WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.129 --> 00:00:06.620 Hello friends. This video was suggested by longtime subscriber and fan, 2 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:10.820 Kendall Berg. She writes in the comments section, Please do 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.919 Crater Lake, Oregon. I'm an Oregon native and would love 4 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:16.940 to hear stories from my home state. Also, I love 5 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.179 your channel. Thank you for all the stories. 6 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:20.239 I love them. 7 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:24.199 Well, Kendall, thank you for your comment. We appreciate your 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:28.420 kind words. And we also took your request to heart. So, 9 00:00:28.620 --> 00:00:32.729 Kendall and everyone, please join us now for five strange 10 00:00:32.829 --> 00:00:36.810 disappearances and mysteries from Crater Lake, Oregon. Now, some of 11 00:00:36.850 --> 00:00:39.509 these stories can be found in my latest book, National 12 00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:43.409 Park Mysteries and Disappearances, Volume 3, The Pacific Northwest, which 13 00:00:43.469 --> 00:00:48.170 includes Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It's available from Amazon in 14 00:00:48.229 --> 00:00:51.570 Kindle and paperback format, and it's also available wherever fine 15 00:00:51.609 --> 00:00:55.310 books are sold. There is a link in the description. Now, 16 00:00:55.549 --> 00:00:59.140 on to Crater Lake. First, I feel a little background 17 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.710 and history is in order. Crater Lake National Park was 18 00:01:02.770 --> 00:01:07.530 established in 1902 and is located in southern Oregon. In total, 19 00:01:07.609 --> 00:01:13.099 the park covers 183,224 acres, which includes Crater Lake and 20 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:17.920 the surrounding hills and forests. Many years ago, Mount Mazama collapsed, 21 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:23.340 creating a nearly 2,118-foot-deep caldera that partially fills Crater Lake. 22 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.680 The amount of water in the lake is replaced approximately 23 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:30.959 every 250 years by rain and snow, which offsets the evaporation. 24 00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:34.769 This is the deepest lake in the United States, measuring 25 00:01:34.890 --> 00:01:40.549 some 1,949 feet. For maximum depth, it ranks ninth in 26 00:01:40.590 --> 00:01:45.750 the world, while for mean-slash-average depth, it ranks third. There 27 00:01:45.790 --> 00:01:49.290 are two small islands in Crater Lake. Located near the 28 00:01:49.329 --> 00:01:54.310 lake's western shore, Wizard Island is approximately 316 acres in size, 29 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:58.590 while Phantom Ship, a natural rock pillar, is located near 30 00:01:58.609 --> 00:02:02.709 its southern shore. Because the lake has no inlets or tributaries, 31 00:02:03.189 --> 00:02:05.349 its waters are some of the purest in the world 32 00:02:05.590 --> 00:02:08.870 due to the lack of pollutants. There are relatively high 33 00:02:08.909 --> 00:02:12.460 levels of dissolved salts in the lake as well. Due 34 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.780 to its high elevation and influence from the Pacific, Crater 35 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.479 Lake has a subalpine climate. Summers are mild and dry, 36 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.300 but winters are cold and snowy, with average snowfalls reaching 37 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:24.599 505 inches per year and maximum snow cover of 139 38 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:33.650 inches or 3.53 meters. It usually takes until mid-July for 39 00:02:33.669 --> 00:02:37.210 the snow to melt. Even into the summer, hard frosts 40 00:02:37.250 --> 00:02:40.680 are possible in the Crater Lake area. The surface temperature 41 00:02:40.689 --> 00:02:44.560 of the lake ranges from 33 degrees Fahrenheit to 66 degrees. 42 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.500 In the summertime, the lake normally fluctuates between 50 and 43 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:53.310 60 degrees Fahrenheit. As a result of the collapse of 44 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:56.509 Mount Mazama, Crater Lake had no fish until a man 45 00:02:56.569 --> 00:03:01.009 named William G. Steele decided to stock it in 1888 46 00:03:01.009 --> 00:03:04.449 in order to allow for fishing. The fish were regularly 47 00:03:04.509 --> 00:03:08.270 stocked until 1941, when it became evident that the fish 48 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:11.770 could maintain a stable population without assistance from the outside. 49 00:03:12.710 --> 00:03:16.090 Two fish species have survived from the original stocking, cocaine 50 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:19.349 salmon and rainbow trout, with the salmon being the most abundant. 