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<v Speaker 1>Hello, friends, Welcome in, Steve Stockton here with you. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to our latest video. This time we're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>talking about three disturbing new disappearances in America's national parks.

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<v Speaker 1>Join me, let's take a walk and see now. There

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<v Speaker 1>are certain names that have become almost synonymous with disappearances

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<v Speaker 1>in America's national parks. People who vanished decades ago, Hikers

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<v Speaker 1>who walked around a bend in a trail and seemingly

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<v Speaker 1>disappeared forever, Cars discovered at isolated trailheads, backpacks abound miles

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<v Speaker 1>from where someone was last seen. But while many of

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<v Speaker 1>those older cases have been examined again and again, people

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<v Speaker 1>are still disappearing in America's wild places today, and sadly,

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<v Speaker 1>some of these newer cases have received surprisingly little attention.

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<v Speaker 1>In this video, we're looking at three relatively recent disappearances

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<v Speaker 1>connected to lands management the national parks. Eers One involves

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<v Speaker 1>a young woman whose rental vehicle was discovered at a

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<v Speaker 1>trail deep inside Olympic National Park. Another involves a man

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<v Speaker 1>whose truck became stranded on a remote North Carolina beach

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<v Speaker 1>while a kayak that had been inside the truck my

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<v Speaker 1>seriously disappeared and The final case begins with the Tesla

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<v Speaker 1>cyber truck sitting alone at one of the Grand Canyon's overlooks.

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<v Speaker 2>Its owner was nowhere to be found. Now these are.

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<v Speaker 1>Three lesser known recent disappearances from America's national parks and

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<v Speaker 1>public lands. And as always, someone out there, somebody watching,

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<v Speaker 1>may know something. Any tip, no matter how insignificant, could

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<v Speaker 1>be the one that salves one of these cases.

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<v Speaker 2>If you see something, say something.

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<v Speaker 1>Case one Angel Alicia Boulia from Olympic National Park in

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<v Speaker 1>November of twenty twenty five. Twenty six year old Alicia Boulia,

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<v Speaker 1>known as Angel, travel thousands of miles from Saint Louis, Missouri,

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<v Speaker 1>to Washington State. Now, exactly what happened after she arrived

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<v Speaker 1>in the Pacific Northwest remains unclear, but investigators were eventually

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<v Speaker 1>able to establish several points in her timeline. Angel was

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<v Speaker 1>seen shopping in Port Angeles, Washington, on November seventeenth, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five. She was last heard from the following day,

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<v Speaker 1>November eighteenth, and then absolutely nothing. Nine days passed before

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<v Speaker 1>she was officially reported missing on November twenty seven. Three

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<v Speaker 1>days later, investigators discovered something troubling. Angel had rented a

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<v Speaker 1>black twenty twenty five Ford broncosport. On November thirty, that

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle was discovered sitting at the Salduk trailhead inside Olympic

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<v Speaker 1>National Park. Angel wasn't with it, and there was apparently

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<v Speaker 1>no immediate explanation for where she had gone.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Olympic National Park is one of the wildest landscapes in

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<v Speaker 1>the continental United States. Nearly a million acres of mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>temperate rainforest, river valleys, and rugged wilderness stretch across Washington's

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<v Speaker 1>Olympic Mensla and the Sawduk area where Angel's vehicle was

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<v Speaker 1>discovered can become especially unforgiving during late fall and winter,

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<v Speaker 1>so search teams moved in quickly. Crews searched on foot,

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<v Speaker 1>dogs were brought in, drone searched from above, and technical

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<v Speaker 1>rescue teams searched areas requiring ropes. Teams even conducted snorkel

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<v Speaker 1>searches of waterways and examined the Salduk River corridor, but

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<v Speaker 1>the environment bought them almost every step of the way.

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<v Speaker 1>High winds searching at least twenty five miles per hour

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<v Speaker 1>created dangerous conditions from falling trees for six days. These

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<v Speaker 1>conditions prevented search operations in some areas. Meanwhile, elevated water

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<v Speaker 1>levels made searching the Salduk River increasingly hazardous. Yet even

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<v Speaker 1>after an enormous multi agency operation, no sign of Angel

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<v Speaker 1>was located. Searchers eventually covered the trails and areas in

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<v Speaker 1>the Saalduk Valley believed to have been connected to her disappearance.

