Speaker 1: Hello friends. In this video, we bring you volume eleven
Speaker 1: of our ten Unsolved National Park disappearances. It's one of
Speaker 1: our most popular series, so sit back, relax, and have
Speaker 1: a listen. Dwayne Miles. On October nineteenth, twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: seventy eight year old Dwayne Miles told friends he was
Speaker 1: planning on going on a day hike and would be
Speaker 1: hiking off trail south of the Graves Creek Campground and
Speaker 1: exit near Graves Creek Corral in Olympic National Park. He
Speaker 1: was reported as overdue when he failed to show back
Speaker 1: up the next day. He was last seen on October
Speaker 1: nineteenth at the Graves Creek trailhead wearing black rain pants
Speaker 1: and a camouflage jacket. He was known to carry a
Speaker 1: dark colored backpack. Dwayne's wife eight nine inches tall, weighs
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five pounds, and has blue eyes.
Speaker 1: He is described as a fits and very skilled hiker
Speaker 1: who often travels alone off trail looking for shed el candlers.
Speaker 1: His vehicle was found parked at the Graves Creek Campground
Speaker 1: and the search is focused in that area. His friends
Speaker 1: were conducting their own searches while dog teams and foot
Speaker 1: searchers conducted extensive searches as well. Nobody came across a
Speaker 1: single clue as to Dwayne's whereabouts. The search on the
Speaker 1: twentieth included National Park Service staff as well as search
Speaker 1: and rescue teams from Olympic Mountain Rescue, Everett Mountain Rescue,
Speaker 1: and Olympic Correction Center trackers. Another search began late on Saturday,
Speaker 1: the twenty second, with a quick look around the area
Speaker 1: near his car. Sunday's windy, rainy weather curtail search efforts,
Speaker 1: but on Monday the search intensified, but again to no avail.
Speaker 1: Anyone who has visited the Graves Creek area since October nineteenth,
Speaker 1: or who has any information regarding Dwayne Miles whareabouts It's
Speaker 1: as to police call eight day eighth sixty five three
Speaker 1: zero zero zero nine. Kim Crumbough and Mark O'Neill Mark
Speaker 1: O'Neill sixty seven of Chimacum, Washington and Kim Crumboll seventy
Speaker 1: four of Ogden, Utah, both retired from the National Park Service,
Speaker 1: were reported missing by a family member on September nineteenth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, after they felt return from their four
Speaker 1: ninth backcountry trip on Sunday, September nineteen, park crews located
Speaker 1: a vacant campsite with gear on the south side of
Speaker 1: Shoshonee Lake, as well as a canoe paddle, personal flotation devices,
Speaker 1: and other personal belongings on the east shore of the lake.
Speaker 1: The National Park Service said, despite Mark's body being found
Speaker 1: the next day and after an autopsy concluded he had
Speaker 1: died of hypothermia, Kim's wharebouts are still unknown. Yellowstone National
Speaker 1: Park officials have confirmed that the search for Kim is
Speaker 1: now being called a recovery mission, as the authorities say
Speaker 1: they are looking for remains at this point. Kim Crumbo,
Speaker 1: a former Navy seal, spent two decades working as a
Speaker 1: river ranger, park ranger, and wilderness coordinator in Grand Canyon
Speaker 1: National Park. He was a member of the Potawatomi Tribe
Speaker 1: and a board member of the Rewilding Institute, a conservation program.
