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The intersection of Courtney street and 13th Avenue
in Saskatchewan, Canada
is unremarkable to say the very least.
It's flat and mostly barren aside from some signs
and an adjacent set of railroad tracks
that on occasion guide massive freight trains
throughout the area.
On July 28th, 1995 however,
tragedy would fall upon this otherwise
unassuming stretch of land.
Just as always,
a freight train was making its way towards the intersection.
And off in the distance,
two employees spotted what looked like a man
emerging from a nearby ditch.
Just a split second later,
said man had deliberately dove into the path
of the oncoming train.
By that point, it was much too close to stop in time.
The employees could not save the man's life
and he was killed instantly upon impact.
Police arrived on the scene shortly thereafter
and based on witness accounts
and the positioning of the body,
there was no question that this man
had chosen to end his own life.
But the question at this point was who exactly was he?
The police have been trying
for literal decades, at this point,
to reunite John Doe with his family, but to no avail.
No form of identification was found on the body,
and no one ever came forward
claiming to be a relative or loved one.
All there was to go by, was what the man looked like,
what he was wearing, and what he had with him that day.
The victim is described as a white male,
somewhere between the ages of 20 and 30.
He weighed approximately 140 to 160 pounds,
and had short dark hair and blue eyes.
At the time of his death,
John Doe wore a black denim jacket with a gold crown logo
along with a white shirt underneath
that read Boca authentic.
He also wore blue faded jeans, white socks,
and a pair of oversized blue and white Reebok runners.
Before John Doe took his own life,
it was noted that he could be seen
placing some kind of bag or backpack on the ground nearby.
And when said backpack was searched,
it was said to contain extra clothing,
and various personal items,
but nothing that actually offered any clues
as to the man's identity.
The last item of note here was a small silver color brooch
in the shape of a rose.
This is perhaps the most interesting clue
for reasons we'll get into shortly.
According to local law enforcement,
this is pretty much all they had to work with.
The man had no tattoos, no scars,
aside from a few on his wrists.
And as far as they knew,
his fingerprints weren't in any systems across Canada
or the US.
X-rays were taken, photographs spread through the media
and DNA even taken.
But in the end, no one could identify this John Doe,
that is except for one man,
a hitchhiker named Randy Wakelin,
who supposedly met John Doe just days before his death.
The two men had struck up a conversation
and for a short time, even traveled together.
According to Randy,
the man he met introduced himself as Dave,
but didn't seem to provide a last name.
Keep in mind, Randy was a total stranger,
so Dave, might not even be his real name.
Nonetheless, Dave was described by Randy
as sort of a preppy type who wasn't very street smart.
Although he was well-mannered.
At one point in passing,
Dave was noted as saying
something about going quote back East.
And to top this off,
Randy even stated that he saw John Doe
with an Ontario birth certificate.
He supposedly wouldn't talk about his family
and was said to have recently broken up with his partner,
a woman by the name of Kathy.
Dave's last words, according to Randy were,
"I'm sick of everybody."
The most notable detail out of Randy statements
was that he claimed to have noticed
Dave wearing a small Rose brooch,
much like the one found in John Doe's pocket.
Now this would almost certainly prove
that Dave and Doe were the same person,
but whether or not that's true is still up for debate.
This detail regarding the brooch being mentioned
by Randy was reported in 2005, by the CBC,
a Canadian public broadcast network.
In that same article,
they mentioned that police
had already released full transcripts
of their interview with Randy,
transcripts that were once available online,
but have since vanished.
The main available source
that challenges Randy's reliability,
is a 2013 book by the name of "Boiling Point & Cold Cases"
written by local journalist, Barb Pacholik.
Within it, Barb claims
that Randy had accidentally misidentified John Doe,
although she doesn't specify why or how
she came to this conclusion.
The Rose brooch is brought up once again,
but there is no mention
of Randy ever claiming to have seen it on Dave
or whoever it was he met while traveling.
So this comes down to who you want to believe.
By all accounts,
both are supposed to be pretty reliable sources,
and both seem to have talked to the police directly.
Although it is possible
that the case of mistaken identity was uncovered much later
since Barb's book came out almost a decade
after the CBC's coverage.
Regardless of this discrepancy though,
John Doe still hasn't truly been identified.
In the end,
he was laid to rest by a group of local strangers
who had heard about his story.
And of course they were the only ones in attendance.
No family, no friends, nothing.
John Doe's suicide in itself was tragic.
And we might never know what drove him to end his own life.
But what's equally tragic here,
is the idea that either no one cared enough
to go looking for Doe,
or maybe he didn't have anyone left to begin with.
If you think you know who John Doe is,
although it might be a long shot,
then you can contact local police at 3067776500.
Hey guys.
So I know that this video is a little bit shorter
than usual.
The other two this month,
are probably also gonna be a little bit shorter
but once November comes, things should be back to normal.
I've been a little bit under the weather lately
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