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Total documented disappearances
83
Each entry represents a person who entered the wilderness and never returned.
File 01 · Longest Unresolved
The Disappearance of Joseph B. Labonte Jr. at Baxter State Park
Missing for 88 years and 2 months
Last known: South Branch Pond area, Baxter State Park, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA
File 02 · Most Recent
Joel Thomazin - Missing From Hetch Hetchy Area
Missing for 5 years and 1 month
Last known: Lake Eleanor Rd, California 95321, USA
Registry ledger
Inside the archive
A factual overview of the records currently preserved by Vanished.
Total cases logged
83
Each entry is a missing person in wild terrain.
States with recorded disappearances
6
The wilderness is not confined to one region.
Parks / regions tracked
30
Clusters often form around familiar names.
Cases with mapped coordinates
83
These appear on the map below.
Cases without a known date
1
Some stories arrive incomplete.
Faces in the files
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Steve Martin vanished whilst out running. His body would be found a year later
Missing since 16th August 1975
WA 99119, USA
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Connie Johnson Vanishes in the Idaho Wilderness
Missing since 5th October 2018
Big Rock Mountain, Idaho 83539, USA
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Charles Robert Rutherford Missing From Presque Isle
Missing since 12th August 2005
1 Peter White Dr, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
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Paula Jean Welden vanished hiking The Long Trail in December 1946
Missing since 1st December 1946
7429+7P, Fayston, VT, USA
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Paul Matthew Head Disappeared Running Into The Woods
Missing since 10th September 1999
Dinkey Creek, CA 93664, USA
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Daniel Robinson Missing But Vehicle & Clothes Found
Missing since 23rd June 2021
Buckeye, AZ, USA
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The Disappearance of Kenneth Eugene Miller Near Crater Lake
Missing since 1966
Crater Lake National Park area, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
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Ruthanne Ruppert Missing From Yosemite Medical Clinic
Missing since 14th August 2000
9000 Ahwahnee Drive, Yosemite Valley, CA 95389, USA
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Dikran Knadjian Missing From Curry Village Yosemite
Missing since 24th July 1972
Half Dome Village, Yosemite Valley, CA 95389, USA
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Peter Dwight Germain Vanished From Near Trapper Creek
Missing since 25 February 2020
Petersville, AK, USA
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The Disappearance of Thomas Messick: Veteran Hunter Vanishes in New York's Adirondacks
Missing since 15/11/2015
Lily Pond area, Lake George Wild Forest, near Brant Lake, Horicon, Warren County, New York
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Robert Willis Vanished Whilst Hunting At Deer Creek
Missing since 1st November 2008
3VFW+H4 Dinkey Creek, CA, USA
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The Missing German Death Valley Family
Missing since 27 July 1996
Warm Spring Canyon, California, USA
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Frances Brown Vanished From Kitseguecla Lake Rd
Missing since 14th of October 2017
Kitseguecla Lake Rd, British Columbia V0J, Canada
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John Blevins Cogdell - Unexplained Death In Yosemite
Missing since 15th August 2018
Upper Pines Campground, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Yosemite Valley, CA 95389, USA
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Jason Lee Lovelady disappeared from near Elbow Lake whilst gathering pine cones
Missing since 15th October 2013
NF-12, Concrete, WA 98237, USA
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Alfred Nicholas Kochendorfer Vanished From Butte
Missing since 27th October 2000
18748-18886 Walling Rd, Palmer, AK 99645, USA
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Daniel Lynn Campbell Vanished - Last Seen Hellroaring Creek Trailhead
Missing since 6th April 1991
Hellroaring Creek, Yellowstone National Park, United States
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John Gunn Missing From Yosemite Found 5 Weeks Later
Missing since 28th July 1967
9017 Village Dr, Yosemite Valley, CA 95389, USA
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Jack Forest Thomas Missing From Fern Falls Area
Missing since 15th June 2016
Idaho Centennial Trail, United States
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Incoming tray
Recently filed
The latest records added to the archive desk.
The Disappearance of Kenneth Eugene Miller Near Crater Lake
Last known: Crater Lake National Park area, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
The Disappearance of Joseph B. Labonte Jr. at Baxter State Park
Last known: South Branch Pond area, Baxter State Park, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA
The Disappearance of Paul “Buddy” Jepson Jr.
Last known: Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
The Disappearance and Death of Jacob Gray in Olympic National Park
Last known: Sol Duc Hot Springs Road
The Disappearance of Thomas Messick: Veteran Hunter Vanishes in New York's Adirondacks
Last known: Lily Pond area, Lake George Wild Forest, near Brant Lake, Horicon, Warren County, New York
The Disappearance of Gerry Largay: Lost on Maine’s Appalachian Trail
Last known: Appalachian Trail, Franklin County, Maine, USA
Charles Robert Rutherford Missing From Presque Isle
Last known: 1 Peter White Dr, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
Cian McLaughlin vanished whilst out on a hike near Delta Lake
Last known: Garnet Canyon Trail
Filing cabinet
Parks and regions
Open a drawer to browse recurring locations across the archive.
Yosemite National Park
22 cases
California
15 cases
Sierra National Forest
5 cases
Idaho
4 cases
Montana
4 cases
Crater Lake National Park
3 cases
Oregon
3 cases
Yellowstone National Park
3 cases
Alaska
1 cases
Arizona
1 cases
Baxter State Park
1 cases
Bitterroot National Forest
1 cases
Death Valley National Park
1 cases
Delta National Forest
1 cases
Flathead National Forest
1 cases
Glacier National Park
1 cases
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1 cases
Lake George Wild Forest
1 cases
Maine
1 cases
Missouri
1 cases
Monongahela National Forest
1 cases
North Carolina
1 cases
Olympic National Forest
1 cases
Olympic National Park
1 cases
Ottawa National Forest
1 cases
Sawtooth National Forest
1 cases
Vermont
1 cases
Virginia
1 cases
West Virginia
1 cases
Wyoming
1 cases
Last-known locations
The case map
Explore the places where each documented trail went quiet.
Every point represents a person who entered the wilderness and never came home.
Yosemite National Park
22 cases
California
15 cases