Holy crap, mates. Developments persist on The Kills’ missing tour bus mystery, and this is some weird fucking shit, alright. As noted before, band members Jamie Hince (the dude who’s banging Kate Moss) & Alison Mosshart (who is actually better looking than Kate Moss), while on tour with Jack White’s side project, The Raconteurs, were getting ready to make the road trip to Nashville, Tennessee, when their bus (along with its driver) disappeared almost three weeks ago. The bus driver, Brian Berkenkemper who is actually from Nashville, never made it to his hometown and hasn’t been seen or heard from at all. The tour bus itself, however, was found a few days ago in Los Angeles at a Best Western, and that’s when things get even freakier, according to The Kills’ blog:

Brian, the driver was not on the bus. All of our worldly possessions, and Brian’s possessions were still on the bus. His suitcase was strewn between two bunks. His jacket was still on the drivers seat. The keys to the bus were inside. All the new clothes he bought in Santa Barbara the day before he went missing, were there. Everything but his phone and wallet remained. Brian had left the generator to the bus running and it had run out of gas. It appears that he had stepped out, intending to come back to the bus, but never did.

Bizarrely, the bus should have never been at the Best Western. Brian checked out on the morning of the 25th September, before our drive to Santa Barbara. The night of the 25th we all stayed at a Westin hotel near LAX before our morning flight to Austin Texas. Friday the 26th, Brian was to begin his drive to Texas to meet us. Rumors that he got new tires put on the bus Friday the 26th, have now been confirmed untrue. Rumors that he had prior drug or criminal convictions, are also untrue.

Saturday, Andy, our lighting guy, spoke to Brian on the phone and asked him how far along he had driven. Brian responded, “I don’t know. I’m asleep. I’ll call you when I wake up”. A few hours later his phone was turned off, and never turned back on . . . .

Brian Berkenkemper is still missing. This is his photograph. He’s heavier in this photograph than he is currently. Brian doesn’t have this many chins, and he is always wearing a cotton beanie cap. Brian is 41. If you live in LA especially, please keep an eye out. Brian is from and lives in Nashville, so all of you residing in Nashville, keep your eyes open too. He’s now been missing for over two weeks.

So, all signs indicate that this driver intended to return to the tour bus and drive on as planned. Furthermore, nothing was missing from the bus, not even the driver’s belongings. What the hell?