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<v Speaker 1>Hello, friends, Welcome to our latest episode. This time we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be talking about Yellowstone National parks most disturbing disappearances.

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<v Speaker 1>Join me. Let's take a walk and say now. For

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<v Speaker 1>millions of visitors every year, Yellowstone National Park is a

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<v Speaker 1>place of beauty, towering mountains, endless forest, boiling geysers, wildlife

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<v Speaker 1>roaming freely across one of the last truly wild landscapes

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<v Speaker 1>in America. But beneath that beauty, Yellowstone hides something darker,

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<v Speaker 1>because for decades now, people have entered diswilderness and simply

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<v Speaker 1>never come back. Some of these disappearances likely have tragic explanations. Others, though,

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<v Speaker 1>remain deeply unsadily now. Some victims were experienced outdoorsmen who

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<v Speaker 1>knew survival better than most people know their own hometowns.

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<v Speaker 1>Others vanished under circumstances so bizarre this investigators still can't

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<v Speaker 1>explain what happened. In some cases, only a single shoe

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<v Speaker 1>or an abandoned vehicle or a deserted campsite was all

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<v Speaker 1>that was ever found. In this episode, we're diving into

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<v Speaker 1>some of the strangest and most unsettling disappearances connected to

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone National Park and the deeper you go into these cases,

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<v Speaker 1>the more Yellowstone begins to feel less like a park

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<v Speaker 1>and more like a place where people are swallowed whole.

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<v Speaker 1>First up Larry Marvin Morris. In April nineteen seventy four,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four year old Larry Marvin Morris was finishing temporary

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<v Speaker 1>work as a seismograph operator in Riverton, Wyoming. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>Larry planned to drive home after making a short stop

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<v Speaker 1>a Yellowstone National Park, but he never made it back home.

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<v Speaker 1>Larry was last seen on April twenty sixth, nineteen seventy four,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving Riverton in a green nineteen sixty six pick up truck.

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<v Speaker 1>Friends and co workers expecting him back in Oklahoma within days,

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<v Speaker 1>but when he failed to report to work the following Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>concern quickly turned into panning. Investigator searched Larry's apartment and

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<v Speaker 1>discovered something unsettling. There were no signs that he had

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<v Speaker 1>ever returned home, no evidence of packing, no signs of

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<v Speaker 1>a struggle, no clues at all. But then the case

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<v Speaker 1>took a terrifying turn. Less than two weeks later, police

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<v Speaker 1>and Idaho arrested two men attempting to rob a country

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<v Speaker 1>sto work. One of them identified himself as Larry Morris,

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<v Speaker 1>but he wasn't Larry Morris. The suspects were later identified

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<v Speaker 1>as James Franklin Javis and Jack Raymond Lincoln, both convicted

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<v Speaker 1>criminals with violent histories. Lincoln had actually escaped to Colorado

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<v Speaker 1>prison just two days before Larry vanished, and when investigators

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<v Speaker 1>searched the men's vehicles, they found Larry's credit cards, and

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<v Speaker 1>identification authorities soon uncovered the trail stretching your cross multiple states.

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<v Speaker 1>Witnesses reported the two men using Larry's credit cards in Wyoming, Nevada, California,

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<v Speaker 1>and Idaho, while signing receipts with Larry's name. But then

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<v Speaker 1>it gets even worse. Larry's truck was eventually discovered abandoned

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<v Speaker 1>at a repair shop in California. Lincoln's fingerprints were reportedly

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<v Speaker 1>found inside the vehicle and on the stolen credit card seats.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet despite all that, no one was ever charged with

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<v Speaker 1>Larry Morris's murder. For of Detective Ed Mcoslin, who spent

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<v Speaker 1>decades working the case, became convinced Larry had encountered the

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<v Speaker 1>two men shortly after leaving Riverton, possibly picking them up

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<v Speaker 1>while they hitchhiked along the highway. At that time, that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing was common, especially in rural Wyoming during

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen seventies. Now Mccaustlin believed Larry was likely murdered

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere between Riverton and dub Wyoming. Heavy snowstorms had blanked

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<v Speaker 1>to the region, meaning the killers probably wouldn't have needed

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<v Speaker 1>to move far off the highway to hide the body

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<v Speaker 1>forever and forever maybe exactly what happened, because more than

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years later, Larry Morris has never been found. Next

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<v Speaker 1>up case of Daniel Lynn Campbell. Now, all disappearances feel tragic,

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<v Speaker 1>but others just feel wrong. Daniel Lynn Campbell's case falls

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<v Speaker 1>firmly into the second category. Dan was an experienceial outdoorsman

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<v Speaker 1>from Big Timber, Montana. He knew the Yellstone Wilderness well

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<v Speaker 1>and often spent days hiking through remote backcountry terrain with

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<v Speaker 1>his dog Freckles. Then, on April sixth, nineteen ninety one,

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<v Speaker 1>Dan was dropped off near the hell Roaring Creek trailhead

