A former police officer turned writer David Paulides was taken
aside by a National Park Ranger and told about a disturbing trend
he'd realized. This Ranger asserted that some people were going
missing in the woods under mysterious circumstances leaving only
puzzling evidence of their fate. Of course, people often go
missing in the wilderness in tragic yet explainable events but
what was troubling to these Rangers in the field was the apparent
pattern of the occurrences and the subsequent investigation
efforts. This Ranger stated that during the first seven to ten
days of a disappearance, an all-out Search and Rescue effort
ensued with plenty of press coverage. However, after the first
week of a rescue mission, it seemed to them that the media
stopped reporting, the search for the missing was called off, and
no further explanation from the authorities was provided. An
additionally alarming trend was that there seemed to be a
reluctance or inability on behalf of the National Park Service
administration to collect and provide statistics on these
disappearances to the public, either through inefficiency or
secrecy. If this is true, perhaps it could be from a concerted
effort to diminish negative publicity and undue fear about park
visitation, or maybe there is something dreadful the officials
don't want the public to know. Whatever the reason, this
conversation launched Paulides on a now decade-long quest for
answers. Initially, after over three years and 9000 hours of
investigation, utilizing his 20 years of experience with law
enforcement and the resulting connections, Paulides had gathered
enough information to compile two books. Missing 411 –
Western U.S. was released on March 1, 2012, documenting the
stories of people who have vanished in seemingly bizarre
instances in the western half of the United States. The second
book, Missing 411 – Eastern U.S., was published later that month
and contains special sections on unusual outdoor activities that
seem related and a master list of all missing persons. Currently,
ten books have been published, with more on the way, two
documentaries have been produced, and Paulides' ongoing popular
YouTube channel continues to highlight cases. In addition,
retired police officers, Search and Rescue experts, and other
professionals are dedicated to continuing researching and
investigating these cases with their CanAm Missing project. One
worrisome aspect they've found is that in many situations,
parents, relatives, and friends of the missing believe that their
loved one was kidnapped or abducted, sometimes with them nearby.
No matter the causal connections or whether you think these
disappearances are sad but commonplace, a conspiracy lurks or is
nonexistent; the fact is that these cases are real, and the
victims' stories deserve and need to be told. The question
remains, however – what is really going on out in the wilds, and
is it something sinister we should all be worried about?
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