Columbus area Pearl Jam fan gone missing...

[Lost In Ohio]

personally the fact that is still a sticky , to me it's just really fucking cool that they care enough to keep this up. Thanks Kat and Sea.

Not to mention Ed mentioning Brian in Cincinnati in 2006, then playing Wishlist for him with a "love is stronger than witchcraft" tag AND in 2010, Ed mentioned Brian once again and then they played "Come Back."

this I did not catch... seen the thread for years... pretty cool of Ed to mention. he definitely reads these posts!

I obviously don't know if the band reads the boards, but i'd imagine it would be pretty damn hard for them NOT to.

I had heard that Crime Stoppers somehow notified the band in advance of the show. I also know that in 2006, one of the ten clubbers passed a t-shirt and flyer to the band as they were leaving the stage. (This may have happened in Detroit, but i'm just guessing. I remember reading discussion about it on these boards.)

[yahamita]

Not to mention Ed mentioning Brian in Cincinnati in 2006, then playing Wishlist for him with a "love is stronger than witchcraft" tag AND in 2010, Ed mentioned Brian once again and then they played "Come Back."[/quote]
Come Back in Columbus made be cry. Best wishes to him, his friends & family during this holiday season. Hope you're out there somewhere Brian[/quote]
Yes, indeed..Sending positive vibes to Brians brother and family at this time of year.

[Best of Times]

I really wish somebody could find this guy.....

God bless him and his family.

[PJFAN_seattle]

Did anyone on this board know him in person?

[Lost In Ohio]

Did anyone on this board know him in person?

I met his dad, and I know yahamita talked to him on the phone several times. I can't remember if Alexis showed up to the Wishlist Foundation pre-party in May or not.

But as Ed said, it's like we're all family, and we need to look out for one another.

[PJFAN_seattle]

Did anyone on this board know him in person?

I met his dad, and I know yahamita talked to him on the phone several times. I can't remember if Alexis showed up to the Wishlist Foundation pre-party in May or not.

But as Ed said, it's like we're all family, and we need to look out for one another.

But no one here actually knew him or his family before he went missing? Or is friends with teh family?

I was just curious is all. I find missing person cases very interesting how someone can just vanish like that one day.

[derbydave]

Did anyone on this board know him in person?

I met his dad, and I know yahamita talked to him on the phone several times. I can't remember if Alexis showed up to the Wishlist Foundation pre-party in May or not.

But as Ed said, it's like we're all family, and we need to look out for one another.

But no one here actually knew him or his family before he went missing? Or is friends with teh family?

I was just curious is all. I find missing person cases very interesting how someone can just vanish like that one day.

I have met both Alexis & Randy Shaffer...at our studios in Grandview.
We shot a couple of PSA's for Central Ohio Crimestoppers and Randy was featured in 2 of these!!
One to raise awareness about Brian's case and the second was about "Overserving" patrons at Campus area bars.
I didn't know Brian or his family before he vanished, but I still think about this case everytime I login to the boards!!

[yahamita]

[quote="derbydave[/quote]I have met both Alexis & Randy Shaffer...at our studios in Grandview.
We shot a couple of PSA's for Central Ohio Crimestoppers and Randy was featured in 2 of these!!
One to raise awareness about Brian's case and the second was about "Overserving" patrons at Campus area bars.
I didn't know Brian or his family before he vanished, but I still think about this case everytime I login to the boards!! [/quote]

AMEN to that derbydave..I can't log on here without seeing the sticky and thinking of Brian. I miss the late night conversations with Randy, not just discussing Brians case, but getting to know the great man he was.

[Lost In Ohio]

Brian was out with friends celebrating the start of spring break 2006 when he went missing. Tomorrow is the first day of spring break 2011.

While it isn't the "true" anniversary of the last time he was seen, it's sort of an "unofficial" one.

[tremors]

Brian was out with friends celebrating the start of spring break 2006 when he went missing. Tomorrow is the first day of spring break 2011.

While it isn't the "true" anniversary of the last time he was seen, it's sort of an "unofficial" one.

Best wishes and thoughts for tomorrow - for loved ones and for Brian

[Black73]

Brian was out with friends celebrating the start of spring break 2006 when he went missing. Tomorrow is the first day of spring break 2011.

While it isn't the "true" anniversary of the last time he was seen, it's sort of an "unofficial" one.

Did you ever have the opportunity to meet Brian? If not, your dedication to a great pre-show party last May in Columbus and your awareness to bringing him home is one of the best things about this community. His family deserves some good news!

[Lost In Ohio]

Brian was out with friends celebrating the start of spring break 2006 when he went missing. Tomorrow is the first day of spring break 2011.

While it isn't the "true" anniversary of the last time he was seen, it's sort of an "unofficial" one.

Did you ever have the opportunity to meet Brian? If not, your dedication to a great pre-show party last May in Columbus and your awareness to bringing him home is one of the best things about this community. His family deserves some good news!

From a few posts up:
I met his dad, and I know yahamita talked to him on the phone several times.

I was just walking down the street one day and saw a huge poster... I think the stickman caught my eye before anything else did. Then i'm like "holy shit, this guy's a pearl jam fan." Then I came here and started a thread with very basic information. Kat started another one, and then the two were merged into something I never dreamed would ever take place.
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I haven't met Brian...but I really want to.

I don't remember if Alexis was at the pre-show party, but I know Lori (the woman who runs findbrianshaffer.com) and her husband and son were there.


For those of you who believe in this stuff, it's weird/sad that Randy hasn't appeared to us in a dream to give us any sort of clue. He knew we're looking for him, but he hasn't appeared...

As for his family, his mom and dad are both no longer with us, but his brother married a couple years ago, and i'm quite sure he has extended family.



It's just a damn shame that party didn't have enough bar staff. That's something we'll work on for the PJ20, EV solo tour, 2012, 2013, whenever the next one may be.

[aus_suz]

As for his family, his mom and dad are both no longer with us, but his brother married a couple years ago, and i'm quite sure he has extended family.

[Lost In Ohio]

As for his family, his mom and dad are both no longer with us, but his brother married a couple years ago, and i'm quite sure he has extended family.

Aye... I think it was cancer that claimed his mom. A couple months later, Brian went missing. That was in early 2006. In late summer 2008, most of Ohio was hit by a ferocious windstorm from the remnants of a hurricane. Brian's dad was out on his property, checking for damage when a tree branch fell on him. When he didn't show up for work the next day, some of his co-workers went to investigate and saw what happened.

If various things happen for their various reasons, sometimes they're the weirdest, most unknown reasons.

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Blood Drive for Brian:
1375 Chambers Road, Grandview OH on Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. You can register online here. We need all the help we can get in distributing flyers for the blood drive. You can download the flyer for printing here

[aus_suz]

As for his family, his mom and dad are both no longer with us, but his brother married a couple years ago, and i'm quite sure he has extended family.

Aye... I think it was cancer that claimed his mom. A couple months later, Brian went missing. That was in early 2006. In late summer 2008, most of Ohio was hit by a ferocious windstorm from the remnants of a hurricane. Brian's dad was out on his property, checking for damage when a tree branch fell on him. When he didn't show up for work the next day, some of his co-workers went to investigate and saw what happened.

If various things happen for their various reasons, sometimes they're the weirdest, most unknown reasons.

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Blood Drive for Brian:
1375 Chamber Road, Grandview OH on Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. You can register online here. We need all the help we can get in distributing flyers for the blood drive. You can download the flyer for printing here

Oh god the story gets sadder.... How tragic and sad..
Sad the parents never got any answers before they passed