Speaker 1: He was also a frequent contributor to the Salt Lake Tribune,
Speaker 1: which reported he was known for writing letters to the
Speaker 1: editor about protecting wolves, wild horses, and the environment. The
Speaker 1: Park Service said the average year round temperature at the
Speaker 1: lake is about forty eight degrees fahrenheit and survival time
Speaker 1: is estimated to be only twenty to thirty minutes in
Speaker 1: water at that temperature. Recovery efforts for Kim Crumbo included
Speaker 1: boat crews and foot searches. Sonar equipment, dog teams, and
Speaker 1: helicopter crews also joined the effort, but no trace of
Speaker 1: Kim has been found. If you have information that could
Speaker 1: help investigators piece together a timeline of events, or if
Speaker 1: you were in the Shoshonee Lake area between sept twelfth
Speaker 1: through the nineteenth, twenty twenty one, please contact the National
Speaker 1: Park Service at three oh seven three four four two
Speaker 1: four two eight. Joel Thomasin thirty one year old Joel
Speaker 1: Thomason went on a solo hike in Yosemite National Park,
Speaker 1: telling friends of his plans to hike from hetch Hetchee
Speaker 1: to then fish in Lake Eleanor, and then returned to
Speaker 1: hetch Hetchee. He began on the sixth of September twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one and was due back on the ninth. Joel
Speaker 1: is described as a white male, standing five feet ten
Speaker 1: inches tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair worn buzz short.
Speaker 1: Ark officials noted that he may have decided to stay
Speaker 1: out longer and extend his trip to Cherry Lake to
Speaker 1: the north or east as far as the Grand Canyon
Speaker 1: of the two Alumnie River. Park officials are asking all
Speaker 1: wilderness travels north of Tioga Road and between Cherry Lake
Speaker 1: and two Alumni Meadows to report possible sightings of him
Speaker 1: or any unattended or possibly abandoned equipment. They added that
Speaker 1: he was likely carrying the kayak packed in a large
Speaker 1: red fouchs attached to the exterior of his backpack. His
Speaker 1: family provided this list of additional equipment he may have
Speaker 1: had with him, which includes a floppy booney hat, a
Speaker 1: dark blue or gray hammock, large yellowish tan caddy pack,
Speaker 1: US Army steel cup dated nineteen eighteen, camelback type, red
Speaker 1: and black daypack, a black and yellow collapsible sink, a
Speaker 1: bright red inflatable kayak, a small collapsible stove and a
Speaker 1: black bag, a kayak paddle, a petsil Zipka headlamp, a
Speaker 1: yellow bear can, a garment tactics Delta solar GPS watch,
Speaker 1: a bright green mummy style sleeping bag, and a fishing
Speaker 1: pole with other fishing gear. Who's wearing tan or blue
Speaker 1: zip off pants. Park officials ask if any of these
Speaker 1: items are found, please leave them in place, note the
Speaker 1: location using coordinates if possible, take photos and email the
Speaker 1: information to Yosemite dot Search dot Rescue at gmail dot com,
Speaker 1: or you can call them at two zero nine two
Speaker 1: three eight seven zero four six, or you can call
Speaker 1: her text the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch tip
Speaker 1: Line at eight eight eight sixty five three zero zero
Speaker 1: zero nine. If anyone saw someone fitting that description during
Speaker 1: these times, they're encouraged to call Yosemite Search and Rescue
Speaker 1: at two zero nine two three eight seven zero four six.
Speaker 1: Richard Judd. As of July twenty second, twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: seventy two year old Richard Judd was a third person
Speaker 1: that month who have been reported missing in Yosemite National Park.
Speaker 1: Richard and a still unidentified hiking partner or camp near
Speaker 1: Lower Merced Pass Lake when they went on a day
Speaker 1: hike towards Lower Ottawa Lake and Red Peak Pass on Sunday.
Speaker 1: According to the National Park Service and the Madera County
Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office, they got separated from each other somewhere between
Speaker 1: Lower Merced Pass Lake and Lower Ottawa. Richard Judd's hometown
Speaker 1: has also not been made public by authorities at this time.
Speaker 1: Lower Merced Pass Lake is about fifteen miles from Happy Isle,
Speaker 1: the trailhead where people can start the Mist Trail and
Speaker 1: hike to the Half Dome cables. The hike from Lower
Speaker 1: Merced Pass Lake to Red Peak Pass is about three
Speaker 1: and a half miles. A vehicle belonging to Judd or
Speaker 1: his hiking partner was parked at the Quartz Mountain trailhead
Speaker 1: in the Sierra National Forest and outside Yosemite National Park,
Speaker 1: about twenty three miles south of Lower Merced Pass Lake.
