"Beyond The Pokedex: Mysteries of The Missing 411"

Welcome back to another captivating episode of "I Came With Fire Podcast"! In this episode we are taking you down a pretty gnarly rabbit hole: The Missing 411! Popularized and coined by David Paulides, The Missing 411 chronicles some odd and downright scary disappearances inside of North America's National Parks and highlights a potential conspiracy in covering up these disappearances and their culprit(s).
This episode begins with Mr. Paulides' venture "The CANAM Project". Named for the nations of Canada and the United States, The CANAM Project seeks to shed light on these disappearances plaguing National Parks within the respective nations.
David was first approached about these disappearances by a Park Ranger, who gave him a list of incidents and told him about how the National Park Service was allegedly covering up these disappearances. Seeking to get to the bottom of the problem, David submitted multiple "Freedom Of Information Act" (FOIA) requests but was met with refusals and demands for insurmountable sums of money for the information he was requesting.
Here, we go over just a few of these eerie disappearances and tell you about why they are so creepy and mysterious. First, there are some odd themes between quite a few of these cases: for many of these disappearances, dog teams are called in to search but are unable to pick up the scents of the missing or lead Search and Rescue (SAR) teams to locations that make no sense. In one case, a set of dogs led SAR teams to a cliff face. Thinking these dogs made a mistake, the SAR team brought in another set of dogs who repeated the actions of the first...leading them to a sheer cliff face. Another theme is that when someone's remains or belongings are found, they are typically found in an area already covered by SAR teams. Furthermore, these remains or belongings are found seemingly placed in manners as if the missing person simply set their items down and wandered away into nothingness. In a wide range of those who's remains are found, the same type of bodily remains are recovered. The skull caps and teeth are left behind.
What is causing these odd disappearances? Why is there seemingly a conspiracy to hide information about these missing persons? Why do many of these people go missing mere feet from their camping/hiking groups? And why are some National Park Rangers claiming they're encouraged to dissuade search efforts for the missing? Check this episode out if you love a good spook, have an interest in the strange and macabre, and definitely before you go on that hike into your nearest National Park.
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