FOG BLOG NEW BRUNSWICK NEWS LOG: MYSTERY OF THE NB CAR IN ALABAMA NOW SOLVED!

Mystery solved: N.B. woman shocked to see long lost car pulled from Alabama river...Saint John woman’s car stolen in southern U.S. nearly two decades ago.......Shelley Allain had nearly forgotten about her stolen Toyota Echo.

But when she saw video of the vehicle being pulled from the depths of a northern Alabama waterway, she immediately recognized it as hers.

"It was more in shock than anything, because all this time they told me to forget about this car," Allain said. "I was really surprised."

The Saint John woman was working at an outdoor therapeutic program for troubled teens in the Huntsville, Alabama area in the early 2000s.

One month after starting the job, her car was stolen one night by two girls in the program. They told police they gave it to a cousin who got rid of it, but never disclosed the location.

Allain said she reported the incident to local police who told her it was likely in a river or stripped for parts. She filed a claim with her Canadian insurance company.

"You might as well forget about the car because you're not going to get it back, so I just did what they said," she said...Divers and law enforcement in northern Alabama were puzzled over the weekend after locating a car with New Brunswick plates under three metres of water. It had been upside down in Second Creek near Elgin, about an hour and a half drive from where Allain worked.

An independent dive team searching for a missing person found the car, and notified police.

'I was very upset'

Nearly two decades later, Allain learned about her car after CBC News reported on its discovery Wednesday. She watched the video footage several times and recognized damage unique to her Echo, including a broken bug deflector.

She has been back in New Brunswick for 18 years, and currently lives in Willow Grove, just outside Saint John..