The Wisconsin Kayaker who faked his death

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an older story from 2024, but The Atlantic did an excellent longform article on the whole story, which is frankly bonkers.

Non-paywalled link below, but basically a middle-aged married father-of-three disappeared while kayaking on a lake at night in Wisconsin. Family and LEO thought he had drowned, only to have him resurface three months later in the country of Georgia, where he had traveled to "start a new life" with a woman he met online. Quite a read:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/wisconsin-kayaker-ryan-borgwardt-death/684631/

This link was paywalled for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who disappear are most likely killed by husbands. Men who disappear most likely are abandoning their families to start a new one with another woman.

Yeah, men are the worst. I have no idea why we have let them run the world. They f everything up with their d*ck brains.

Truest statement I’ve read on the internet

[Anonymous]

That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an older story from 2024, but The Atlantic did an excellent longform article on the whole story, which is frankly bonkers.

Non-paywalled link below, but basically a middle-aged married father-of-three disappeared while kayaking on a lake at night in Wisconsin. Family and LEO thought he had drowned, only to have him resurface three months later in the country of Georgia, where he had traveled to "start a new life" with a woman he met online. Quite a read:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/wisconsin-kayaker-ryan-borgwardt-death/684631/

This link was paywalled for me.

This should be a gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/wisconsin-kayaker-ryan-borgwardt-death/684631/?gift=l9gMMj_twLRdi8v4Cq0F52Mmt0HyJsq96v297oHHOOY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

That Russian chick wants US citizenship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't read the article. How did he travel internationally anonymously? Didn't he use his passport? How did he get money?

He reported his passport as lost and got a replacement, and left the original at home. Didn't bring his driver's license to the Canadian border so had to talk his way through. He used a Crypto account to send about 20K to the mistress from Kazakhstan, and left about 150K in credit card debt back home. Took about 6K in cash with him. He did take out a life insurance policy on himself before he left, to "take care of the family", although I don't know how that would have worked because usually a death certificate is required; tricky to obtain if there's no body.

I don't think this was a guy who put a lot of thought into the mess he was leaving behind.

Thank you. A lot of thought and thoughtless at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

That Russian chick wants US citizenship.

USD will do $$$$$$$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

Georgia is not Russia.

[Anonymous]

Snippet of his police interrogation

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/lie-wisconsin-kayaker-faked-drowning-fled-country-told/story?id=125419190

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't read the article. How did he travel internationally anonymously? Didn't he use his passport? How did he get money?

He reported his passport as lost and got a replacement, and left the original at home. Didn't bring his driver's license to the Canadian border so had to talk his way through. He used a Crypto account to send about 20K to the mistress from Kazakhstan, and left about 150K in credit card debt back home. Took about 6K in cash with him. He did take out a life insurance policy on himself before he left, to "take care of the family", although I don't know how that would have worked because usually a death certificate is required; tricky to obtain if there's no body.

I don't think this was a guy who put a lot of thought into the mess he was leaving behind.

Please tell me he was catfished and his Kazak mistress was actually a huge, hairy guy named Amir.

[Anonymous]

If she has been everything he’d hoped why would he fly back here.

89 days- she was worth 89 days and the forever disrespect of his children and the whole world,

Why do these men get so effing insane? I’m so over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

Georgia is not Russia.

NP. In fairness, the article says she communicates in Russian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

Georgia is not Russia.

NP. In fairness, the article says she communicates in Russian.

Some Ukrainians speak Russian. Are they Russian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

Georgia is not Russia.

NP. In fairness, the article says she communicates in Russian.

Some Ukrainians speak Russian. Are they Russian?

It really doesn't matter. She's from the territory of the former USSR and she speaks Russian. And this bozo faked his death to go be with her, a woman he had never met in person.

Media reports say Uzbekestani, Kazakhstan, and/or Ukrainian. Her name is Katya. He traveled to Georgia to meet her. That's how Georgia gets wrapped into the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is a piece of work and I have to wonder about that Russian chick wanting him. I'd like an update about that relationship. His sons especially will always hate him. I hope they grow up and vow to be nothing like their father.

Georgia is not Russia.

NP. In fairness, the article says she communicates in Russian.

Everyone who speaks English is from England now?