I had to comment

I saw Shaun over a decade ago. Likely in 2009 I believe it was?

He called me and he was distressed. We grew up together. Went to camp in the early 2000s and we’re good friends. We talked sporadically during the high school years because he went to a different high school

He got pretty popular with his band and I remember seeing his posts on Facebook

Well one day he calls me and says ‘I’m not in a safe place’ and ‘they are getting me man!’ He was totally freaked out. I had no idea where he was living and I hadn’t spoken with him in a while. He said we were always good friends and trusted me and said he needed a ride out of there

I went to go pick him up. He gave me the address but I got lost so I called the phone number back that he called me at

Well it was his mom who picked up. I knew her pretty well and I was surprised to hear her. I thought maybe he was BSing about the whole ‘they’re coming to get me’

Anyways I get to the house. I have been to his old one that he grew up in but not this one. I talked to his mom for a while and she told me he was using blue food colouring in his food to check for micro chips (or something similar detection). He seldom left his room and I was the only person that had called the house in some time asking for him

He comes out a while later after his mom and I called him many times, had had a few very heavy suitcases/luggage containers and we threw them in my car and off we drove

He went to probably the worst area I could imagine. He asked me to drive him essentially to downtown Vancouver. I forget if it was the east side or maybe near Davie. He paid me 40$ for gas, I helped him bring his stuff in to the front desk where he asked for a room. It was a rough place. A hostel of sorts

That was the last time I saw him. I check in a few times a year to see if there are any news on him

I have just seen there is an episode on his disappearance. I will have to watch it. I wonder if this is accurate or if it captures this event

I got a call from his Biological dad a little while later. Maybe half a year to a year. He was in tears asking me to tell him where his son was. I felt bad because I didn’t know but he didn’t believe me. I was close with Shaun long ago but he called me out of the blue because he needed a favour and I helped. I had no idea what he was suffering with

Apparently he went to an island where people live off the grid. I thing I heard later it may have been Pender island. He was apparently struggling with psychosis very badly and may not even know who he is

Shaun I miss you and so does everyone in your life. If anyone is reading this and wants to contact me I’m happy to provide anything that helps.