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<v Speaker 1>inside Yeostone National Park. His plan, it seems straightforward. He

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<v Speaker 1>intended to hike north towards Jardine, Montana, while recovering a

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<v Speaker 1>cash of hidden elk antlers he had illegally collected earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>The antlers they could be sold for thousands of dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>and Dan reportedly needed money badly. But Dad never arrived

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<v Speaker 1>at his pickup point, and neither did Freckles. Search teams

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<v Speaker 1>launched in operation days later, but Yellstone was suddenly hit

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<v Speaker 1>by severe late season snowstorms. Avalanche conditions developed across parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the park, making searches incredibly dangers. Still, something about

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<v Speaker 1>the case immediately stood out. Searchers found absolutely no trace

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<v Speaker 1>of Dan or his dog, no backpack, no clothing, not

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<v Speaker 1>a single footprint, nothing. Eventually, after the snow melted, investigators

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<v Speaker 1>located Dan's abandoned campsite near Specimen Creek on the slopes

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<v Speaker 1>of Hell Roaring Mountain. The camp looked eerily untouched. Food

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<v Speaker 1>remained scattered around the site. Supplies were still there. The

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<v Speaker 1>fire pit contained bird cans and evidence that Danny cooked

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<v Speaker 1>the meal before vanishing. It looked as though he had

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<v Speaker 1>simply walked away from the camp and disappeared into thin air,

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<v Speaker 1>but there were troubling surrounding Dan's disappearance. Almost immediately, family

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<v Speaker 1>members learned that multiple antler hunters had been operating in

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<v Speaker 1>the same area around the time Dan vanished. Some witnesses

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly heard gunshots echoing through the mountains. Others claimed Dan

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<v Speaker 1>had been associating with dangerous individuals connecting to the illegal

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<v Speaker 1>antler trade, a black market industry so lucrative that park

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<v Speaker 1>officials once compared it to drug trafficking. Dan's brothers became

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<v Speaker 1>convinced that he had been murdered, and over time they

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<v Speaker 1>grew furious with law enforcement. According to his family, investigators

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<v Speaker 1>ignored possible suspects, released armed antler hunters without properly questioning them,

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<v Speaker 1>and repeatedly pushed the theory that Dan had voluntarily disappeared,

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<v Speaker 1>despite evidence suggesting otherwise. At one point, the family even

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<v Speaker 1>sued the Sheriff's department, alleging incompetence and claiming critical evidence

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<v Speaker 1>had been lost or mishandled. Then came another disturbing detail.

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<v Speaker 1>In documents later obtained through AFOIA Breed of Information request,

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<v Speaker 1>investigators revealed that new evidence serviced in twenty sixteen evidence

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<v Speaker 1>serious enough to reignite investigative activity, but the details were

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<v Speaker 1>almost entirely redacted. To this day, nobody knows exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>investigators discovered, and perhaps the strangest part of all, not

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<v Speaker 1>even Freckles ever came back out of Yellowstone. Now many

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<v Speaker 1>believe Dan and his dog may have been murdered somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>near Hell Roaring Mountain, but more than three decades later,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody truly knows what happened out there next up Kim Crumbo.

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<v Speaker 1>By twenty twenty one, Kim Crumbo was practically considered a

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<v Speaker 1>legend in the outdoor world. A former Navy seal who

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<v Speaker 1>served two tours in Vietnam, Kim later worked as a

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<v Speaker 1>river ranger and wilderness coordinator at Grand Canyon National Park.

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<v Speaker 1>Frinds described him as obsensibly prepared, highly skilled, and the

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<v Speaker 1>most experienced outdoorsmen they had ever known, which makes what

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<v Speaker 1>happened next so difficult to explain. In September of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, Kim and his half brother Mark O'Neill entered

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone for a four night canoe trip near Shoshonee Lake,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the largest remote backcountry lakes in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>But when the pair failed to return, family members reported

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<v Speaker 1>them missing. Search teams soon located their abandoned campsite. Then

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<v Speaker 1>they found their canoe, A paddle a life vest and

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<v Speaker 1>eventually Mark O'Neill's body along the shoreline after what investigators

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<v Speaker 1>believe was a cold water accident. But Kim Crumbo was

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<v Speaker 1>nowhere to be found, and that shocked everyone who knew him.

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<v Speaker 1>For instances, Kim was the kind of person who planned

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<v Speaker 1>for every possible contingency. Some openly stated that they believed

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<v Speaker 1>if anyone could survive tho Stone alone, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>Kim Crumbo. But the conditions on Shoshonee Lake are brutal.

