Video - The Vanishing of the Yuba County Five: A Chilling Mystery

The Yuba County Five Duration: 45-60 seconds February 24, 1978: Five young men with mild intellectual disabilities disappeared after a basketball game in California. Their car was found days later, undamaged with gas in the tank, on a snowy mountain road – 70 miles from where they should have been. Four months later, the first body was discovered in a park trailer 20 miles from the car. The men had access to heat, food, and a propane tank, yet chose not to use them. Instead, they starved to death. Three more bodies were eventually found, but the fifth man, 24-year-old Gary Mathias, was never located. What made five young men abandon a perfectly good vehicle and wander into a freezing wilderness? Why did they reject available shelter and supplies that could have saved them? Some theories suggest they witnessed a crime. Others blame group panic or confusion. But the mystery of the Yuba County Five continues to baffle investigators decades later.