Each year 2,400 people, on average, get lost in the wilderness in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. 90% of those that become lost are found alive, 8 % are located deceased, and the other 2% simply vanish without a trace. Our host Tanner Hoskins, co-Founder of Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search and Executive Director at Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project (PNWMPP) shares the mysterious true stories of adults and children who inexplicably disappeared while recreating in the great ...
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Vicki Atkins and Bing Olbum (August 2024 - FOUND ALIVE!)
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Send us a Text Message. This week's episode Tanner talks about two incredibly strong, separate individuals that were lost in the wilderness and found their way out. The first story is that of Vicki Atkins, 58 year old Native American from the Yakama Nation, Washington vanished August 3rd, 2024 while picking huckleberries in Gifford Pinchot National…
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Four males missing around Diablo Lake, Washington (2019-2022)
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Send us a Text Message. Alexander Pisch - 35 year old, white male, vanished in 2020 after setting up his art easel along Highway 20, near Colonial Creek Campground in close proximity to Diablo Lake, Washington. Ritchie Collins, 58 year old, white male, vanished in 2019 (possibly with several firearms in his possession) in the area of Colonial Creek…
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Three Missing People, three missing vehicles..
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Send us a Text Message. This week's episode Tanner makes a plea to fishermen in Clarkston, Washington Spokane, Washington, and Salem, Oregon to keep an eye on their fishing sonar devices for anything that may resemble a vehicle in the waterway that they're fishing. The cases covered are that of: - Robert Blane Abbott, 62 year old male from Spokane,…
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The disappearance of Stephen Litsey and Shane Sprenger
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Send us a Text Message. Stephen Litsey vanished after separating from his hunting partner near Twin Lakes, in the Umpqua National Forest on October 29th, 2011. Stephen Litsey was carrying a backpack, a rifle, wearing glasses and full camouflage clothing. The seconds case is that of Shane Sprenger. Shane vanished on November 2nd, 2021 from his home …
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The disappearances of Fern Baird and Andrew Maloney (Blaine County, Idaho)
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Send us a Text Message. Fern Baird, a 63 year old female from Park City, Utah vanished while on a day hike into the Prairie Lakes Trailhead north of Ketchum, Idaho on October 19th, 2020. Fern was wearing a grey jacket, black pants, carrying a black fanny pack. Fern stated that she was "Going to the Lake and back" on the trail log she submitted, but…
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The disappearances of Floyd Dorsey and Craig Barnett (Idaho)
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Send us a Text Message. In this gripping episode, we dive into the mysterious disappearances of two individuals in the rugged wilderness of Idaho, separated by nearly six decades yet eerily close in location. First, we unravel the case of 19-year-old Floyd Ival Dorsey, who vanished on October 21, 1961, while deer hunting in the Monument Peak area o…
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Three missing people, two go missing on the same day in Idaho County, Idaho (2018)
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Send us a Text Message. In this weeks episode Tanner discusses the team's trip into Gifford Pinchot National Forest with The Oregonian Newspaper on June 14th through June 16th of 2024. Tanner also shares the great news that Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project is officially a Public Benefit Nonprofit organization according to the State of Oreg…
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The Gail Wietrick disappearance (Mill A, Washington 2012)
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Send us a Text Message. In today's episode of Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project (PNWMPP) Tanner Hoskins, Executive Director of PNWMPP covers the amazing news of PNWMPP becoming a nonprofit entity in the State of Oregon and awaiting tax-exemption status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to become a nationally recognized 501(C)(3). We h…
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The Michael Bryson disappearance (Oregon 2020)
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Tanner talks about the mystery unfolding in Josephine County, Oregon where a backpack containing multiple days worth of camping gear was located along with a dog leash, but neither an individual nor their canine companion have been located. Tanner also discusses the strange disappearance of Michael Bryson, a…
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Joel Presler (Recovered) - Gifford Pinchot National Forest 2017
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Send us a Text Message. Joel Presler, a 37 year old male from Vancouver, Washington set out on an elk hunting trip on November 11th, 2017 in the area of Forlorn Lakes, Washington. Joel was an experienced outdoorsman and knew the Forlorn Lakes area exceptionally well. Something happened to him between November 11th, 2017 and the day his body was rec…
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The Grangeville, Idaho cluster and the David Schultz (Iowa 2023) Incident
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Send us a Text Message. Buckle up, there's a lot of information to dissect in this episode. From what our team did in the Molalla River Recreation Corridor searching for Don Parkins to reports of UAPs and UFOs seen in an area where an Iowa trucker, David Schultz, vanished in November of 2023. While we usually refrain from discussing theories in thi…
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The Chet Hanson and Joe Wood disappearance - Mt. Rainier National Park
