2 young Tarentum boys go out to play in cold and disappear over 30 years and no clues Was it the River Hag / Witch?

Up the Allegheny River from me is the town of Tarentum Pa.
a small working class town with a big industrial stainless steel mill one of the last in the county.
and one day 2 young boys Jon Debkowski and Gabriel Meinarcin  went out to play after school  in December of 1982 and disappeared never to be seen again .
A woman claimed she saw 2 boys who matched the description playing among the river ice a very dangerous thing to do. 

Blood Hounds traced the kids scent to the river but nothing was ever found of them not one trace to say they where their and fell in or where abducted.

But one Psychic claimed they would be found under the ice near where Bull creek enters the river.
 Divers looked and nothing was found ,how ever Bull creek it self has a legend of an Old Hag or River Witch who has the power to attract children to the creek where she grabs them and drowns them. Now most people will poo poo this or say they never heard such a bizarre thing. But I personally meet a woman named Rose who lost a young brother in the creek  near the old tour ed coal mine  entrance many years ago in 60's when he slipped under the very fast and strong  waters and she claims she saw the image of the Old Hag in the creek ,who grabbed and kept him down under the creeks water and she could not rescue him. No one believed her then saying it was her imagination and hysteria playing games with her .In the 70's as a boy scout I helped with a stream improvement project in the upper section of Bull Creek and can attest to the strong currents . But plenty of dead body's have shown up in that part of river and the creek as well as drownings over the decades.
 is there anything to the Hag probably not but the rumors persist and the creek and river have always been an attractive nu-sense.
Bull Run and Allegheny River 

Now there is a very strong under tow in the Allegheny River which is very deceiving and can grab and drag you down in its current I know I swam in the upper river as a young boy scout and 2 different times did the 150 mile boot & paddle canoe trip from Tionesta to Pittsburgh.

I will never forget going thru one of the locks at one of the dams higher up the river  and when we came out the hat of a young man hanging on a branch stuck in a small island below the dam this was all they ever found of him that summer when he was swimming and got too close to dam while on a fishing trip in 1974. and people who do drown in the 3 rivers around here are often found miles down in Ohio and W. Virginia if their lucky to be found at all. but 3-4 body's a month show up in the 3 rivers around this area month after month  be it accident ,suicide or murder.

So I have a very healthy respect for the rivers and I am always on my guard around them.
Just like the river men tell you beware of snakes on the deck.

Where the kids kidnapped by a pedophile that's also a possibility as well plenty of known sex offenders reside in the area.  I have long suspected a pedophile or serial killer in the area.How hard would it have been for some one to pull up looking like a detective and take the kids away . Just like in the movie " Mystic River" There are plenty of cases of motorists being pulled over by phony cops in this area and I see plenty of suspicious looking detective /security  like vehicles which I check out who they are because of the problems we have had in the past.I Call 911 when I see detectives pulling people over and it does not look right so it can be checked out .
We have a case going on right now in Indiana county where some one claimed to be a detective was shaking down a gun shop owner over an illegal lottery  and killed him in his gun shop.He also was recently charged with assault when he tried to detain a young men in cuffs for throwing corn kernels at him .



Couple times as a young man when standing waiting for the bus or trolley along E. Carson street an old man pulled up opened his passenger door and offered me a ride I did not know who he was just that he lived in Carrick like I did  so I always declined ..
 thou at time I thought he was just some one being kind but then good thing I did not because you never know.
But dozens of people go missing in this area of Pa yearly never to be seen again.


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  1. SO SAD, THERE BODIES WOULD HAVE WASHED DOWN TO WEST VIRGINIA? IF THEY ENDED UP IN THE OHIO RIVER. OR CHILD MOLESTER GOT THEM. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PARENTS. THE NOT KNOWING MUST BE TERRIBLE. INTERESTING TO DO EVP SESSION WITH SPIRIT BOX NEAR THE SITE THEY WERE LAST SEEN.

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