Brit Reacts to Top 10 places people disappear in the United States

[@revgurley]

True story: in the late 1970s, a young classmate of mine went to Alaska for summer vacation. He & his dad took a plane ride (the only way to travel in Alaska, except by boat), and...disappeared. They never found the plane. I've heard Alaskans say, "Joe has gone missing" and everyone knows what that means. The first funeral I ever attended, and there were no bodies to bury. So sad.

[@rhondaallan4680]

There was a serial killer that would lure prostitutes onto their plane, fly them out to a remote area, "hunt" them down, and shoot them. 😭

[@JJerseyGirl]

😮

[@AlaskanGlitch]

The Alaskan-Canadian (a.k.a. AlCan) Highway has existed since WW II.

[@bettyir4302]

It is so sad when children aren't found. Small plane. Vast wilderness with nothing but bears and mountain lions. Mountains, gullies and snowbanks. And they wonder why people go missing in Alaska. Same in various parts of the Southwest. Hiking out alone. Vast wilderness with nothing but bears, mountain lions and rattlesnakes. Mountains, gullies and deserts. Rinse and repeat for the Rockies and the Smokey Mountains but throw in a serial killer or two. Sometimes people intentionally disappear.

[@dawnyoung8]

There are places in the world where people that don’t want to be found , go to disappear , that’s where the predators are

[@dionysiacosmos]

Simple steps to avoid getting lost in the wilderness. 1) Plan out your route and register it with the ranger office. 2) Always bring food and water, but make sure it's sealed in plastic bags so nothing can smell it. Put trash in and seal the bag again. 3) Wear a whistle. The sound carries much farther than your voice, and even if you're injured you can blow it. We never left our campsite without them. The hard one is 4) Sit down as soon as you are reasonably sure you are lost. Odds are you are close to where you meant to be. Sit down. Blow your whistle but sit down. Don't lose yourself farther. Sit down. How many kids would have been recovered quickly using just those last two?

[@oneslikeme]

I hope more people see this. These are excellent tips

[@misslora3896]

It's also good to put a bell on the shoelaces of one of your shoes. Bears will typically try avoid humans. When they're surprised/startled by us, especially a sow with cubs, they're more likely to attack. The bell acts as a warning to them. Thankfully, bear attacks are exceedingly rare. I lived on Kodiak Island in Alaska, home to a large population of Kodiak brown bears which are even bigger than the average grizzly. Most people wear bells on their shoes when going anywhere off the roads and will often carry firearms as well, just in case.

[@dionysiacosmos]

There is one more tip that for obvious reasons I hesitated to include. As a last resort, and ONLY a last resort, build three fires and make them smoky.This standard throughout the US for rangers and firespotters is taken as a distress signal. So be careful where and how you do it. Now this doesn't work every time, especially in the Winter, when nobody is on duty at remote locations. But in life and death situations, show any searchers where you are!!

[@mariateresamondragon5850]

I'm always amazed at how few people carry whistles, especially in the wilderness. (They can come in handy even in populated areas.)

[@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667]

The last tip of just staying still is probably the most important. But you're right that people tend not to do so thinking they will eventually find their way out. Usually as you mentioned they end up getting more lost. Patience-is-a-virtue yes?

[@vickishockey2474]

I can only speak about Alaska. I lived there for 15 years, owned a bar out in a tiny fishing village accessible only by boat or floatplane. So the disappearances: lots of suicide, many drunken accidents, many genuine accidents because this is genuine wilderness so you have hunters with hypothermia or broken legs after a fall; and then there’s murder. Lots and lots of murder. People who are wanted by the police will go to Alaska to hide in plain sight. There is an incredible amount of seasonal work and a constant ebb and flow of unfamiliar faces. People disappear without anyone knowing they were even there. Guns are very common, people drink a lot, and again there is just so much wilderness. When flying into or over Alaska in a jet, you realize what wild means and how fragile and insignificant humans are. My advice when you make it to Alaska: don’t piss anyone off while drinking in the bar. I loved living there, but call Oregon home now. Born in Montana. My husband and I will gladly take you under our wing and direct you or show you some great places. And have some good stories to share.