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<v Speaker 1>By December seventeen, the operation moved into what the National

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<v Speaker 1>the Dark Service calls a clue responsive limited continuous phase.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, teams would no longer continuously search the wilderness,

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<v Speaker 1>but if new evidence appeared, investigators were prepared to return,

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<v Speaker 1>and that leaves several important questions. Friends why did Angel

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<v Speaker 1>travel to Olympic National Park? Was she planning to hike?

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<v Speaker 1>Did she leave the vehicle voluntarily? If she entered the wilderness,

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<v Speaker 1>what equipment did she have with her? And, perhaps most importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>what happened during the nearly two week period between the

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<v Speaker 1>last known contact with Angel and the discovery of her

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<v Speaker 1>rental vehicle. Now the National Park Service stated that the

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<v Speaker 1>investigation remained active and its page was still updated as

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<v Speaker 1>recently as February ninth, twenty twenty six. For now, Angel's

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<v Speaker 1>rental Bronco remains one of the most important pieces of

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<v Speaker 1>evidence in the case.

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<v Speaker 2>A vehicle left.

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<v Speaker 1>At a trailhead, a massive wilderness surrounding it, and a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six year old woman who seemingly vanished. That brings

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<v Speaker 1>us to case two. Christopher Lee Palmer, Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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<v Speaker 1>Now our second disappearance happened less than two months later,

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<v Speaker 1>and this one contains a detail that makes the story

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<v Speaker 1>especially unusual, a missing kayak. Christopher Lee Palmer was thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine years old and living in Arkansas. On January nine,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six, Palmer had his final known contact with

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<v Speaker 1>family members, but investigators later determined that by that same afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>Palmer's read twenty seventeen forur F two fifty was already

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<v Speaker 1>more than one thousand miles away in Dare County, North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Traffic cameras captured the truck and sitting in the back

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<v Speaker 1>with something investigators would later realize was extremely important.

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<v Speaker 2>A blue and white kayak.

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<v Speaker 1>The following evening, January ten, Palmer's cell phoned registered in

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<v Speaker 1>the vicinity of Avon, North Carolina. Then on January eleven,

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<v Speaker 1>the phone registered near Cape Point in Buxton. That place

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<v Speaker 1>is Palmer somewhere along North Carolina's outer banks, close to

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<v Speaker 1>Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and then investigators discovered this truck.

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<v Speaker 1>National Park Service law enforcement rangers found Palmer's foured F

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<v Speaker 1>two fifty on January twelve. The truck was stuck on

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<v Speaker 1>the beach at Cape Patteris National Seashore. Visitors later told

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<v Speaker 1>investigators that the truck had apparently been stuck there the

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<v Speaker 1>previous day, but Palmer wasn't there, and now there was

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<v Speaker 1>the kayak. The blue and white kayak, clearly visible in

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<v Speaker 1>traffic camera footage from January nine, had disappeared. As of

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<v Speaker 1>the National Park Service January twenty two update, investigators said

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<v Speaker 1>the kayak had not been found. That raises an obvious possibility.

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<v Speaker 1>Did Palmer take the kayak into the water?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Cape Patteras sits along a narrow chain of Barrier islands

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<v Speaker 1>where the Atlantic Ocean meets enormous stretches of sounds, inlets

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<v Speaker 1>and shifting sand. Conditions can change very quickly, and Falmer

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<v Speaker 1>launched the kayak somewhere around Cape Point or the surrounding shoreline,

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<v Speaker 1>Investigators would suddenly be dealing with a search area far

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<v Speaker 1>larger than the beach where his truck was discovered. But

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<v Speaker 1>there's another important piece of this case. Palmer may not

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<v Speaker 1>have been alone. Oh No authorities believed he was traveling

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<v Speaker 1>with his German shepherd. The National Park Service specifically included

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<v Speaker 1>the dog when asking the public for assistance locating him.

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<v Speaker 1>So now there are potentially two missing subjects, Balmber and

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<v Speaker 1>his dog, and one missing piece of equipment, the kayak. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>all this creates several possibilities. Palmer could have launched the

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<v Speaker 1>kayak intentionally, The kayak could have been removed by someone else,

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<v Speaker 1>It could have drifted away, or Palmer's disappearance could have

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<v Speaker 1>begun before anyone realized his truck had become stranded. But

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<v Speaker 1>the timeline gives investigators at least a few anchors. January nine,

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<v Speaker 1>Palmer's truck was captured in Darek County with the kayak

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<v Speaker 1>inside on camera. January ten, his cell phoned ping near

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<v Speaker 1>Avon January eleven, his cell phone ping near Cape Point.

