This week’s Emmerdale opens with a shock that makes everyone’s heart stop: Bear Wolf disappears in the middle of the night, leaving no message except a melancholy note: “I can’t go on anymore.”

The house where he lives with Paddy Dingle is quiet, the furniture is in disarray, the back door is wide open — all evoking the feeling of a disappearance rather than a normal runaway.

Paddy panics as soon as he discovers Bear is no longer in the house.

He runs to find Chas Dingle, who initially thinks Bear “just went somewhere to cool off.”

But when the police arrive, things get really serious.

On Bear’s phone, there is an unsent message: “Don’t look for me. I have to leave before it’s too late.” It’s chilling!

The whole Emmerdale village is immediately plunged into chaos. Mandy Dingle leads the search party, Marlon Dingle calls the entire area, and Paddy is like a lost soul, constantly blaming himself: “I shouldn’t have argued with him last night.” According to some inside sources, before disappearing, Bear and Paddy had a fierce argument about the Dingle family and the feeling of being “left out”.

What makes the audience even more chilling is the prediction from a supporting character – Cain Dingle: “If Bear leaves, it means someone forced him to disappear.” The statement opens up a whole world of questions: is Bear being followed by someone, or is he hiding from a secret too big to reveal?

Spoilers reveal that Bear will “reappear in a completely different state”, looking exhausted and changed to the point that no one recognizes him. Has he been manipulated by someone, or witnessed something terrible?