I saw a documentary recently about people who have disappeared while visiting state and national parks. Several books have been written about this, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend some. Thanks.

Check the books written by David Paulides who has been digging into this and related issues for years and years.

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Originally posted by bald1:
Check the books written by David Paulides who has been digging into this and related issues for years and years.

David regularly produces and post videos on YT about this subject under his Canam Missing Project channel.

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon by Michael P. Ghiglieri 2001 was a good read.

There was a sign posted at the visitors center at the Grand Canyon when we were there

It asked...

"How many people fall into the Canyon every year?"

... and below that, instead of a number it read.

"Not as many as you might think!"

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Originally posted by texassierra:

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Originally posted by bald1:
Check the books written by David Paulides who has been digging into this and related issues for years and years.

David regularly produces and post videos on YT about this subject under his Canam Missing Project channel.

I give "Missing 411: The Hunted" zero out of five stars. In the end, I wanted my 1.5 hours back. It's silly. David Paulides is a fraudster, a flim-flam man.

I’m Not sure what to believe about the California national parks are portals to the netherworld but it is interesting how people just seem to fall of the earth in those areas with no trace. And Paulides was a 20 year cop in San Jose, the town I grew up. Decently respected PD

If you are looking for something that is more factual I would suggest the following:

Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks
Book by Charles R. Farabee

The book gives an overall view of some of the crazy stuff that occurs in NPS units. The author is a former NPS ranger. This book covers more than just lost/missing subjects and is a good read.

Also read Death in Yellowstone by Lee Whittlesey.

Come on, everyone knows it's aliens...

On a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon a few years ago the book “Sunk without a Sound” was suggested to read. It is about Glen and Bessie Hyde who decided to run the Grand Canyon for their honeymoon in 1928…and never made it out (or did they?). It is a great read…

https://www.amazon.com/Sunk-Wi...eymoon/dp/1892327988

My wife's best friend's cousin disappeared at Joshua Tree. Her abandoned car was found, but she was missing for 8 months before her body was finally found by hikers.
So I don't know about portals to the netherworld, but that certainly hits close to home

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Originally posted by ElToro:
I’m Not sure what to believe about the California national parks are portals to the netherworld but it is interesting how people just seem to fall of the earth in those areas with no trace. And Paulides was a 20 year cop in San Jose, the town I grew up. Decently respected PD

I’d prefer books with factual info. No aliens, Bigfoots, govt. experiments or portals to other dimensions. Thanks for the suggestions so far.

I'm not sure about all the theories concerning the possible causes of the missing people. BUT it is troubling the number of missing, in parks all across the country and the fact that the National Park Service claims it "...doesn't keep records..." of incidents involving people going missing. WTF?

Can't remember where I read about this one, but there are some good accounts of it out there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Germans

I've been to Death Valley and Joshua Tree a few times, and it's not hard to see how things can go sideways pretty fast out there if you're unprepared and don't have a huge respect for those environments. I ran out of gas on my bike near DV long ago and that was a dicey situation.

A lot of people are just plain stupid and their stupidity gets them killed in National Parks and other places. People venture out unprepared, unaware of the weather, insufficient food/water, no device to get them back to their starting point, no map, failing to pay attention to their surroundings and failure to pay attention to where they're going or a plan to get back to their starting point and traveling solo. Hiking in the woods solo can be dangerous, a slip and fall that results in a dislocated ankle or broken leg can be disastrous if you're alone. Plus people go off on their own not telling anyone else where they plan to hike so when they come up missing no one knows where to start looking.

Anyone who hikes and camps in these remote areas needs to be armed . I never go in the woods anywhere without a weapon on me , and always let somebody know of your plans .

I read this a couple years ago, some terrible things can happen in national parks. There's a free sample audio clip on Amazon that will make you cringe

https://www.amazon.com/Death-i...id=1622213047&sr=8-5

Another vote for

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Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks

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It's available in many NPS bookstores, which should tell you something, though it's probably not the best advertising for the Park Service.

If you are into survival stories "Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods" is a great read, though it takes place partly in Canada and partly in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and not the USNPS.

I don't know about this. Do I understand that some think there is some supernatural explanation for the disappearance of inexperienced outdoorsmen in giant, wild, places with little access? Places where you could walk within 15 feet of a dead person and not know he was there? Places where animals would scatter the remains of dead creatures within days or weeks?

People are idiots.