[@Satoshiisnaruto]

You just trying to get that UK weenie ain’t u vicki😅

[@ncjoker420]

You also have Grizzly, Kodiak, and Polar bears, along with wolves and large birds. Bodies just do not stick around in the wilderness.

[@AlaskanGlitch]

Alaska is one of those places that does not tolerate mistakes. A non-fatal accident in the lower-48, like a broken leg or frost-bite, can be a death sentence in Alaska. In my opinion accidents/mistakes while traveling alone make up the majority of unexplained disappearances. With suicides and murder coming in a distant second and third reason for the unexplained disappearances. Guns are indeed common in Alaska, however they are even more common in Montana where more than 60% of every household has at least one firearm. Wyoming comes in second place, just behind Montana, and Alaska comes in third. I have been fortunate never to have used my firearms in self-defense during the 33 years I have lived in Alaska, despite having numerous bear encounters, but I will continue to carry them in case my luck eventually runs out. It is always better to be armed and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

[@madeline5138]

Heck that's where the Most Dangerous Game took place. There's lots of folk travelling through there whether it's hired ladies or tourists. I think a lot of it too is that a lot of folk don't realize just how big and empty a lot of America is as well and you lose sight of that when you grow up living in one particular place. Even in Arizona where I was born and raised, I traveled a lot across the state, and other than Phoenix and Flagstaff and Tucson really, there's not much in between, especially outside of the highways. Highway towns are super small as well.

[@JKM395]

If you start looking into disappearances, especially in our National Parks, things get real weird, real quick. There are more stories than you can imagine of people just vanishing in a puff of smoke. Odd, odd stuff.

[@Xassaw]

That’s SO true! Mr. Ballen has a lot if stories he tells on his channel about many of those, but the book Missing 411 apparently covers a vast amount. I haven’t been fortunate enough to read it yet, but I’ve heard a lot about it.

[@circuitd942]

Some on busy, popular trails in the middle of the day. There is also the Missing 411

[@MarySpain1958]

Missing 411 is David Pallades ( not sure of Spelling) go to YT look for Missing 411 by David P. Others are copying his stories. HE has written several books. × NO ONE KNOWS EXACT NUMBER because after 7 yrs people are declared DeAD taken off the list. Many believe Govt. cover ups .it's A fascinating subject.

[@oneslikeme]

I'm surprised the video didn't talk about Roanoke, the original missing town. Roanoke Island was the first permanent colony of England in America, and every inhabitant completely disappeared.

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

Roanoke island, is in North Carolina. Next to Nags Head. Roanoke, Va is a small city in the Blue Ridge. It’s still there.

[@oneslikeme]

@@katestewart-taylor9736 Oops, thank you! I've made the correction

[@hapymom13]

Josh Gates did an episode on the Lost Colony. I think he hit most of it

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I expected it to be #1. Maybe he considered it too old.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

@@katestewart-taylor9736 The current small city exists but the original Roanoke inhabitants disappeared in 1590. Lot's of people were discussed in the video for having disappeared in locations that exist today.

[@AZHITW]

Tourists come to Arizona and even when the news stations warn them about not going into the desert without taking precautions, they still think they can go hiking wearing shorts, a tank top, flip flops, and carrying a 16-ounce bottle of water when its 110°F or hotter. They find dead people on hiking trails in town, so anyone going into the Superstition wilderness unprepared is like asking to disappear.

[@johnw8578]

Cool -- you should react to some of the Missing 411 stories about people that go missing in national parks.

[@janetbaker645]

David Paulides wrote about the missing in America’s Country Parks

[@MarySpain1958]

National Parks

[@Banyo__]

Fun Disturbing Fact: Whenever there are hurricanes where I live, there are long stretches where police/ems/and fire, can do nothing because of the storms and of course, there is a lot of chaos and disruption of daily life and emergency services afterwards so people who want to disappear, will just use the time to disappear (and of course are presumed dead, blamed on the storm, unless found), and gangs will use the time to settle scores with other gangs, and just disappear the bodies, blaming it on the storm.