51 00:03:20.370 --> 00:03:23.069 As part of its history, Crater Lake is also known 52 00:03:23.150 --> 00:03:26.409 for the Old Man of the Lake. a full-sized tree 53 00:03:26.430 --> 00:03:28.889 that's been bobbing in the water for over a century. 54 00:03:29.830 --> 00:03:31.689 As a result of the low temperatures of the lake, 55 00:03:32.129 --> 00:03:36.349 the decomposition of the wood has been slowed considerably. Crater 56 00:03:36.389 --> 00:03:39.449 Lake is sacred to the Klamath tribe, the Native Americans 57 00:03:39.569 --> 00:03:43.129 indigenous to the area. Generations ago, they told of it 58 00:03:43.189 --> 00:03:46.430 being the crossing point between Skel, a spirit from above, 59 00:03:46.969 --> 00:03:51.090 and Lau, a spirit from below. Andrea Langford, author of 60 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:55.240 Haunted Hikes, Spine-tingling Tales and Trails from North America's National 61 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.180 Parks writes this of Crater Lake. Lau and Skell fought 62 00:03:59.219 --> 00:04:02.900 gory battles here. Lau ripped Skell's heart from his chest, 63 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:07.039 and Skell retaliated by dismembering Lau and throwing the body 64 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.819 parts into the lake. Hideous monsters gobbled up everything but 65 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:15.710 Lau's head, but the lake still holds Lau's spirit. When stirred, 66 00:04:15.810 --> 00:04:19.129 he may brew up storm clouds. When angered, he may 67 00:04:19.149 --> 00:04:21.509 appear in the form of a giant crayfish that climbs 68 00:04:21.589 --> 00:04:23.829 up out of the lake snatches people off the rim 69 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.300 of the crater that surrounds the lake and drags them 70 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:30.540 down into the water. So, now that we know what 71 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:33.220 Crater Lake is, how it was formed, and what it 72 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:36.360 represents to the indigenous tribes of the area, let us 73 00:04:36.379 --> 00:04:40.600 look into the first disappearance, that of little Sammy Bulkey. 74 00:04:42.180 --> 00:04:46.560 In the early afternoon of October 14, 2006, Sammy Bulkey, 75 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:49.680 aged 8, was playing near the Cleetwood Cove area in 76 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:54.699 Crater Lake National Park with his father, Kenneth Bulkey, 48. 77 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:57.879 Sammy disappeared into the woods after running up a cinder slope. 78 00:04:59.139 --> 00:05:03.699 Despite his passion for life, Sammy was stubborn at times. Also, 79 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.100 as a result of having a mild form of autism, 80 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:10.139 he was terrified of loud noises and bright lights. At 81 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:13.120 the time of his disappearance, Sammy stood 4 feet 11 82 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.620 inches tall, weighed 85 pounds, and had short brown hair 83 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.519 and brown eyes. The last time he was seen, he 84 00:05:19.660 --> 00:05:23.360 was wearing a long-sleeved black and green t-shirt, jeans, a 85 00:05:23.389 --> 00:05:27.160 blue coat, and red suede slip-on shoes with rubber soles. 86 00:05:28.339 --> 00:05:31.279 While the little boy did have camping experience, he had 87 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:36.139 no formal wilderness survival training given his young age. At 88 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.500 around 4 p.m. that day, the Bulkey family had pulled 89 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.589 over at a pullout 500 yards east of the Cleetwood 90 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:46.189 Cove parking lot area and were walking north along Rim Drive. 91 00:05:47.050 --> 00:05:50.449 Sammy and his father were playing hide-and-seek on a gravel slope. 92 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.500 and Sammy saw some yellow that he thought might be gold. 93 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.459 Sammy stayed on the slope, refusing to come down, and 94 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.220 as darkness approached, his father walked a short distance to 95 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:04.379 their car to return to their Diamond Lake cabin. Kenny 96 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.800 Bulkey chased after Sammy, but Sammy stayed at least 50 97 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.569 feet ahead, likely considering it a game. I never caught 98 00:06:11.629 --> 00:06:13.910 up with him, his father said, and at that point 99 00:06:14.009 --> 00:06:16.509 he disappeared over the top somewhere and I lost him. 100 00:06:17.810 --> 00:06:20.329 Within a matter of hours, more than 200 people were 101 00:06:20.350 --> 