Speaker 1: Authorities described Richard as being five feet eleven inches tall,
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty pounds, with brown eyes, short, very hair,
Speaker 1: and a beard. He was last seen wearing a blue
Speaker 1: shirt and gray or blue pants. His last known location
Speaker 1: was in the Yosemite back country, about fifteen miles from
Speaker 1: the popular trailhead junction at Happy Isle on the Merced River.
Speaker 1: Anyone with any information has urged to call her text
Speaker 1: the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch tip line at
Speaker 1: eight eight eight sixty five three zero zero zero nine
Speaker 1: Yilsemite National Park. Averaged between sixteen and seventeen fatalities per
Speaker 1: year from twenty fourteen to twenty nineteen. According to Park
Speaker 1: Service statistics, over that same span of time, Yilsemite search
Speaker 1: and rescue personnel conducted an average of two hundred and
Speaker 1: forty missions annually. There were one hundred and thirty three
Speaker 1: deaths of the park from two thousand and seven to
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, the second highest total among national parks after
Speaker 1: Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the Colorado River in
Speaker 1: Arizona and Nevada, which had two hundred and one deaths.
Speaker 1: According to twenty twenty analysis by Panish, Shay and boyle LLP,
Speaker 1: a plain As personal injury law firm with offices in
Speaker 1: Nevada and California, Yilsemite was the fourteenth most deadly national
Speaker 1: park during the same time spent when factoring in the
Speaker 1: number of visitors, with twenty eight point zero one deaths
Speaker 1: per ten million visits. Stephen van Pelt Just after eleven
Speaker 1: thirty eight on July twenty third, the Sheriff's office received
Speaker 1: information about a climber identified as Stephen van Pelt, thirty three,
Speaker 1: of Salem, who had fallen during his descent on Mount Jefferson.
Speaker 1: Deputies learned the climber had fallen among extreme mountain terrain.
Speaker 1: A witness described losing sight of him after he fell
Speaker 1: several hundred feet. The sheriff's office said resources including six
Speaker 1: mountain rescue team searched for Stephen over the last several
Speaker 1: days among the extreme mountains terrain with glacier drips, falling rocks,
Speaker 1: and debris. The decision to suspend the search was announced
Speaker 1: a few days later. The sheriff's office said the Van
Speaker 1: Pelt family is aware of the decision and have been
Speaker 1: conducting their own searches. The Lynn County Sheriff's Office was
Speaker 1: assisted by Marion County Sheriff's Office, Benton County Sheriff's Office,
Speaker 1: or Vallas Mountain Rescue, Eugene Mountain Rescue, Deshoot's Mountain Rescue,
Speaker 1: Portland Mountain Rescue, Hood River Mountain Rescue, Oregon, United Emergency Management,
Speaker 1: Oregon Emergency Management, United States Army, National Guard, Air Force
Speaker 1: Reserved three hundred and fourth Life Flights, Eidenheigh Fire Department,
Speaker 1: Detroit Fire Department, Amateur Radio Emergency Services, and the United
Speaker 1: States Forestry Service. There is a bit of a strange
Speaker 1: twist here. The witness claimed to have seen Stephen fall
Speaker 1: but lost sight of him after several hundred feet as
Speaker 1: previously stated. But if that's the case, whether they lost
Speaker 1: sight of him or not, they know where they had
Speaker 1: seen him and led the police and search teams to
Speaker 1: that exact spot almost immediately. So why haven't they been
Speaker 1: able to find his remains? Or was there no sign
Speaker 1: of anyone at all ever falling in that area, no
Speaker 1: disturbance of the land below whatsoever. This witness's statement is
Speaker 1: the reason this started and ended as a recovery mission
Speaker 1: and not a search for a live and missing person.
