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When Peter noticed that their dog was outside, he dashed into the yard to retrieve it. As he crossed the lawn, a sudden flash of lightning struck nearby. Those watching claimed to have seen Peter’s figure illuminated against the brilliant light before, in a blink, he vanished. The immediate response of witnesses was shock; some even thought it was a clever joke to escape the drudgery of the dinner party.
Despite the frantic search by police and his family, Peter was nowhere to be found. Officials hypothesized that he had climbed over a wall in a dazed state, likely having escaped the scene after the lightning strike bewildered him. But as the hours unfolded into days, the hope of finding him diminished, and Mary, Peter's wife, was left in anguish.