls. It almost seems a little suspicious
The police theory dosent really make sense. Why jump in ice water for a boat when you have a cell phone? I can't speak for these no two, but I would let the boat go and call a friend or family member to come get us.
Impulse. I've chased after things that where stupid in hindsight or not worth it. It's the middle of the night, they where ready to go home and the boat starts to float. I presume they where just desperate to go home and immediately jumped in after the boat. It's a shame because they probably giggled about it at first, laughing at him going after the boat. The water is such a dangerously underated thing.
Doesn't sound mysterious at all. It likely played out exactly as police believe. Very sad.
Why on earth would she try ringing her mother instead of calling the emergency services?
because she knew she was going to die
Yeah, I’m sorry but she drowned then was eaten by a shark or her body got caught under a rock or something. But yes if it was my loved one, I wouldn’t be able to let go either.
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What?? I'm confused. 4 people went missing? I thought it was just those two? Who were the other two? Did I miss something?
I know right!?
Her family are definitely in deniel.
Having shown the actual New London lighthouse, I don't see the point of showing a half dozen other lighthouses unrelated to the story
Atmosphere?!? The haunting beauty and solitary essence of lighthouses, perhaps. Without licensed access to multiple images and video of the New London Lighthouse, the presentation could become visually tedious. There usually is a point, even if it’s not obvious to some.
@@anhedonianepiphany5588 : well I'd agree about keeping it visually engaging, but in this case it might confuse some who don't know which light house image is the one in question. The actual image falls out of focus. And there are other images as well as the surrounding environs
Foolish idea. RIP Spencer and Sofia. 🙏💜🙏
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This is very sad, but also dumb. Still, young people do dumb things. Sad when they don't survive them.
If the wrong person "rescued" Sofia, she could have been trafficked. If so, it is unlikely she will ever be found. Most likely, she suffered the same fate as her friends...and there are many reasons that not every body is found. A drowning happened in the river nearest my home when I was little. Two brothers...one strong swimmer, one not so much. The body of the youngest was found days later, tangled in a trot line. The other was never found. Yet no one ever really stopped looking for him...every time anyone went out on the river, eyes were peeled for signs of Kevin...even as weeks, months, years went by... no trace was ever found.
The swimming after the boat theory? is crazy??
She was hot. Let's get that cat out of the bag. What's odd is the boyfriend and his father found the boat and Spencer's body sometime later.
Now that’s is odd.. more like awful but still.. if they were really familiar with the waters there, it wouldn’t surprise me that much. It’s just terrible that they had to be the ones to find him. And not her still to this day. And she was absolutely gorgeous.
Sofia was a lovely looking lady
Does Nobody wear Life Vests anymore?
Thanks DC.🙏💔🕊️
I wish they waited till morning for help.
Tied it with his shart😂
I love it
Not mocking you!
called mother instead of 911? wtf really?