Speaker 1: There have been no updates or answers in this case
Speaker 1: since July when it all happened, and the National Park
Speaker 1: Service and other authorities have been very tight lipped. Mount Jefferson,
Speaker 1: which stands at ten four hundred and ninety five feet,
Speaker 1: is the second tallest mountain in Oregon after Mount Hood
Speaker 1: and the only major volcanic center in the US portion
Speaker 1: of the Cascade Range that hasn't interrupted in the past
Speaker 1: ten thousand years. Ellis Boudeine. On July fifteenth, twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: a four year old boy named Ellis Boudein is believed
Speaker 1: to have gone missing sometime in the evening hours while
Speaker 1: with his family in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Parking
Speaker 1: Reserve in Louisiana, United States. The child is believed to
Speaker 1: have fallen into the water of a murky and swampy canal.
Speaker 1: His mother immediately dove in to try and save her son,
Speaker 1: but to no avail, as she seems to have lost
Speaker 1: sight of him almost immediately in the dirty water. Authorities
Speaker 1: almost immediately began building a dam to start during the
Speaker 1: canal in search of ELL's remains, and the Jefferson Parish
Speaker 1: Sheriff's office say the dam would take one day to
Speaker 1: be completed, but the dam completed, and after six days
Speaker 1: of relentless searching with no results, the underwater search was
Speaker 1: called off. The decision came after a temporary earth and
Speaker 1: dam built to help drain a five hundred foot section
Speaker 1: of the swamp had been a complete failure. When the
Speaker 1: dam broke, we knew this dam was an Army Corps
Speaker 1: of Engineers project. Sheriff Joseph Lupento with the JPSO said,
Speaker 1: I think we accomplished a lot more than I would
Speaker 1: have ever expected. Officials had hoped that draining the area
Speaker 1: would give them a better chance to find the four
Speaker 1: year old's body in the dark and debris choked water.
Speaker 1: We always knew it was a long shot, Sheriff Joseph
Speaker 1: Lupento said of the canal draining plan. It wasn't a
Speaker 1: Corps of engineer's design product. We utilized the equipment we
Speaker 1: had in front of us and the volunteers we had
Speaker 1: in place to put a good plan together. I think
Speaker 1: we accomplished a lot. The search would continue in a way,
Speaker 1: as it was stated by authorities involved, that it would
Speaker 1: be a passive one. From that point on. The smant
Speaker 1: the authorities would still keep boats in the water looking
Speaker 1: for disturbances in the duck weed and on the surface,
Speaker 1: but will not be employing active techniques such as sonar
Speaker 1: equipment or divers unless we see something that indicates they
Speaker 1: are needed. During active operations, we typically have divers in
Speaker 1: the water constantly searching, along with the sonar equipment when
Speaker 1: it's available, said the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. During the
Speaker 1: active search, the authorities and search teams were able to
Speaker 1: check alligator dens using the sonar equipment. Our job is
Speaker 1: to put the pieces together and figure out the whole picture.
Speaker 1: This is one that I would love to put all
Speaker 1: the pieces together to find the child. Sheriff Lupento said,
Speaker 1: We've exhausted a lot of options. Our investigation goes where
Speaker 1: it leads us. If the naysayers say the body is
Speaker 1: not in here, prove me wrong, we will continue the
Speaker 1: investigation as much as we can, the sheriff said, even
Speaker 1: though there is no real closure, A memorial sits at
Speaker 1: the site, remembering Ellis a boy who the community truly
Speaker 1: proved through all their hard work how much they care
Speaker 1: about him. Six days after the boy fell into the
Speaker 1: war and the extensive and grilling searches began, the crews
Speaker 1: cleared out and everything was expected to go back to normal,
Speaker 1: or as normal as possible. A family friend said that
Speaker 1: Ellis loved to play with toilet paper and cleanex. She
Speaker 1: also said he was such a happy, gold lucky child
Speaker 1: who loved Mickey Mouse and the movie Frozen. John Davis.
