This is a message going out in to the ether. Several years ago, without warning, my best friend in the world disappeared. He was coming to our house in PA for Christmas, the day he was supposed to arrive, we hadn't heard from him. It was early evening and I was worried. He was supposed to arrive by 11 am. I called and called and called, sent text after text. Nothing. I contacted NYSP and PSP to file a BOLO. This was unlike him, completely out of character. 3 days later, I sent a final text threatening to call his employer to see if he was even alive. He replied back with "I'm fine". Not a word since, no replies, nothing.
Keith had lost his mother a few years prior to this and sadly he started going down hill. He became an alcoholic, was getting into the drugs. The only time he was sober was when he would come visit me. He had a really hard time with his mother's passing.
He is estranged from his family entirely. He has erased his digital footprint entirely. Closed all emails, no social media, nothing.
To this day I cannot understand why he disappeared, why there was no reasoning why he did what he did. If he had just given me a reason, I'd have been understanding. But to literally ghost his only friend left in the world...
For several years I have been at a loss. My only real friend in the world disappeared ,without a word, from my life. Not even a "screw you".
I have reached out to anyone who might know and even they haven't heard from him or seen him. Last I knew, he was working for some automotive repair place around Rochester. I called there and asked for him, I swear it was him on the phone. It was his voice, and he said Keith no longer worked there.
If anyone knows him, if anyone sees him. Please tell him to call "B".
I really miss my best friend.