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<v Speaker 1>Also on January eleven, witnesses apparently saw his truck stuck

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<v Speaker 1>on the beach. January twelfth, park rangers officially located the

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<v Speaker 1>abandoned truck, and January sixteen, authorities in Arkansas formerly declared

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<v Speaker 1>Palmer missing. Then comes the heavy silence. The National Park

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<v Speaker 1>Service ask anyone who had been around Cape Point on

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<v Speaker 1>the evening of January eleven, especially boaters or people who

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<v Speaker 1>may have observed Palmer, to contact investigators because someone might

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<v Speaker 1>have seen the detail that explains everything. A man walking

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<v Speaker 1>away from a truck, a German shepherd on the beach,

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<v Speaker 1>someone caring or dragging a kayak or perhaps a small

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<v Speaker 1>kayak heading away from shore. But for now, Christopher Lee

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<v Speaker 1>Palmer's disappearance leaves behind an unusual collection of clues. A

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<v Speaker 1>stranded truck, cell phone, pain, a missing dog, and a

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<v Speaker 1>chyac that was clearly present when Palmer arrived, but gone

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<v Speaker 1>when authorities found his vehicle, and that friends brings us

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<v Speaker 1>to Case three. Thomas Daniel Gibbs and Grand Canyon National Park,

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<v Speaker 1>now our final case Texas to one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous and spectacular wilderness environments in.

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<v Speaker 2>America, the Grand Canyon.

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<v Speaker 1>On July twenty second, twenty twenty five, thirty five year

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<v Speaker 1>old Thomas Daniel Gibbs, a freehold, New Jersey, was still

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<v Speaker 1>communicating with family or friends, and approximately noon that day

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<v Speaker 1>the communications stopped. Six days passed. On July twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>Gibbs was finally reported missing. That same day, authorities found

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<v Speaker 1>his vehicle. Now this wasn't an ordinary vehicle, Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a Tesla cyber truck and it was sitting

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<v Speaker 1>in the parking lot at Grandview Point on the south

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<v Speaker 1>rim of Grand Canyon National Park. But Thomas Gibbs was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Investigators leaved Gibbs may have entered the area around the

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<v Speaker 1>Grand View Trail and Horseshoe Mesa on July twenty second,

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<v Speaker 1>the same day he was last heard from, and anyone

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with the Grand Canyon understands why that matters. Standing

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<v Speaker 1>at the rim can create an illusion. From above, Trails

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<v Speaker 1>appear almost manageable, Distances look shorter, the Colorado River seems reachable.

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<v Speaker 1>But once someone begins descending, the scale of the canyon

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<v Speaker 1>changes dramatically. Temperatures climb, elevation changes rapidly, cell coverage becomes

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<v Speaker 1>unreliable or even nonexistent, and returning to the rim requires

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<v Speaker 1>climbing thousands of feet back out. Now, the Grand View

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<v Speaker 1>Trail itself descends into an enormous landscape filled with cliffs,

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<v Speaker 1>side canyons, exposed terrain, and countless places where someone could

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<v Speaker 1>disappear from View. The National Park Service to ask anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who had been on Grand View Trail around July twenty

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<v Speaker 1>second and might have seen Gibbs to police contact investigators.

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<v Speaker 1>But something about this case stands out, friends, There was

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<v Speaker 1>nearly a week between Gibbs's last known communication and the

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<v Speaker 1>discovery of his vehicle. That, friends, is an enormous amount. Well, friends,

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<v Speaker 1>there you have it. What do you think of these

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<v Speaker 1>three unsolved disappearances? As always, I look forward to your

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<v Speaker 1>comments in the chat below, and if you have any

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<v Speaker 1>information regarding any of these cases, the numbers will be

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<v Speaker 1>posted on the screen. As always, thank you for watching.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay safe out there. I'll see you a little further

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<v Speaker 1>on down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton. I'll talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you next time, and please tell your animals I said hi.