STRANGEST National Park Disappearances #3

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1:04These disappearances are, as Winston Churchill said of Russia during World War II, a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Now Churchill concluded that statement with a line, but perhaps there is a key. In these strange cases, that key is you and I, my friends. The more eyes and ears we have on these cases, the more we boost the signal about the missing, the nearer we are to finding answers, as well as closure for heartbroken families somewhere. Join us as we discuss ten more of the strangest disappearances in our National Parks. Please note that some of these cases have very limited information available. We've done our very best to include as much detail as possible based on the information that's available. With that said, let's get started. Number 10. Sharon Buas 48-year-old Sharon Buas was reported missing by our longtime hiking partner, Anne Johnson, on May 24, 2014.

2:09Anne Johnson called police after Sharon missed a hike with the Oppine Club. They were supposed to hike Hawthorne Peak at 9am, but Sharon didn't turn up, and this was very unusual for. Anne had a bad feeling about Sharon being a no-show, and she left a wedding reception early to drive around the trailheads to find Sharon's car. On 24th of May, 2014 at around 9.30pm, Anne found Sharon's car at the Mount Roberts Trailhead. The local search and rescue community was coordinated by the Alaskan State Troopers. The search for Buas began about 1am on May 25, 2014. Juno Mountain Rescue, southeast Alaska Dogs organized for ground search, US Coast Guard, Alpine Club, and many friends scoured the Mount Juno Trail System looking for. The search widened to encompass the backcountry, and then on May 26, 2014, searchers scaled back the perimeter and combed back over Mount Roberts and Mount Juno.

3:11On May 27, 2014, they focused on Mount Juno and the lower, less rugged end of the Mount Roberts Trail. A Coast Guard helicopter equipped with a flare infrared system that can detect heat sources and darkness was used at night. Searchers said, we've been all over these hillsides, and again assessing where it's likely she has been. We have thoroughly searched that area, and then we've searched and double searched areas outside of that, and then searched again areas that she could have gone but isn't likely. Even those areas have been double searched. Search dogs were also used, but they have not picked up her scent. Dogs have showed interest, which is different and more ambiguous than a learning to a scent, and two different areas on Mount Roberts on Sunday and on Tuesday. But nothing came of these incidents. She owned a handheld emergency activation device with GPS, but unfortunately it was found at her home. Despite an extensive search in the area, Sharon has never been found.

4:13Number 9, Richard Lee 47-year-old Richard Lee was last seen on September 9, 2004, when he left his home in King County for a two-day hiking trip in the Winachio-Kanogen National Forest in Washington State. Richard was an experienced hiker in the wilderness and planned to explore the culture of Lake Area, part of the Cascades. The area was rugged, but the weather was perfect when Richard set out. During the two days, he phoned his brother using a cell phone to tell him all was well. On September 11, 2004, Richard failed to return to his home in King County, and the authorities were eventually informed of his disappearance on Saturday the 15th by his wife, who wasn't initially concerned when he didn't return home on the 11th. Searchers quickly set up a 70-square-mile search area focusing on Lake Stewart, Culture Lake, and the Enchantment Lakes to the southwest of Leavenworth. Unfortunately, up to 8 inches of snow fell in the area at the same time, making the efforts of the search and rescue teams more difficult.

5:15Three planes from the State Department of Transportation were used, and Chelan County Mountain Rescue crews were assisted by volunteers from King, Yakima, and Kidditas counties. Searchers found Richard's car and eventually his campsite while off the trail. His kit, like his sleeping bag and food, was found in a tree to prevent bears getting to it. But nothing else relating to Richard Lee was ever located. Nobody, bones, equipment, clothing, or signs of a struggle or blood associated with an animal tag. There were reports by some searchers that they had an uncomfortable feeling around Richard's camp, but weren't specific on why. Number 8. Eric Lewis 57-year-old Eric Lewis was reported missing near the top of Mount Renair while mountain climbing July 1, 2010. Eric vanished when he became separated from his two climbing companions. He went missing when they discovered that he had unclipped from the climbing rope at 14,000 feet and suddenly disappeared.

