Security cameras show him going in and never coming out.
He might have hoped he would be famous one day for curing an obscure disease or saving someones life.
He probably never imagined he would become famous for being at the center of a particularly creepy unsolved mystery.
Brian Shaffer
Brian completed his undergraduate degree at OSU in microbiology and decided to stay there for medical school.
For the past few years he had been in a serious relationship Alexis Waggoner.
Onhis Myspace, he said I have an amazing girlfriend.
It had been a rough semester for Brian, his mother had passed from cancer three weeks earlier.
He also had a difficult course load and spent many all nighters studying.
That night, Brian went out for a steak dinner with his father, Randy Shaffer.
Randy says his sonseemed exhausted.
Brian told his dad he planned to go out drinking that night.
His dad thought it wasnt a good idea given how tired Brian seemed, but didnt say anything.
Inside the bar, Brian talked to his girlfriend on the phone.
He saidhe loved herand they chatted about their upcoming vacation.
Brian and Clint visited several bars in the area and had a shot of liquor at each one.
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Back at the Ugly Tuna Saloona, Brian separated from his friends once they got inside.
Clint and Meredith searched for him.
Clint checked the mens room and did not find him.
At 2am, the bar closed and Clint and Meredith waited outside, searching the crowd for Brian.
The two called him repeatedly and then eventually assumed he went back to his apartment alone.
They went home and each tried calling him again later on.
This was the trip where friends thought he might propose.
He was reported missing to police.
Police reviewed security footage at the Ugly Tuna Saloona.
He does not exit the bar with the rest of the customers at bar close.
He does not appear in footage from the bars emergency exit camera.
He also does not appear on other security cameras in the area.
Columbus is known for having an abnormally high number of security cameras.
Police are baffled about how he was not caught on any of the area cameras while leaving the bar.
Brians apartment appeared undisturbed.
His car remained at his apartment and his bank accounts were unused.
Brians father and girlfriend took and passed polygraph tests, his friend Clint declined.
The area surrounding the Ugly Tuna was searched.
Dogs were brought in.
Cab drivers were questioned.
There were no clues.
He had simply vanished.
Generally, people involved in these cases believe the men died accidentally as a result of drinking and/or drowning.
Brians friends also noted he was aparrotheadand could have idealized a tropical escape from his worries.
Brians father noted that he was exhausted before he started drinking.
If he was very drunk he could have been spotted by someone looking to harm someone.
Brians father died in 2008.
His brother, Derek, has not heard from Brian and there have been no updates in his case.
Brians favorite band was Pearl Jam and he had a tattoo of the bands album artwork on his shoulder.
