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And James comes in with the most detailed description, describing this man as approximately 30 years old. He's
a white guy, 510 to 6 feet tall. He said he had a husky build, maybe, if you had
to guess, 175 to 180, with a trimmed beard, brown hair, and wearing a brown and white checkered shirt and army type
khaki pants. Although, as detailed as that was, I feel like it's worth noting that James' story changes some over
time. Like for instance, he gives two statements shortly after Kristen went missing. And the first he mentioned
seeing the feet under the van like someone else was on the other side. But then in the second one, he doesn't
mention any other person. And then the story he tells years later when he participated in an episode of the series
Cold Valley, it changes like more drastically. I think at that point in 2018, he says that he was driving past
and he spotted this brown van. But now Kristen wasn't standing up. She was laying down in the grass next to her
bike as though she had been hit. And then he says he sees the the driver, the one man, getting out of the van, walking
back towards where Kristen was laying. And this dude was smiling. >> And there's no mention of any of these
details before. >> No. And our team even tried reaching out to James, but we couldn't get through.
So, I kind of wonder if what he saw in 81 morphed into something more sinister in his mind, especially after July 4th,
when people finally realized what happened to Kristen after she went missing.

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Brief Summary

Witness James' changing accounts of Kristen's disappearance raise questions about memory and truth.

Key points

James' Changing Story. James describes a man with a detailed appearance, but his story changes over time.

Episode highlights

James' Changing StoryJames describes a man with a detailed appearance, but his story changes over time.“James' story changes some over time.”0:24Aug 6, 2025

Episode quotes

I kind of wonder if what he saw morphed into something more sinister.

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