6:20The three-man team was ascending the Gibraltar ledges route and encountered bad weather with high wind and visibility of his littlest five feet. According to park officials, the climber and the lead, Don Storms, stopped and was joined by the second climber on the rope, Trevor Lane. As they waited for Eric to join them, who was last on the rope, reeling it in, they discovered only a coil of rope with a knot. They had cut glimpses of him on the rope just moments before and immediately searched the slope below them. They proceeded to the summit ridge in case he had skirted around them. Then they returned to camp mirror at the climbing high camp at 10,200 feet and reported the incident to climbing rangers. The team of climbers searched the niscoly ice fall in Gibraltar shoot area and the Chinook helicopter flew climbing areas that seems possibly could have ended up in. Climbing Ranger Tom Pain and two mountain guides climbed to the summit looking for Eric on late Thursday the day of the disappearance.

7:22The day after the search expanded with more than 40 people involved. Ground searchers included National Park Service Climbing Rangers, climbing guides from a near mountain nearing incorporated, Alpine Assents International and International Mountain Guides, as well as volunteers from Olympic Mountain Rescue. Park Rangers aboard a military Chinook helicopter from Fort Lewis and a commercial helicopter from Northwest Helicopters searched from the air. Searchers did locate Eric's backpack, climbing harness and snow show at 13,600 feet and a small snow cave at 13,800 feet. He did not have a sleeping bag, tent, food or down jacket with him. Incident Commander Glenn Kessler said at the time, the search area is high elevation, glacial terrain and demands a high level of technical skill. The odds of finding the missing climber live must be weighed against the risk to searchers operating in such hazardous conditions. We've thoroughly searched the areas where we're likely to find Eric Lewis and believe it's now time to scale back.

8:25Normal patrols of the mountain with a vigil and eye toward finding clues pertaining to the missing climber will continue. Why did Eric cut himself from the rope? Why is his body never been found? To this day there are no answers and he has yet to be discovered. Step into the world of power, loyalty and luck. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. With family, conoles and spins mean everything. Now you want to get mixed up in the family business. Introducing the Godfather at chumbacacino.com. Test your luck in the shadowy world of the Godfather's slot. Someday I will call upon you to do a service for me. Play the Godfather. Now at chumbacacino.com. Welcome to the family. Number seven, Matthew Green. 39-year-old Matthew Green was last heard from on July 16, 2013 when he called his parents and an automotive repair shop to check on progress and exchanged text messages with friends.

9:32Matthew was a high school mathematics teacher in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and lived in Bethlehem and was a very experienced hiker and outdoorsman. Matthew arrived in the area of the eastern Sierra Mountains in the Asimony National Park on June 27, 2013 to climb with friends. But when a Subaru car broke down, they continued on while he stayed behind at a campground called Shady Rest near Mammoth Lake to wait for repairs. The last contact was on July 16 when he called his parents and the car repair shop to check on progress and exchanged text messages with some of his friends. At the campsite, authorities found some of his gear missing and a guidebook with pages torn out of it. Friends said he often tore out the pages for hikes he wanted to go on and when he completed them, he would put them back in his book. In this case, the pages was from the Minerad area, including Mount Ritter and Mount Banner, but Green didn't sign his name on either summit's log. His friends returned to the campsite on July 17 and he was nowhere to be seen.

10:34They had discovered that his car had been repaired but he never picked it up and he hadn't returned to the Shady Rest campground for over a week. The Mammoth Lake Police Department was informed. Several of Matthew's friends flew to California in canvas must-drivers, store owners, librarians and others in Mammoth Lakes. Posted fliers at trailheads, checked summit registers and spent several days in the backcountry looking for clues. The search has gone airborne too, with the helicopter flying over the rugged terrain and one of Green's friends shooting high resolution video from a private plane. California search and rescue personnel have also volunteered their time. Despite this extensive search, no trace of Matthew was found. Number 6 Jared Negrette 13-year-old Jared Negrette was a boy scout who was on his first overnight backpacking trip. He was last seen on Friday 19 July 1991 at about 6 p.m. when he fell behind his fiddle scouts on a hike to the summit of the 11,500-foot Mount San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino National Forest, Southern California.

