Missing people in American National Parks

[theclearspot]

'Dont go out in the woods alone' says one reviewer of this book on Amazon:

Missing 411-North America and Beyond: Stories of people who have disappeared in remote locations of North America and five other countries. [Paperback]
David Paulides.

This is weird; why do so many people go missing especially solo campers, what happens to them- Grizzlies? Psychos? Bad compass? ....
Damn rethinking that trip to the Yukon- dont want some sausage jockey gate crashing my tent saying 'squeal like a piggy' at 3 in the morning ffs...

 

[Sóley]

The amount of people that actually go missing in this country increases every year. I think its up to a million a year for this country alone.

But yeah its a good idea to have a buddy in the forest as well as a good sense and knowledge of survival; Though you have to wonder about the wider creepy spectrum of the unknown.

 

[buddymate]

Some of those folks must surely take a "Wrong turn"

 

[Hydro-Soil]

Dyn Corp International

Convicted in open, international court of over 200 THOUSAND counts of white slave trade.

Now you know.

Stay Safe!

 

[HOPS5K]

that's sickening, slave trade...how cruel and undeserved is that? Some woman or man, just hiking for peace of mind or whatever, NOPE, kidnapped, now a slave. It just makes me shudder to think what they do to the people AFTER they kidnap them..if that indeed is what is happening.

With that in mind, I'd still probably go out hiking alone somewhere..maybe just closer to home.

 

[k-s-p]

Maybe some of them want to "disappear".

 

[RetroGrow]

"John Douglas, a former chief of the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit and author of "Mind Hunter," says, "A very conservative estimate is that there are between 35 and 50 active serial killers in the United States" at any given time. Often, Douglas told me, they will, "kill two to three victims and then have a 'cooling-off' period between kills." That period can be days and in some cases (such as the BTK Strangler, Dennis Rader, convicted of killing 10 people from 1974 to 1991) even years."

But others who study serial killers (defined as someone who kills three or more people) think there are many more of these demented predators out there than the FBI admits to — maybe as many as a hundred of them actively operating right now.

Why don't we know the exact figure? Because serial killers are a secretive and often nomadic bunch.

Right before his execution in January 1989, the widely traveled Ted Bundy, described as a charismatic killer, admitted to 30 murders across half a dozen states — from Washington to Florida.

Andrew Cunanan killed at least five people during his wanderings through Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey and Florida, including fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami.

The FBI knows death travels, and five years ago it set up the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. The bureau reveals it has "a matrix of more than 600 victims and potential suspects in excess of 275." Since the bodies were found off major highways, top suspects are long-haul truckers who may pick up prey in one state and dump the body several states away."
http://www.creators.com/opinion/diane-dimond/serial-killers-how-many-are-there.html
Don't hitch hike with a trucker.

 

[RetroGrow]

Dyn Corp International

Convicted in open, international court of over 200 THOUSAND counts of white slave trade.

Now you know.

Stay Safe!

I really don't think they are trekking through the National Parks, kidnapping people. Most of these kidnap victims are duped into thinking they are getting high paying jobs through adds online and in newspapers. Girls are duped into thinking they are going to be models, only to be forced into prostitution.

 

[ZoSo]

Yeah, the middle of nowhere might be a safe place to kidnap someone, but you have to find them first.

 

[Hydro-Soil]

I really don't think they are trekking through the National Parks, kidnapping people.

Actually, it's a very convenient place to pick up hitch-hikers as there are usually people on foot going to different places.

Depends on the park too.

Nobody said they were trekking through the woods. Vans on park roads would be much quicker and safer. Right?

Stay Safe!