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The Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist

The Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist

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The Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist

Cold proof in a shallow river: a laminated ID badge printed the week it was found, dated April 14, and belonging to a man whose plant had been padlocked for nearly a year. A technical historian concluded the laminate and ink were fresh, yet the facility’s badge machine could not have been powered - so how did it get made and why does the date match an earlier death at the same press location?

In this episode, we walk through the discoveries made after the badge was fished from the Ardell River and the sensor records Ross Boyd recovered from the empty Colton Stamping building, following the clues that refuse easy explanation. What do isolated nighttime temperature spikes, a lost thermos, and an impossible ID all point toward?

Person: Chad Allen
Date: April 14 (badge issue date)
Location: Colton Stamping and Fabrication, number-three press bay
Period: May 2010-April 2011 (building padlocked and vacancy period)
Event: Nine nights of temperature rises between 4-7°F lasting 40-90 minutes

- The badge recovered from the river was laminated, with crisp ink and an issuance date of April 14 and appeared to have been printed that week.
- The Colton Stamping building had been padlocked since May 2010 and the badge-credentialing machine required more power than the building’s trickle current could supply.
- Chad Allen had lost his original badge in March 2011 and officially received only one replacement from Caldwell HR.
- Ross Boyd found nine nights between June 2010 and April 2011 when the number-three press bay temperature rose 4-7°F above baseline for 40-90 minutes, always starting between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m.
- Robert Sims died at his hydraulic press on April 14, 1963, and that press position mapped within eight feet of Colton’s number-three press.

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