11:46Another group of hikers spotted Jared struggling behind and notified the scout troop leader at the mountain summit, but the leader, an experienced hiker, said he would pick up Jared on the way down. When the leader finally decided to descend the mountain, Jared was nowhere to be seen. As soon as the troop leader realized that Jared had disappeared, he accompanied five other scouts back to the base camp and then hiked about five miles in the dark to get help. San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputies, along with search and rescue teams from afar as well as Sierra Madre and San Demas, began searching 130 square mile area of the San Gorgonio wilderness, a rocky, tree-lined terrain. Within three days, their search was focused on a six square mile area where a footprint to believe to match one of Jared's high-top tennis shoes was found. Searchers also discovered beef jerking candy wrappers believed have been dropped by the scout and most importantly, his camera was located. On the film roll were 12 pictures. Most of the photos were landscape scenes apparently taken before Jared went missing, but the final picture on the roll of film was a photograph of the scouts' eyes and nose, taken with the aid of the camera's flash, possibly at night after he disappeared.

13:01Family members said it appeared Jared had pointed the camera at his face and snapped the picture. It seemed possible that the boy had lost the camera while sliding down a portion of the mountainside. At least 70 officers, some of whom were lifted by an helicopter into the forest and horseback riders as well as helicopters of infrared were deployed. Over the next two weeks, as many as 3,000 people had logged 45,000 hours scouring 50 square miles of the San Bernardino National Forest from Angela Sokes to Whitewater Canyon. Almost 30 years later, no other clues to Jared's disappearance of surfaced and he remains missing. Number 5, Joe Domen. 68-year-old Joe Domen was last seen on Monday, November 8, 2010, before he headed to the Mount Peely Trailhead. He went for a solo hike without leaving an eye-tenerate with anyone and as a result, no one realized that he was missing until a week later.

14:01Joe was also known as GPS Joe on the various Arizona outdoor websites such as hikersona.com and Arizona hikers.com. He posted regularly on those sites and was a keen hiker. He profiled the trails he explored on his website with pictures and descriptions, www.gpsjo.net, which is now sadly defunct. His car was found at the Mount Peely Trailhead, northeast of Phoenix, and close to Pason. Friends said Joe was interested in finding an off trail route to summit Sheep Mountain on the Mosotsle Divide TR-23. He had attempted to climb the rugged north-south ridge line that runs up and down to the summit of Sheep Mountain, at 6,996 feet, three times or four, since the late autumn of 2009. The area is covered with thick vegetation. An extensive search and rescue effort was mounted to try and find him. On November 16, the search and rescue responsibility was transferred from Hila County to the Maricopa County search and rescue team.

15:05The Maricopa mountain airing team, 10 to 15 highly qualified members, were deployed via helicopter drops to concentrate on the more rugged areas around, up and down the slopes, and cliffs of Sheep Mountain. The area around Mount Peely Trailhead to Sheep Mountain can be treacherous. However, given Joe's significant off trail experience, it was surprising he just vanished that week in November of 2010, despite his advanced years. Even after the huge official search, and then unofficial search mayors on the hikers, no sign of GPS Joe has ever been found. No clothing, gear or body, Joe remains missing to this day. No. 4, Herald Drake 76-year-old Herald Drake was last seen on July 8, 2015, when he told a friend that he was going on a long hike while they were camping together in the Fyford Big Sur State Park in Monterey County, California. He took a gallon of water and a small pack containing snacks with him for the hike, and planned to return that afternoon to the campsite.

16:11But Herald never returned, and his friend reporting and missing to authorities at around 10pm that evening. The Monterey County Search and Rescue Team, along with the Monterey County Urban Search and Rescue Team, conducted a search of Pine Ridge Trail and Mount Manuel Trail, which are the main trails leading out of the park. California State Park Rangers conducted a search of five for State Park and adjacent short trails. Another search and rescue team conducted a search of the Big Sur River Gorge, which is another popular destination leading away from the park. On August 10, search and rescue teams from Monterey, Marin, and Santa Cruz County arrived to conduct a further search of the trail, and a helicopter from Nabil Air Station Lamor and CHP also assisted with the search. After an intensive five-day search by Aaron Graham, the Monterey County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team called off the effort. No sign of Herald was found, and to this day, his body remains missing in the wilderness.