Speaker 1: On October twenty fourth, twenty twenty one, a forty eight
Speaker 1: year old man named John Davis from Humboldt County, California,
Speaker 1: was hunting and hiking with his son when he disappeared
Speaker 1: during some unusually heavy rains which it hit the area
Speaker 1: that night. John was last seen in the early morning
Speaker 1: hours near Highway one sixty two at the eight mile
Speaker 1: bridge near Covelo on October twenty seventh. The next day,
Speaker 1: authorities found his dog, but there was no trace of
Speaker 1: John himself anywhere. Search teams started out on that exact
Speaker 1: eight mile bridge in the hopes of finding him alive
Speaker 1: and well. Family and friends requested the help of the
Speaker 1: community at large, and particularly asking anyone who it lives in
Speaker 1: the area where he was last seen to look at
Speaker 1: any surveillance footage they may have, and also to try
Speaker 1: and remember if they've seen John or anything suspicious or
Speaker 1: out of place. A Facebook page was set up by
Speaker 1: the family which contains suggestion on what to wear and
Speaker 1: bring on the search. It urges everyone who would like
Speaker 1: to search as ask to wear reflectors, download ONYX map,
Speaker 1: and bring walkie talkies. They also ask folks to come
Speaker 1: prepared if you're willing to camp out on the mountain
Speaker 1: during the search. Page also states brain is supposed to
Speaker 1: hit Monday, so far as only Monday, so bring rain
Speaker 1: gear if you plan on coming out that day. John
Speaker 1: Davis from Humboldt County is described as having brown hair
Speaker 1: and blue eyes, stands five feet eleven inches tall and
Speaker 1: weighs two hundred and twenty pounds. He was last seen
Speaker 1: wearing a camouflaged rain jacket and neon green pants with
Speaker 1: reflective stripes. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Department requests that anyone
Speaker 1: with any information please call him at seven zero seven
Speaker 1: four six three or zero eight six. Lester Young's Whitmyer.
Speaker 1: Lester Young's Whitmyer sixty five was last seen a few
Speaker 1: miles east of oak Ridge near McReady Hot Springs in June.
Speaker 1: He was staying in the area and had spoken to
Speaker 1: a family member on about June eighteenth of twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: He was reported missing on July second. Whitmeyer's belongings and
Speaker 1: vehicle were located in the Willamete National Forest east of
Speaker 1: oak Ridge. However, his whereabouts remain unknown. Lester is described
Speaker 1: as white and has gray hair and brown eyes. Stands
Speaker 1: five feet ten inches tall and weighs two hundred and
Speaker 1: ten pounds. He is commonly seen with the beard and
Speaker 1: glasses and has ties to the Redmond area. The Lane
Speaker 1: County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team continues to search the area.
Speaker 1: This is all the information publicly given at this time
Speaker 1: about Lester's disappearance. Anyone with any information regarding his whereabouts
Speaker 1: is asked the police call the Lane County Sheriffs Office
Speaker 1: at five four one six eighty two four to one,
Speaker 1: four to one, Option one. Robert Allen Wilderner, seventy six
Speaker 1: year old Robert Bob Alan Wildner of Apple Valley, California,
Speaker 1: was supported missing on May seventh, twenty twenty one. He
Speaker 1: was supported to be camping around the Hot Springs area,
Speaker 1: possibly in an attempt to repair and retrieve his other
Speaker 1: truck that broke down over Easter holiday. He failed to
Speaker 1: return or contact his family is expected on May five,
Speaker 1: which led to them reporting him missing a few days later.
Speaker 1: Saline Valley, where Bob was supposedly going to visit and
Speaker 1: spend some time as in the remote area of the
Speaker 1: National Park, with the fifty five mile drive from Big
Speaker 1: Pine taking close to three hours because of the rugged road.
Speaker 1: His keys and cell phone were found in his truck
Speaker 1: at his campsite, a broken down Ford F two forty
Speaker 1: slash three fifty long bed Inial County. Search and Rescue
Speaker 1: has been scared during the area near and around Saline
Speaker 1: Valley for any sign of Bob, but nothing has been
Speaker 1: discovered at all as to where he could have gone
Speaker 1: or what could have happened to him. Both ground teams
Speaker 1: and aero reconnaissance helped out in the search as well.