00:06:25.829 combing an area of about 6 square miles, or 4,000 acres. Dogs, helicopters, 102 00:06:25.889 --> 00:06:28.250 and heat-sensing cameras were used to search for the boy 103 00:06:28.290 --> 00:06:32.240 for a week, but he was never found. Authorities said 104 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:35.259 a helicopter crew spotted some tracks, but they turned out 105 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:39.180 to be most likely animal tracks. After that, the search 106 00:06:39.220 --> 00:06:43.680 continued intermittently despite heavy snowfalls in the area. 7,000 feet 107 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.579 above sea level, the park gets more than 500 inches 108 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.920 of snow per year. Although it was unlikely Sammy would 109 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:52.500 have fallen into the lake because of obstacles on the slope, 110 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:55.639 technical climbing crews searched the slopes from the rim of 111 00:06:55.670 --> 00:06:59.829 the caldera down to the shoreline. Participating in the search 112 00:06:59.870 --> 00:07:04.050 were SAR teams from Jackson, Klamath, and Deschutes counties, National 113 00:07:04.069 --> 00:07:07.709 Park Service searchers, and trackers from California, Washington, and Oregon. 114 00:07:08.689 --> 00:07:11.370 Mount Hood and Mount Rainier rescue teams were also involved, 115 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:14.629 as well as volunteers consisting of employees from the Bureau 116 00:07:14.670 --> 00:07:16.230 of Land Management and the U.S. 117 00:07:16.269 --> 00:07:16.949 Forest Service. 118 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.399 It seems more than a little odd that a boy 119 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:23.569 of Sammy's age who was just slightly autistic would run 120 00:07:23.629 --> 00:07:26.250 off into the woods without any reason at all and 121 00:07:26.269 --> 00:07:28.389 continue going until he was out of sight and hearing 122 00:07:28.470 --> 00:07:32.250 range of his father. Because it was cold, his first 123 00:07:32.329 --> 00:07:34.310 instinct we would think would be to turn around and 124 00:07:34.350 --> 00:07:37.100 return to his dad, especially if he was calling for him, 125 00:07:37.620 --> 00:07:40.579 no matter how long he'd been hidden from him. Sadly, 126 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:46.839 no trace was ever found, and Sammy remains missing. Next up, 127 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:51.839 we have the strange disappearance of Derek Ingebretson. East of 128 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:55.759 the Cascade Range in south-central Oregon lies Upper Klamath Lake, 129 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:01.629 a large, shallow freshwater lake. Pelican Butte rises over 3,800 130 00:08:01.629 --> 00:08:04.189 feet above the shore of Crater Lake and is a 131 00:08:04.230 --> 00:08:08.689 steep-sided dormant volcano located 28 miles south of the crater. 132 00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:13.209 Sometime in the afternoon on December 5th, 1998, Derek Ingebretson, 133 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:20.069 His father, Robert, and his grandfather, Bob, 64, set out 134 00:08:20.129 --> 00:08:24.069 for a densely wooded mountainside above Upper Klamath Lake, about 135 00:08:24.069 --> 00:08:27.699 30 miles north of Klamath Falls. They planned to find 136 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:32.100 a Christmas tree for the holiday season. Derek was lost 137 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:36.139 and never seen again. Because of his love of the outdoors, 138 00:08:36.570 --> 00:08:38.809 Derek was known as Bear Boy, even at the age 139 00:08:38.850 --> 00:08:41.710 of eight. A week after he was born, his mother 140 00:08:41.769 --> 00:08:44.559 carried him on a bear hunt in a pack. In 141 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:47.340 his youth, he hunted with his father and picked mushrooms 142 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:51.720 with his mother's father. On several of his mushroom expedition outings, 143 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:55.840 he had visited Pelican Butte in the past. The Ingebrigtsen 144 00:08:55.940 --> 00:08:58.419 family did not plan to go Christmas tree hunting that 145 00:08:58.460 --> 00:09:01.250 year in the woods, although Robert looked forward to a 146 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.230 family Christmas tree hunt every year. It was his wife 147 00:09:04.330 --> 00:09:07.330 Lori who convinced him to use an artificial tree that year. 148 00:09:08.070 --> 00:09:10.450 Lori wanted to keep the mess to a minimum, but 149 00:09:10.470 --> 00:09:13.740 when a disabled neighbor asked for a tree, Robert decided 150 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:17.629 to go into the woods. Bob remembers telling the group 151 00:09:17.669 --> 00:09:20.049 that since it was already 2 p.m., it would be 152 00:09:20.090 --> 00:09:22.669 dark around 4 p.m. since it was late in the year, 153 00:09:23.070 --> 00:09:25.370 and he was driving along West Side Road in his 154 00:09:25.429 --> 00:09:29.029 red Toyota pickup. On his way to Rocky Point Resort, 155 00:09:29.629 --> 00:09:33.409 Bob pulled into a turnout at milepost 12. The three 156 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:35.860 of them climbed up an embankment into a pine forest, 157 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:39.860 and Robert helped Derek get into his blue snowsuit. Derek 158 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:42.860 walked behind Robert, who told him to stay with his grandfathers. 