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Send us a Text Message. Chet Hanson, 27 year old Male, missing since November 11th, 1997 Last Seen: Walking along the Deer Creek Trail inside Mount Rainier National Park. Description of clothing and gear: Shorts (unknown color) Fleece Jacket (Unknown color) Hiking Boots (unknown color) Chet also had a 35 LB bag of camera gear; including a tri-pod a…
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The Stefan Bissert Disappearance - 1992 (WA)
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Send us a Text Message. Missing Person: Stefan Bissert Date Missing: January 20th, 1992. Age: 23 years From: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Basic information; An Exchange Student from Germany studying Physics at Oregon State University Last Known Location: In close proximity to Deer Lake, inside the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Clo…
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The Kristopher "Kris" Zitzewitz Disappearance - Gifford Pinchot National Forest (2013)
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Send us a Text Message. This disappearance of Kristopher "Kris" Zitzewitz, a spelunker who disappeared while cave diving in the Big Lava Beds of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington State. More than 100 Search and Rescue personnel descended into the area, and after an extensive 10 day search, nothing of Kris's was ever found.…
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The Gilbert "Gil" Gilman disappearance - Olympic National Park
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Send us a Text Message. Gilbert “Gil” Gilman, a 47 year old Caucasian male. Height: 5 foot 7 inches Weight: 160 pounds Hair: Gray/Brown Eyes: Brown Gil was a former paratrooper and military interrogator, having served in Iraq in counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence for the United States. Gil departed for a 2.1 mile hike in the Olympic Nationa…
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The Laura Macke Disappearance - Olympic National Forest
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Send us a Text Message. Laura Macke, a 35 year old female, set out on an approximately 12.7 mile hike from the Graves Creek Campground and Trailhead to the Enchanted Valley inside the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness in the Olympic National Forest of Washington State. A torrential downpour inundated the area soon after Laura began her trek and she was ne…
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The Glen "Austin" Oldfield II Disappearance - Gifford Pinchot NF (Washington)
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Send us a Text Message. Glen "Austin" Oldfield II disappeared while on a two week camping trip inside the rugged and majestic Gifford Pinchot National Forest in September of 2015. Camping just east of Lone Butte, Austin would refuse being rescued not once, but twice, by two different groups of people who located him lost and confused in the woods. …
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Missing Persons Behavior: Toddlers (1-3 years old)
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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, Tanner takes listeners on a journey into understanding how Toddlers, ages 1-3 years old, that become lost in the wilderness behave. All of the information shared in today's podcast comes from Tanner's own Search and Rescue training accompanied with statistics from the last 50 years of Search and Rescu…
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Missing Person Behavior: Lost Hikers and Lost Hunters
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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, Tanner takes listeners on a journey into understanding how lost hikers and lost hunters behave in mountainous conditions, according to Search and Rescue training and statistics from the last 50 years. Follow along as Tanner discusses how someone can become turned around in the wilderness without meani…
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Send us a Text Message. Carroll "Don" Parkins, 78 years old at time of his disappearance, took off into the wilderness to "shed hunt" on April 22nd, 2023 and was never seen again. Don, as his friends called him, was an avid-outdoorsman, proficient hunter, and knew the area he was venturing into pretty well. Don parked his vehicle at a private prope…
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Send us a Text Message. Maureen "Anu" Kelly vanished on June 9th, 2013 while camping with some friends at the Canyon Creek Campground in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Maureen had said she wanted to go on a "Spiritual Quest" and at 5pm on June 9th, Maureen stripped completely naked, dawned a fanny pack containing a compass, matches, and a knife b…
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The Sammy Boehlke and Derrick Engebretson case (Oregon)
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Send us a Text Message. Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, is shrouded in mystery. Known by the indigenous peoples of the area as a sort of no-man's land, where large bipedal "devils" and "stick Indians" roamed and kidnapped people. Often times hurling them into the crater filled with water below. This weeks episode will cover two ca…
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The Jeromy Childress disappearance (Oregon)
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Send us a Text Message. Jeromy Childress vanished into the thick vegetation of the Tillamook State Forest on October 16th, 2004 and has never been seen or heard from since. Jeromy was a loving husband to a beautiful wife named Kristen, and two children a three year old daughter and an 8 month old son. Jeromy was an avid-outdoorsman and knew this pa…
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Send us a Text Message. On October 14th, 2016 Shawn Higgins, his son Trevor, and Trevor's uncle Will were hunting in the Siskiyou National Forest in SW Oregon when Shawn vanished. Shawn knew this section of the forest like the back of his hand. He had been in the area many times as a teenager skipping school to hunt turkeys. Searchers spent 11 days…
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