Speaker 1: One member of a social media group described as usual
Speaker 1: attire as always wearing a baseball cap to protect his
Speaker 1: bald head, white facial hair, most likely wearing shorts, a
Speaker 1: T shirt and flip flops. Probably has a backpack with
Speaker 1: him or a robe that he would wear from the
Speaker 1: hot springs. Search teams included fifteen members from Ino Saar
Speaker 1: Mono SAAR China Lake Mountain Rescue Group. Canines were provided
Speaker 1: through Karta and aero support was provided by China Lake
Speaker 1: Naval Weapon Space. The temperatures were reaching as high as
Speaker 1: ninety four degrees on most days and even peaked at
Speaker 1: one hundred and five degrees in Death Valley was not
Speaker 1: safe for ground and foot searches, which thwarted that day's efforts.
Speaker 1: Aero Ricon continued, however, with a large scale grid search
Speaker 1: plan for that Thursday morning. No updates have been posted
Speaker 1: in this case since June. In December, a San Francisco
Speaker 1: man was found dead in one of the thermal pools
Speaker 1: at the Privative Campgrounds, which was closed because of lockdown restrictions.
Speaker 1: Jessica Sweener Stacks. It's been almost a year and the
Speaker 1: fate of twenty eight year old Jessica Sweener Stycks is
Speaker 1: still unknown. She was supported as missing just after ten
Speaker 1: pm Friday, January first, twenty twenty one. Jessica and an
Speaker 1: unnamed mail companion launched a boat in the Tallahatchie River
Speaker 1: that morning at County Road forty six. The two planned
Speaker 1: to float downstream in the little aluminum boat when the
Speaker 1: water was high. People often shoot wild hogs from the river,
Speaker 1: but it's unclear if that's what she and her male
Speaker 1: companion planned to do. Jessica later got out of the boat,
Speaker 1: but there's no information as to why she did this
Speaker 1: or where she went. Authorities were notified about ten pm
Speaker 1: that night after she failed to turn back up. About
Speaker 1: fifty people were originally searching for The number later dwindled
Speaker 1: to about a dozen. The searchers included two game wardens
Speaker 1: from Idawamba County, members of the Union County Search and Rescue,
Speaker 1: and the Union County Sheriff's Department, as well as an
Speaker 1: MHP helicopter and a thermal imaging drone. Authorities searched until
Speaker 1: around three am January two, and then resumed the search
Speaker 1: the next morning and into the night. On Sunday, officials
Speaker 1: searched all day until dark. The search area included an
Speaker 1: area from County Road forty six at the Tallahatchie River
Speaker 1: Bridge on Mississippi Highway thirty west in Eda. Searchers combing
Speaker 1: the area later located the boat about a mile up
Speaker 1: river from the Rocky Ford Bridge. Her purse was in
Speaker 1: the boat. Authority sent the sheriff declined to identify the
Speaker 1: man she was with. Jessica left several footprints behind near
Speaker 1: the river, but she hasn't been seen since leaving the boat.
Speaker 1: Her boots were later found they had been cut off
Speaker 1: over Her coat and gloves were found near her boots.
Speaker 1: She didn't have her cell phone with at the time
Speaker 1: she left the boat. It was later located and turned in.
Speaker 1: Jessica had three children who are now being raised by
Speaker 1: relative of hers who lives in Texas. Anyone with any
Speaker 1: information about this strange disappearance is asked to call the
Speaker 1: Lyon County Sheriff's Department. This is the most recent information
Speaker 1: in the case, and it's worth saying here that the
Speaker 1: rocky Ford Bridge is known for being very haunted and
Speaker 1: has had many tragedies, both unexplained and otherwise happening on
Speaker 1: near and around it. Well, folks, there you have it,
Speaker 1: another ten mysterious disappearances from around the country. I look
Speaker 1: forward to your thoughts in the comment section, but we
Speaker 1: do ask that you please keep it friendly and respectful.
Speaker 1: In the meanwhile, be good to yourselves in each other.
Speaker 1: Stay safe out there in the woods. I'll see you
Speaker 1: just a little further down the trail. I'm Steve. Starton
Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you next time.