159 00:09:43.809 --> 00:09:46.210 Derek nagged his grandfather that he wanted to catch up 160 00:09:46.269 --> 00:09:48.830 with his dad as he chopped up small trees with 161 00:09:48.870 --> 00:09:52.649 his hatchet. At some point, the grandfather relented and the 162 00:09:52.690 --> 00:09:55.690 boy headed off in search of his father. With the 163 00:09:55.730 --> 00:09:58.820 darkness closing in, Robert and Bob met back up and 164 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:04.679 asked each other, Where's Derek? Robert recalls asking. Grandpa Bob replied, 165 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.320 I thought he was with you. No, he was with you. 166 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:13.279 Despite the steady falling of heavy wet snow, Robert turned 167 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:15.720 on his heels and went back up the hill. He 168 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:20.070 called out to Derek, but no response came. Robert then 169 00:10:20.129 --> 00:10:22.570 flagged down a man named Fred Hines, a motorist who 170 00:10:22.610 --> 00:10:26.110 was driving along at about 4.13 p.m., and requested he 171 00:10:26.149 --> 00:10:31.000 dial 911 so the authorities could be notified. In the resort, 172 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:34.039 two miles away from the area where Derek vanished, Hines 173 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:37.620 made the call. Over the course of two weeks, hundreds 174 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:40.940 of people searched through several feet of snow, using snowmobiles 175 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:44.340 and dogs to search for Derek. Lori slept in a 176 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.620 donated camper van at the turnout, hoping Derek might see 177 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:50.950 the bonfire and come to her. Once, she thought she 178 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:53.879 saw Derek waving and smiling at her. However, it turned 179 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:57.919 out she was just delirious from lack of sleep. Derek's 180 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:01.340 tracks were found by Robert, his dad, and other members 181 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:03.360 of the family in the newly fallen snow in the 182 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:07.639 hours immediately following his disappearance. Apparently, Derek had laid down 183 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.820 in a clearing near the road to make a snow angel, 184 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:12.740 but his boot prints were spotted near the spot where 185 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:15.679 Robert had last seen him. There had been a snow 186 00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:18.779 plow that came by, and sadly, the tracks leading away 187 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.399 from the angel were obliterated. There were no tracks leading 188 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:25.629 towards the woods from the snow angel. A small area 189 00:11:25.669 --> 00:11:28.490 of trees near the road was damaged by Derek's hatchet cuts. 190 00:11:29.669 --> 00:11:32.070 His father was confident that his son did not re-enter 191 00:11:32.110 --> 00:11:35.409 the woods. Early in the evening, five to eight inches 192 00:11:35.470 --> 00:11:38.610 of snow had fallen on the point. A candy wrapper 193 00:11:38.629 --> 00:11:41.509 was found and a makeshift lean-to shelter was found made 194 00:11:41.570 --> 00:11:44.309 out of branches, but it was unclear whether the candy 195 00:11:44.350 --> 00:11:48.240 wrapper or the lean-to were the handiwork of Derek. Derek's 196 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:49.899 family believed that he had made his way to the 197 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:53.440 road and was probably picked up by a stranger, although 198 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:57.039 this explanation was, for some reason, dismissed by the sheriff. 199 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:01.120 Bob discovered a hole in the ice and a child's 200 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:04.799 footprint on the bank during the search. The next day, however, 201 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:07.960 divers searched this area and additional searches were carried out 202 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:09.000 during the spring thaw. 203 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:11.330 However, nothing was found. 