# Disappearing Act-Do NOT need answer fast **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224 "2013-10-25T16:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/21 "2013-10-26T07:16:02Z")
I think I would fly in to South America, then illegally hop a border in to Brazil and live as an illegal immigrant in a large city. Brazil is big enough to get lost in but has enough expats that you wouldn’t draw too much attention. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/22 "2013-10-26T11:18:49Z")
Well who is trying to find you? The NSA? Is your picture on CNN for molesting one million babies or something? Yea that is a hard one to crack and I’m not sure I have advice. For less levels of government and attention shit move to another city, or follow even sven’s advice. Hell get married in Brazil and then get permanent residency(I have no clue about Brazil’s immigration law but going off my own experience the USA is not informed or involved) and then once you have that you can work legally. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/23 "2013-10-26T18:50:26Z")
A little bit of wheeling and dealing with the Devil can facilitate things. See: _Damn Yankees._ (ETA: Or: Twilight Zone episode _Of Late I Think of Cliffordville._) ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/24 "2013-10-26T22:29:52Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > On the plus side, [you can learn from the mistakes of others.](http://www.wired.com/vanish/) Mistake number 1: announcing you’re trying to disappear in a national magazine. So don’t do that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/25 "2013-10-26T22:38:35Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The way they catch you is that they’re watching your Mom, and your wife, and your kid, and when you show up for your mom’s funeral they arrest you. If you can just stop contacting your family and associates, don’t drive, and pay for things in cash, then you avoid 99% of the ways cops catch fugitives. Hell, I practically live like that now. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/26 "2013-10-26T23:31:33Z")
There was a movie about this a few years ago, called “Erasing David”. IIRC, it took about 2 weeks for him to be “located” after he “disappeared”. He just wanted to see if it could be done, and if so, for how long. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224/27 "2013-10-27T00:01:25Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > On the plus side, [you can learn from the mistakes of others.](http://www.wired.com/vanish/) That was a fascinating article, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224.md?page=1)