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JIM THOMPSON
DISAPPEARANCE IN
MALAYSIAN
HIGHLANDS
VIETNAM VETERANS
SILK KING
Strategic Services (OSS)
during World War II.This is
considered a mysterious
JIM THOMPSON
case due to his position and
someone may not have
agreed for what he’s been
DISAPPEARED
working on. Even though his
Thai Silk Company, “Jim
Thompson,” offered a
29 March 1967 By Gerald Nicosia generous reward in
In 26th March, a 61 years-old searching for him, he was
well-known American famous not found by anyone. Some
Thai silk entrepreneur, Jim witness said that he may
Thompson have been have fallen into an
disappeared in the jungles of aboriginal animal trap and
Cameron Highlands while he was buried by local
was on his vacation in Central tribespeople when they
Malaysia. It was about 3 days discovered what had
that he had arrived from happened. The police team
Bangkok to Penang, Malaysia. has used tracker dogs to
On the Easter Sunday, he set off find him for days. On 4th
alone on a walk from his April, after a month in
friend’s stay house. His friend search for Jim Thompson,
notices something gone wrong the official searched ended
when Thompson did not return after 300 policemen and
back in the evening, his hosts over 100 volunteers failed
notified the police. Some to find any clues.
observers suggested that this Source: http://time.com. Retrieved from
http://time.com/4319751/jim-thompson-history/ Source: Mountain Dew (1967)
disappearance might