204 00:12:12.549 --> 00:12:15.590 Lori and Robert were informed, sadly, by the Klamath County 205 00:12:15.610 --> 00:12:18.580 authorities that their son was most likely deceased. eight days 206 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:23.240 after he disappeared. During the next seven days, Robert, Lori, 207 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:28.059 and about 100 volunteers stayed on the mountain. Speculation intensified 208 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:32.399 that Derek had been kidnapped. When sub-zero temperatures forced the 209 00:12:32.490 --> 00:12:36.870 Ingebretsons to end their search on December 18, 1998, Robert 210 00:12:36.909 --> 00:12:39.210 drove straight from his graveyard shift at work to the 211 00:12:39.250 --> 00:12:42.210 mountain to meet Lori every weekend for the next two years. 212 00:12:42.990 --> 00:12:45.549 These search areas were marked on a map by the couple. 213 00:12:47.409 --> 00:12:49.870 It was widely believed that the authorities were too slow 214 00:12:49.889 --> 00:12:52.779 to arrive at the scene the night Derek disappeared, which 215 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:56.460 led to criticism of the search and rescue effort. The 216 00:12:56.500 --> 00:12:59.179 search did not begin in earnest until nearly five hours 217 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.980 after the first 911 call because the coordinator was reluctant 218 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:06.340 to interrupt a Christmas dinner at Molly's Restaurant for the 219 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.039 annual award dinner of the Klamath County Search and Rescue 220 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:13.750 Team before he was certain a rescue was needed. Despite 221 00:13:13.809 --> 00:13:18.600 passing polygraphs, Robert and Grandpa Bob remained suspects in Derek's case, 222 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:21.500 and at least thought to have been negligent in some way. 223 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:26.580 Despite the grandfather's insistence, Robert no longer spoke to him. 224 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.450 The blame for not finding Derek did indeed go to 225 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:32.370 the father, but the father, felt to blame for losing him, 226 00:13:32.669 --> 00:13:36.690 went to Grandpa Bob. Ingebrigtsen was too overwhelmed with guilt 227 00:13:36.710 --> 00:13:40.169 to even think of talking about it. Robert took leave 228 00:13:40.210 --> 00:13:43.370 of work for several weeks, and Derek's family spent thousands 229 00:13:43.389 --> 00:13:46.389 of dollars looking for him. They even paid for psychics 230 00:13:46.529 --> 00:13:50.029 and a boat to search Klamath Lake. They eventually went 231 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:54.039 bankrupt due to these efforts. The authorities claimed that Derek 232 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.139 had simply wandered off into the woods and died, and 233 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.519 his remains had been scattered by animals. However, the Ingebrigtsen 234 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:05.080 family never really believed that, especially since no remains, torn clothing, 235 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.879 nothing was ever found. There was even a witness who 236 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:10.799 said he had seen a man and a boy struggling 237 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:16.049 on a highway nearby. Then, in 1999, strange graffiti was 238 00:14:16.090 --> 00:14:19.450 found scrawled on a rest area bathroom near Burns, stating 239 00:14:19.490 --> 00:14:23.360 that Derek had been killed and buried. It was later 240 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:26.740 ruled a cruel hoax by the FBI. A boy named 241 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:30.299 Derek was found in Texas under unusual circumstances, and he 242 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.490 looked a lot like the Ingebretsons' son, but was actually 243 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:38.309 a different person. Then, later on in 2000, after several 244 00:14:38.350 --> 00:14:41.940 days of waiting for confirmation, A bone discovered in Pelican 245 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:46.750 Butte was identified as being from a deer. In 2001, 246 00:14:46.750 --> 00:14:50.330 the family mailbox received a handwritten letter. The letter read, 247 00:14:50.889 --> 00:14:54.570 I know who took your son. On July 11, 2000, 248 00:14:54.570 --> 00:15:00.169 Frank J. Milligan, 31-year-old state youth authority worker, approached a 249 00:15:00.190 --> 00:15:02.750 10-year-old boy at a Dallas park and offered him $ 100 250 00:15:02.610 --> 00:15:06.529 to mow his lawn. In Milligan's car, the man asked 251 00:15:06.570 --> 00:15:10.049 the boy, Do you want to live or die? Milligan 252 00:15:10.090 --> 00:15:12.110 bound the boy's hands with duct tape and then forced 253 00:15:12.149 --> 00:15:14.480 him to walk down a dirt road where he assaulted him. 254 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:18.399 After this vicious assault, Miller left the boy for dead. 255 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.759 Despite the odds, the boy woke up covered in his 256 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.179 own blood and got to a road where a passing 257 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:27.159 motorist stopped to help him. In this letter to the 258 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:31.500 police and the Ingebretsons, admitted that Milligan had confessed to. 259 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:32.580 Doing away with Derek. 260 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:38.159 The letter arrived at the Ingebretson home in late 2001. 261 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:42.000 In another letter that arrived at the home in 2001, 262 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.789 Milligan's cellmate claimed that Milligan had admitted to him that 263 00:15:45.830 --> 00:15:48.009 he had been the one that ended young Derek's life. 264 00:15:49.529 --> 00:15:52.409 A detective from the Oregon State Police who investigated the 265 00:15:52.450 --> 00:15:57.330 Dallas case confronted Milligan. Milligan reportedly confessed to the crime 266 00:15:57.889 --> 00:16:01.450 and agreed to lead investigators to the body. The FBI 267 00:16:01.570 --> 00:16:04.860 used ground-penetrating radar to scam for bones at Silver Falls 268 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:08.700 State Park southeast of Salem, Oregon, where Lori and Robert 269 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:12.840 drove for five hours. There were no results after several 270 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:16.960 days of searching. An assistant district attorney told the Ingebrigtsen 271 00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:19.379 that Milligan had agreed to plead guilty to killing the 272 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:23.200 young boy if they spared him the death penalty. However, 273 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:25.940 after Milligan was presented with the paperwork a few days later, 274 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:31.100 he refused to sign the confession. Was Derek Ingebrigtsen abducted 275 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:34.019 by Frank Milligan or someone else, as the police believed? 276 00:16:34.889 --> 00:16:36.870 Or did he simply die from the cold or maybe 277 00:16:36.889 --> 00:16:44.210 even an animal attack? This mysterious case remains unsolved. Next up, 278 00:16:44.950 --> 00:16:50.789 Charles McCuller, the Melting Man of Crater Lake. January 7th, 1975. 279 00:16:50.789 --> 00:16:56.259 18-year-old aspiring photographer Charles McCuller was a free spirit at heart. 280 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:59.539 He was living in Virginia when he decided there was 281 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:02.919 so much to explore in national parks across the United States. 282 00:17:03.769 --> 00:17:06.160 Charles was said to be very reliable and kept in 283 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:09.359 close contact with his family, even on the long trips 284 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:12.559 that he liked to take. Deciding to put more effort 285 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.480 into his photography and wanting to visit a friend in Oregon, 286 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:19.099 Charles packed a small backpack and left everything else behind, 287 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:23.079 even his beloved Volkswagen bus. He would make his way 288 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.240 across the country with the occasional bus ride, but mostly 289 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:29.750 by hitchhiking. He wanted to see all the national parks 290 00:17:29.829 --> 00:17:33.210 in the United States, and one of those parks, in particular, 291 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:38.819 caught his attention. Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. It 292 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:40.940 was a convenient place for him to start, as his 293 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:45.019 friend lived nearby. Very little facts surround this case, and 294 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:48.180 Charles passed, so why he decided to leave at the 295 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:52.029 very moment he did is still unclear. What was clear, however, 296 00:17:52.210 --> 00:17:54.789 by a conversation he had with his father, was that 297 00:17:54.869 --> 00:17:58.130 Charles wanted something different, and he was going to start 298 00:17:58.170 --> 00:18:02.519 his search at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Charles 299 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:07.029 