17:11No. 3. Serene of Us Sri, Marcapati 52-year-old Serene of Us Sri, Marcapati, was last seen on December 8, 2019, while hiking Mount Baldi with three companions. Sri set out for the summit from the village at Bear Flats in the early morning hours Sunday, December 8, 2019. And at some point during the hike, Sri muttered something to his friend Justin Williams, then just kept walking towards the snow-covered wilderness on Mount Baldi. His companions contacted the authorities after they got back to their car around 4 p.m. Due to incoming inclement weather, the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department immediately dispatched search and rescue. Search and rescue teams from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Current, and San Diego counties, with assistance from two sheriff's helicopters, searched the mountain for any sign of Sri. Search and rescue teams search in snow-covered conditions at elevations of about 7,000 feet, and in some higher elevations, the snow was waist deep and still accumulating.

18:12On the sixth day, 32-year-old Timothy Staples, a search and rescue employee, fell to his death down an ice shoot while looking for Sri. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department immediately called off the search for Sri on December 14, 2019. No sign of him was ever found, and he remains missing to this day. Number 2, Jerry McKin. 48-year-old Jerry McKin was last seen at approximately 4.30 a.m. to 5.30 a.m. on September 21, 2002, at his home near the 24-200 block of Old Maryland Highway in Maryland, Oregon, halfway between Maryland, Maryland. Jerry drove away from the house in his brown and white 1986 GMC pickup truck, which had a distinctive camper show that runs the length of the bed, with a Honda 185 XL motorcycle inside the canopy. He used the motorbike to explore wilderness areas. Jerry was no novice to the outdoors, and was renowned in the area as an avid outdoorsman.

19:13He grew potatoes, alfalfa, and grain on his family's farm, and lived with his parents, Clifford and Bertha McKin. Jerry was single, very independent, and while he lived at home on the family farm, he would come and go as he pleased. Jerry was planning a hunt with his usual bull and arrows, preferring this method to firearms, but he never returned home and has never been heard from again. There was no search and rescue information regarding this case, and Jerry remains missing. Number 1, Ryan Stuka. 20-year-old Ryan Stuka vanished on February 17, 2018, after leaving Asparti on Burfield Drive in Sandpeaks, British Columbia, in Canada. 60 kilometers northwest of Kamloops, which is northeast of Vancouver, at around 210 am. Despite a huge search, no close have emerged as to his whereabouts. Ryan was a seasonal worker from Beaumont, Alta, and was working as a lift operator at the Sunpeaks Resort.

20:13He came to Sunpeaks on December 1, 2017 to spend the season snowboarding. It was believed that he was planning to walk to shortness until his home, but is unclear how affected he was by alcohol at the party. When he didn't show up to work later that day, friends reported him missing. That night, his parents received a text message from Ryan's roommate, but initially didn't think much of it until she read the entire message. They then reported him missing to the authorities. Since his disappearance, hundreds of volunteers from Alberta and British Columbia, along with local search and rescue teams in the RCMP, searched the village and surrounding forests, trails and mountains, looking for anything. But nothing has turned up. The initial theory from search and rescue teams was that Ryan had fallen into a gully, which was covered by heavy snow later that weekend. But when the snow melted after the winter, no sign of him was ever found, and he remains missing to this day. So there you have it. Ten more unsolved National Park Disappearances.

21:13As we continue this series, we'll keep you updated on these cases if updates become available. If you have a case you would like to see featured in this series, please email us at disappearanceofatgmail.com. If you enjoyed this video, make sure you hit that like button and don't forget to subscribe. Until next week, take care of yourself and each other. Teleredic here from 2311 Racing. Game night's fun until someone spends five minutes lining up one shot. Chalk, breathe, reach-shock, still aiming. While they figure it out, I fire up Chamba Casino. I can spin anywhere, anytime, and there's always a new social casino game every week. Spins happen way faster than that shot. Play now at chambacasino.com Let's Chamba. Sponsored by Chamba Casino. Chamba Casino. No purchase necessary. VGW Group. Voidware prohibited by law. 21 plus. Terms and conditions apply.