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<v Speaker 1>Water temperatures, however around forty eight degrees fahrenheit, strong winds

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<v Speaker 1>Survival time after immersion is often estimated less than thirty minutes. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>no body was ever recovered. Despite massive searches involving helicopters,

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<v Speaker 1>shoreline crews, and water operations, Kim Crumbo vanished completely, and

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<v Speaker 1>considering his level of experience, many people continue to struggle

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<v Speaker 1>with the official explanation. Next up, we have the strange

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<v Speaker 1>case of ill hun Row. Now, most Yellstone disappearances involve forests, rivers, cliffs,

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<v Speaker 1>or storms, but ill hun Rose case involved something far,

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<v Speaker 1>far worse, a thermal pool. In August of twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone employees made a horrifying discovery at Abyss Pool, on

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<v Speaker 1>the park's deepest and hottest geothermal springs. Floating in the

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<v Speaker 1>water was a shoe with a strange thing. The shoe

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<v Speaker 1>contained a human foot. DNA later identified the remains as

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<v Speaker 1>belonging to seventy year old Ill Hun Row, a California

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<v Speaker 1>resident visiting Yellowstone alone. Investigators soon learned that Rowe had

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<v Speaker 1>likely vanished weeks earlier. His banded vehicle remained part near

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<v Speaker 1>the West Thumb geyser basin. Inside were maps, personal belongings, notebooks, poems, cash,

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<v Speaker 1>and travel materials, but no sign of Row himself. Authorities

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<v Speaker 1>eventually concluded that he likely fell into the thermal spring

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<v Speaker 1>sometime around July thirty first, and what happened afterward is

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<v Speaker 1>almost too horrifying to imagine. Abyss Pool reaches temperatures above

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and forty degrees fahrenheit and extends more than

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<v Speaker 1>fifty feet deep. Investigators believe the extreme heat and the

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<v Speaker 1>cidic conditions severely destroyed much of the remains, but no

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<v Speaker 1>witnesses ever came forward, no note was ever discovered, no

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<v Speaker 1>evidence of foul play was found, just a single shoe

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<v Speaker 1>that still contained part of human foot. It's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most disturbing mysteries Yelstone has ever seen. And then

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<v Speaker 1>there's Stuart Isaac. In September of twenty ten, forty eight

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<v Speaker 1>year old Stuart Isaac abruptly left his home in Maryland

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<v Speaker 1>after writing a note telling family members he was going

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<v Speaker 1>on a cross country trip. Days later, he arrived at

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<v Speaker 1>Yelstone National Park. Then he simply disappeared. Now what makes

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<v Speaker 1>Stuart's case so strange is that he wasn't known for

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<v Speaker 1>hiking or wilderness survival. Friends described him as someone with

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<v Speaker 1>very little outdoor experience. Yet investigators later found his abandoned

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<v Speaker 1>les this part near Craig Pass, a remote stretch of

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<v Speaker 1>road between Old Faithful and West Thumb. The car was unlocked,

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<v Speaker 1>the keys were still inside, and there were no hiking

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<v Speaker 1>trails nearby. But even stranger. Just two days earlier, Seward

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<v Speaker 1>old high school friend in Guam. The conversation reportedly lasted

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<v Speaker 1>two hours. No one knows what they discussed. When park

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<v Speaker 1>rangers discovered the vehicle on September twenty sixth, extensive land

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<v Speaker 1>and air searches began immediately, but nothing was found. No footprints,

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<v Speaker 1>no supplies, no evidence Stuart had even walked into the wilderness,

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<v Speaker 1>and that leaves investigators with a haunting question. Why would

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<v Speaker 1>a man with little wilderness experience suddenly drive across the

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<v Speaker 1>country alone, abandoned his vehicle in a remote part of

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone and vanish forever So Yellowstone National Park covers more

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<v Speaker 1>than two million acres of mountains, forests, rivers, canyons, caves,

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<v Speaker 1>geothermal fields, and isolated wilderness. It's beautiful, but it's also unforgiving.

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<v Speaker 1>Every year people underestimate the park's dangers freezing water, hidden

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<v Speaker 1>thermal pools, wildlife cliffs, storms, and terrains so vast that

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<v Speaker 1>someone can disappear only a few hundred feet off the

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<v Speaker 1>trail and never be seen again. But again, some of

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<v Speaker 1>these cases feel different. A vanished outdoorsman and his dog,

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<v Speaker 1>a suspected murder hidden beneath the snow covered mountains, an

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<v Speaker 1>abandoned car with the keys still inside, a legendary survival

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<v Speaker 1>expert who disappeared without a trace, and a human foot

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<v Speaker 1>floating in a boiling spring. Somewhere out there, Yellowstone is

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<v Speaker 1>still keeping secrets and for the families left behind those

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<v Speaker 1>secrets never stop hurting. Well, friends, there you have it.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think of these cases from Yellowstone National Park?

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<v Speaker 1>As always, I look forward to your comments, but please

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<v Speaker 1>keep it friendly and respectful. In the meantime, be good

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<v Speaker 1>to yourselves, send each other. I'm Steve Stockton and I'll

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<v Speaker 1>see you a little further on down the trail. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and please tell your animals, Steve says, Hi