Many adventurers take trips to the wilderness and go hiking, but in these cases, things didn't go according to plan. It is still unknown what phenomena caused the disappearance or death of these travelers, but they never returned from their travels.
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In 1991, a 12-year-old boy, Jared Negret, went on a camping trip with a group of Boy Scouts (boys from the Scout Organization).
While climbing Mount San Gorgonio, Jared fell behind his group. When the search began, some things that belonged to the boy were found, including his camera. In addition to the nature shots, the last photo was Jared's mysterious "selfie", in which he looked terrified. Since then, nothing is known about Jared's whereabouts.
Spooky story about omnivorous pigs
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In 1985, David Till and Brian Ognjan went hunting in northern Michigan. The men, as well as their car, went missing.
Only years later, in 2003, a witness told a terrible story: men were beaten to death near one of the bars. It was later revealed that the killers were two brothers who dismembered the bodies of the victims and fed them to their pigs. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison. It has not been established if this story is true, but the remains of the men have never been found.
Ax assassin
In 1977 Terry Jenz and Avra Goldman, two young girls, went on a bike ride. They stopped at an Oregon park to camp overnight. At night, a truck crashed into their tent, the driver of which attacked the girls with an ax. Suddenly, during the attack, the man climbed into the truck and drove away. Both women survived with their wounds, but the mysterious man with the ax disappeared and left no trace of himself.
The story of D. B. Cooper's
In 1971, a passenger on a plane from Oregon to Seattle known as D. B. Cooper, hijacked a passenger liner, threatened to blow it up and demanded a ransom.
On board, he ordered bourbon and then handed a note to the flight attendant saying he was carrying a bomb. Cooper showed the bomb and demanded $ 200,000. His demands were met. The man then flew the plane to Mexico. In the middle of the flight, during a thunderstorm, he jumped out with a parachute, tying money to his feet. After many searches, Cooper was never found. Nine years later, in the area where Cooper jumped out, a small child discovered a large sum of money.
Franklin Expedition
Franklin's expedition, which began to explore an unknown part of the Northwest Passage back in the 19th century, remains one of the most tragic and mysterious pages in the exploration of the Arctic.
During the expedition, two ships - "Erebus" and "Terror" disappeared into the polar ice (they were discovered years later), most of the researchers from the team were missing. Later, information appeared about the cannibalism of sailors. The British criticized researcher John Ray for such assumptions, however, after the discovery of the remains of Franklin's people with traces of cutting objects, his guesses were confirmed..
Wild Dingo Dog and the Missing Baby
Little Azaria Chamberlain, who was only 9 weeks old, went missing while traveling with her parents. According to them, the girl was dragged from the tent by a dingo dog. The parents were immediately blamed for the incident and sentenced to prison. A few years later, the girl's bloody clothes were found near the dingo's lair, and her parents were acquitted.
Frozen or abducted? Derrick Engebretson's story
In December 1998, 8-year-old Derrick Anghebretson from Oregon went to the National Wildlife Refuge with his father and grandfather, fell behind them during a blizzard and has since been reported missing. As a result of the search, a small amount of blood was found and a few things that may have belonged to Derrick, as well as a small “shelter” of fir branches.
One convicted pedophile later claimed that he killed the boy and promised to bring experts to Derrick's body, but after a search failed, he recanted his testimony.
Dyatlov Pass
In 1959, nine tourists went missing in the north of the Sverdlovsk region. According to the investigation, in the middle of the night, for unclear reasons, they cut open the tent and ran away into the forest half-naked. Six of them died of hypothermia, the rest had injuries incompatible with life. There are many versions of the reasons for the death of the group, they vary from an attack of wild animals to paranormal events such as an alien invasion … The incident continues to attract the attention of researchers.
Mysterious lumberjack Grant Hadwin
Grant Hadwin felled the world's rarest 300-year-old tree in protest against … deforestation. The shocking gesture of the conservationist angered many people. Grant was supposed to appear before the court, but he refused, citing the fact that the court was far away and he could get hurt during the trip. Grant chose a kayak for transportation and set off on the water. He did not appear before the court. Later, some things were discovered by a man and a kayak. But Grant Hadwin was never seen.
Disappearances in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States, people have disappeared more than once.
In 1969, a six-year-old boy disappeared while playing with friends. Witnesses heard screams and saw a suspicious man running out of the forest. Years later, the boy's remains were allegedly discovered by passers-by, but disappeared before experts could reach them.
In the same park, during a school trip, a 16-year-old girl disappeared.
Also, a 58-year-old woman was walking in the park with two friends, and disappeared after going down the hill.
In 2012, Derek Leuking left his car in the parking lot with the note “Don't try to follow me,” and he also went missing.
Missing aviator Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart is a famous American writer and pilot. In 1937, while trying to make a round-the-world flight, she went missing in the central Pacific Ocean.
The most common version of the disappearance is that Earhart's plane ran out of fuel and fell in an unknown place. There are many alternative versions: some argue that the woman was a spy or, tired of being famous, deliberately changed her name. The search for the remains is being undertaken in our time, although in 1939 Amelia Earhart was declared dead.
The disappeared poet
In 1924, poet Everett Ruess traveled to Utah, USA. After visiting the Sierra Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, the poet left many drawings and poems, but his last trace was a note he sent home: "I don't think you will ever see me again, so consider me missing." In 2009, a skeleton was found in the area, but DNA testing confirmed that it did not belong to Ruess. The fate of the young man remains a mystery.
The disappearance of the navigator Henry Hudson
In 1610, the English navigator Henry Hudson (Hudson) passed along the eastern coast of the Hudson Bay - a part of the Arctic Ocean, which is an inland sea, after whom this reservoir was later named. Hudson was dropped off the ship on a small boat along with his teenage son and several loyal people by the mutinous crew, after which no one saw him. It is believed that the navigator was killed while on the ship.
Researcher disappeared in Kentucky
American explorer James Harrod went missing while hunting in Kentucky in 1792.
His disappearance was surrounded by versions: the real purpose of the trip was called the search for a silver mine, it was also believed that Harrod simply wanted to escape from his family in this way. The disappearance was also blamed on the mysterious Bridges, allegedly Harrod's companion. Eyewitnesses said they saw Bridges throw out the silver buttons that matched the buttons on Harrod's shirt. Later, a skeleton of a man in a shirt without buttons was found in the cave. The mysterious Bridges disappeared before he could be questioned.
Tom Thomson's last canoe ride
Tom Thomson is a renowned Canadian artist who went missing while canoeing at Algonquin Park in Ontario. No one knows what happened, but his body was found in the lake eight days later, it was determined that he drowned. Many believe that Thomson committed suicide. His death is still a big mystery.