McCullough would leave Virginia the very next day. Sadly, this 300 00:18:07.049 --> 00:18:09.430 would be the last time his family would ever see him. 301 00:18:11.029 --> 00:18:16.470 January 8th, 1975, mostly hitchhiking across the United States, Charles' 302 00:18:16.529 --> 00:18:22.089 first significant stop was in Yuma, Arizona. Between January 16th 303 00:18:22.190 --> 00:18:25.410 and the 22nd of that year, he had regular contact 304 00:18:25.430 --> 00:18:28.690 with his parents, calling often to check in and update 305 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:33.559 them on his progress and future plans. On January 29th, 306 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.470 Charles placed one more call to his parents to let 307 00:18:36.509 --> 00:18:38.890 them know he had made it to Eugene, Oregon and 308 00:18:38.930 --> 00:18:42.130 was staying with his friend. This was the last call 309 00:18:42.150 --> 00:18:45.690 the McCullers would receive from their son. He told his 310 00:18:45.730 --> 00:18:47.700 friends that he would be staying at Crater Lake for 311 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:50.500 two days because he wanted to photograph the area's winter 312 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:53.779 landscape and that if he wasn't back by February 1st 313 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:57.920 to send help. This was the last contact Charles' friends 314 00:18:58.089 --> 00:19:01.150 ever had with him. It was reported during the search 315 00:19:01.289 --> 00:19:03.690 several people saw Charles around the Diamond Lake area on 316 00:19:03.710 --> 00:19:06.609 the 29th and a man that was cutting trees close 317 00:19:06.650 --> 00:19:09.230 to the park had picked Charles up and dropped him 318 00:19:09.309 --> 00:19:12.710 off near the park entrance. Not being from the area, 319 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.339 Charles wasn't well versed with the terrain he planned to photograph. 320 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.359 The winter months at Crater Lake can be very and 321 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:23.319 unexpectedly harsh for the ill-prepared. In fact, it's not rare 322 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:25.630 for the area to see several feet of snow from 323 00:19:25.789 --> 00:19:29.099 one storm. And at the time of Charles' disappearance, The 324 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:31.819 weather report for Crater Lake stated there was 24 to 325 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:34.839 90 inches on the ground with snow drifts of over 326 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:38.410 20 feet. Temperatures at that time were well below freezing, 327 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:41.390 dipping down into the teens at night and just over 328 00:19:41.450 --> 00:19:45.170 freezing during the day. Wind gusts themselves hampered search and 329 00:19:45.190 --> 00:19:48.220 rescue efforts, which were compounded and made worse with the 330 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.180 blowing snow. February 1st had came and went and there 331 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:55.660 was no word from Charles. He was reported missing by 332 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:59.539 his friends that day. The search for Charles McCullough was 333 00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:02.549 underway at a rapid pace. The teams knew they had 334 00:20:02.589 --> 00:20:04.589 to make haste as the weather was already bad and 335 00:20:04.630 --> 00:20:07.490 was getting worse and wouldn't hold for very long as 336 00:20:07.509 --> 00:20:10.089 there was a storm forecast for that night which called 337 00:20:10.130 --> 00:20:14.269 for more heavy snow and gale-force winds up to 60 mph. 338 00:20:15.150 --> 00:20:17.970 Ground and aerial searches lasted for that day and into 339 00:20:17.990 --> 00:20:21.390 the night and early morning hours of February 2nd. The 340 00:20:21.430 --> 00:20:24.150 search was called off around 2 a.m. due to worsening 341 00:20:24.190 --> 00:20:28.710 weather conditions. The search continued intermittently over the next several days, 342 00:20:29.150 --> 00:20:32.460 although with a scaled-down number of searchers, again due to 343 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:36.680 the weather conditions. Local police didn't contact the McCullers until 344 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:41.400 February 10th, to notify them about their son's disappearance. Also 345 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:45.410 notified at the same time was the FBI. Both Charles' 346 00:20:45.470 --> 00:20:47.650 parents and the FBI made their way to the park 347 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:51.369 and joined in the search efforts. The efforts were still slow, though, 348 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:53.869 as the snowdrifts from the latest storm were 12 feet 349 00:20:53.930 --> 00:20:57.690 deep or more, making it almost impossible to even find 350 00:20:57.750 --> 00:21:02.029 where Charles' camp may have been located. The initial search 351 00:21:02.089 --> 00:21:05.720 lasted for months without any sign of him being found whatsoever. 