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From The Big Story: Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened

Science, Spoken

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He shed his identity with the goal of disappearing for one month. Then the manhunt began.

Written by Evan Ratliff. Originally published on November 20th, 2009.

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