Chance Encounter

In 2015, Yasser El Tahan picked up a stranger while off roading in Newfoundland. Days later, Yasser learned that the man he’d taken into the woods was a missing person named Jonathan Hannaford. 

Jonathan would be found a few days later, but this chance encounter on a country road haunted Yasser. So he decided to find Jonathan and talk to him about what happened that day. 

In this documentary, Yasser and Jonathan reconnect to retrace their steps. Together, they dig into what led to Jonathan’s disappearance and what happened after Yasser dropped him off. 

Reported by Yasser El Tahan and produced by Caroline Hillier / Originally aired on Atlantic Voice

Storylines is part of the CBC Audio Doc Unit