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TIL of Atsumi Yoshikubo, a Japanese tourist who vanished while solo hiking in Canada's Yellowknife region. Despite her personal and professional achievements, Atsumi was a deeply troubled woman who apparently wandered off into the Canadian wilderness with no intention of being found. She was.

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