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Each year 1,100 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 and Lead Investigator with Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search, shares the mysterious true stories of children and adults who inexplicably disappeared while recreating in the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest. Tanner will also ...
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The Chet Hanson and Joe Wood disappearance - Mt. Rainier National Park
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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 and multiple lenses Joe W…
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The Stefan Bissert Disappearance - 1992 (WA)
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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, Clothing Description: Light…
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The Kristopher "Kris" Zitzewitz Disappearance - Gifford Pinchot National Forest (2013)
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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. If you or someone you k…
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The Gilbert "Gil" Gilman disappearance - Olympic National Park
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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 National Park of Washington Sta…
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The Laura Macke Disappearance - Olympic National Forest
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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 never seen or heard from a…
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The Glen "Austin" Oldfield II Disappearance - Gifford Pinchot NF (Washington)
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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. What exactly happened to…
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Missing Persons Behavior: Toddlers (1-3 years old)
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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 Rescue efforts around the wor…
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Missing Person Behavior: Lost Hikers and Lost Hunters
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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 meaning to and at times, with…
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James "Jake" Dutton, 5'10" tall, 180lb, 31 year old former Coast Guardsman parked his 1998 Nissan pickup truck near the Cougar Reservoir on June 15th, 2012 and headed up the French Pete Trail towards the Three Sisters Wilderness in the Oregon Cascade Mountain Range. Jake was never seen or heard from again. There is unfortunately no clothing descrip…
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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 property land entered private…
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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 before crossing over Cany…
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The Sammy Boehlke and Derrick Engebretson case (Oregon)
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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 cases that occurred less t…
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The Jeromy Childress disappearance (Oregon)
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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 particular section of the …
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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 looking for Shawn witho…
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