352 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.910 Charles' father stayed at Crater Lake, camping by the shoreline 353 00:21:09.930 --> 00:21:14.450 throughout that spring and summer, tirelessly looking for his son. Sadly, 354 00:21:14.970 --> 00:21:18.809 he never found anything. A full year and a half later, 355 00:21:19.390 --> 00:21:22.259 two hikers that were on the Pacific Crest Trail made 356 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:24.640 a long turn and ended up 12 miles into a 357 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:27.039 remote and boggy area of the park where they came 358 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:30.559 upon a thread-bearing backpack that contained, among other things, a 359 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:33.640 Volkswagen key. The hikers marked the area with a piece 360 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:35.960 of clothing, then made their way to the ranger station 361 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.680 and informed them of what they had found, showing them 362 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.789 the area where to go on a map they had marked. 363 00:21:41.690 --> 00:21:44.609 While going through the contents of the bag, the hikers 364 00:21:44.670 --> 00:21:47.490 made a remark about the strange-shaped key that had been found. 365 00:21:48.369 --> 00:21:50.569 A part-time park ranger that had been part of the 366 00:21:50.609 --> 00:21:53.910 initial search for Charles, named Marion Jack, happened to be 367 00:21:53.950 --> 00:21:57.210 at the ranger station that day and overheard the conversation. 368 00:21:57.910 --> 00:22:00.609 His curiosity aroused, he walked over to the men and 369 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:03.380 looked at the key. He remembered the flyers that were 370 00:22:03.410 --> 00:22:05.680 made when Charles went missing and one of the photos 371 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:08.900 on the flyer was of the key. It turned out 372 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:11.460 to be an important piece of evidence, one they could 373 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:14.900 link to Charles McCullough. A new search party was formed 374 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:17.700 and from the information given by the hikers, they trekked 375 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:20.559 into Sphagnum Bog, an area that was a full 12 376 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:23.359 miles off trail of where Charles was supposed to have been. 377 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:26.579 The key that was found was later matched to the 378 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:31.119 one Charles owned. Further searches would turn up a mysterious 379 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.519 scene indeed. Charles' remains were found in a state of 380 00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:38.680 undress and only his lower half was left. His jeans 381 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:42.630 were unbuttoned and his belt undone. His legs were broken 382 00:22:42.690 --> 00:22:45.049 at the shin bones and they were sticking straight up. 383 00:22:45.990 --> 00:22:49.309 His socks contained his feet bones. The only other part 384 00:22:49.349 --> 00:22:51.650 of the body that was found was the crown of 385 00:22:51.690 --> 00:22:54.170 his skull and it was over 10 feet away from 386 00:22:54.210 --> 00:22:56.910 the other parts of his body. It was as if 387 00:22:57.230 --> 00:23:02.170 his upper body simply melted away. His camera equipment, along 388 00:23:02.190 --> 00:23:05.349 with his money, boots, coat, and shirt were all missing 389 00:23:05.410 --> 00:23:08.680 just as was the rest of him. The creepiest part 390 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:11.779 was his jeans were found in a sitting position on 391 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:14.640 a falling log. It was as if he had just 392 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:17.579 been sitting, staring at the lake when the unthinkable happened. 393 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:22.180 Some have speculated that Charles McCullough was suffering from hypothermia, 394 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.750 which caused a condition known as paradoxical undressing. This condition 395 00:23:26.809 --> 00:23:29.210 happens when the core body temperature drops below 94 degrees 396 00:23:29.230 --> 00:23:32.890 Celsius and because of the heat loss, victims begin to 397 00:23:32.950 --> 00:23:35.869 think they are too hot. They start removing their clothing 398 00:23:35.910 --> 00:23:38.829 to alleviate the heat, when in reality, they are freezing 399 00:23:38.869 --> 00:23:42.339 to death all the more faster. This theory would explain 400 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:44.799 his missing clothes, but what about the money and the 401 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:47.539