Did Ryan Borgwardt PUBLICLY discuss his master plan to flee the country and be with another woman before actually going through with it??
If you haven’t heard the shocking tale, the married father of three was reported missing in Wisconsin back in August after he never returned home from a kayaking trip. Police subsequently found his kayak capsized in Green Lake and local fishermen found his tackle box, which contained his wallet and keys. After that, a relentless search party was launched for 28 days — until officers discovered evidence Ryan was not only alive, but that he’d fled the country!
According to Sheriff Mark Podoll, Ryan’s passport was checked at the Canadian border the day AFTER he was reported missing. Ryan’s wife then handed over his laptop, which cops used to find evidence he changed his email, moved funds to a foreign bank, took out a $375,000 life insurance policy, and deleted his search history and replaced his hard drive! Oh yeah, let’s not forget they ALSO found evidence he was in contact with a woman from Uzbekistan! Because of all this, investigators believe he staged his disappearance to flee to Europe.
Whoa, right?? But it somehow gets even crazier…
In footage uploaded to TikTok account @AuthenticAlpha on Tuesday, influencer Baylee Boomhower interviews a bicyclist who users think looks a LOT like Ryan — and get this: he asks for advice on whether he should leave his wife and kids to flee to Uzbekistan to find another woman abroad! He says it’s not that he’s “given up on meeting someone here [in the US]” — in fact, he admits he’s a MARRIED father, just like Ryan, and that he’s “not sure” if he wants to find someone else. He notes:
“I want to find a companion that I’m content with.”
Baylee then tells him that “requires [him] to divorce” his wife first, which he eerily responds to by saying:
“Well, maybe.”
Did he have another plan cookin’?? Perhaps staging his disappearance?!
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He adds he and his wife would “possibly” get a divorce before he runs away to Uzbekistan because their love is “diminished.” Baylee urges him to “sort out” his marriage before leaving the country, and he kind of just shrugs it off. He eventually implies things have been “up in the air” for him and his wife for six months, and what’s preventing him from getting a divorce is “indecision.” He then slyly says his name is “Twa,” and jokes about finding himself “on the internet” in the future while looking at the camera because of the interview. The whole interaction kind of just has chilling vibes… Watch (below):
@authenticalpha Full video of what might be Ryan Borgwardt? @ABC World News Tonight
In the wake of the update in Ryan’s missing persons case, social media users strongly see to believe this is him! In the comments, they wrote things like:
“HOLDDD UP THIS IS EVIDENCE”
“Can you imagine being one of his kids just scrolling on TikTok? ‘Dad???’”
“This is wild”
There is some resemblance!”
“I’ve never heard of Uzbekistan, this is 100% him lmao. And the nose is the same”
“That is nuts!”
“Even if it’s not Ryan, find his wife….she needs to know! I think it is tho”
“I thought this was a skit but looked at a picture of Ryan Bordwardt and its literally him”
One user asked Baylee when the footage was shot, and she told them, “This was in early June.” So, in other words, two whole months before Ryan went missing!
So what are YOUR thoughts, Perezcious readers?? Is this missing Ryan Borgwardt, or ANOTHER married father who wanted to flee to Uzbekistan to be with another woman? Do you see any resemblance? Let us know in the comments down below!
[Images via Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office]