[@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667]

I will never forget having to use my charcoal grill and Grilling the frozen food that I had up to and including tater tots in my garage while I watched the hurricane ripping by. You know how it is once power goes out, and of course you want to make the best use of whatever food you can save. And I never had a generator of any kind either.

[@ericaalhammouri2764]

Lake Superior is such a huge lake that is is like an ocean. It gets crazy water during storms. You can’t see the opposite shore.

[@seasickviking]

Here in the Southwest, if a corpse it was missing a head, it usually means Coyotes were involved. They tend to take the head and run off so they can knaw on it away from other scavangers.

[@titanicdargon1912]

I read an article once that some scuba divers were at the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and found one in the body still there, preserved. Also the lakes weather can turn on a dime calm one minute 30 foot waves the next

[@tonyarussell3118]

Alaska is a big state that is in habited by numerous wild animals and have dense forests where people can disappear. If a plane goes down in the forest most of the time it makes hardly any spot where you can see the it. Actually happens therefore you can fly right over it sometimes walk right by it and not even know.

[@beesnort3163]

Lake Superior gets very very scary especially in November. 30 foot waves etc. (also these ships are GIGANTIC freighters and cargo ships). Please check out the Great Lakes on a review sometime! It will blow your mind!

[@vernieplummer5148]

I lived on the shore of Lake Superior for six years. It is such a cold lake, and the wind that comes off it is freezing all year round. Since I lived right on the shoreline, the flowers in my yard would bloom a full month later than people who lived on the other side of town. We once had a party for my husband's grandmother's 100th birthday . The party was on July 4th, the hottest part of the summer in the US, and it was so cold we had to wear jackets . It's the largest collection of freshwater in the world. The lake is literally 34 degrees even in the summer, which would be about two Celsius. I would take my daughter there and she would want to play and all the kids would be standing in the water and turning blue and shivering and shouting no mom we don't wanna get out LOL. It is a very stormy lake, and the waves on the shore are just like the ocean. The Great Lakes were such an important route for shipping the grain that grows in the Midwest before the railroads were really going. The lakes are still important in shipping, and many many people have died on that lake.

[@beesnort3163]

I am so jealous! It is STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL up there! ❤

[@redshed2020]

Have you gotten to see the water turn pink during a storm? While we don't live on the lake, I grew up not too far away and have family there, so spent quite a bit of time there. I've seen the water look pink twice right after a wind storm. So freaky looking.

[@Tbone1492]

Alaskan triangle had me spooked. Even armed to the teeth. Wilderness is never-ending. Huge Brown, Polar bears, Wolves, Cats. Danger zone!

[@Morna777]

Polar bears are the only land predator that will actually try to eat humans rather than just viewing them as a threat to their cubs or some such.

[@cathykugath7740]

You don't always have cell service in the mountains so tags would not work

[@philmakris8507]

During the search for Steve Fosset they also found more than half a dozen plane crash sites. And the reason so many planes disappear there is exactly bc of the reasons Lew speculated, the wind patterns in the mountains. Even flying in and out of the Reno International Airport can be tricky. Several airlines have flight simulators specific to RNO Airport just to train their pilots to fly in and out of there.

[@dalemac614]

That triangle in Alaska is like the whole state it is absolutely remote wilderness

[@isabellajo]

I’m baffled at how Lake Lanier didn’t make it on the list. It was built in the 1950s after they flooded an entire city and thriving communities within the city, they thought the lake would be a good way to provide surrounding areas with power and water. (Legend says its haunted, ask any Georgia resident and they’ll tell you the exact same thing) There have been nearly 700 deaths over the years (over 27 of those bodies still have never been found) and at least 8 deaths so far this year. During the process, they dug up tons of graves in the city (which is one of the reasons it’s said to be haunted) and there’s a good handful of famous legends associated with Lake Lanier, one of which is about a woman who drowned in a boating accident there but her body was never recovered…according to the legend, her ghost haunts the area to this day. Of course that’s up to you to believe lol but theres no denying the eerie history behind it all

[@karenedwards6713]

I live in Georgia and you are right, we all know about death lake. Buddy of mine wanted to give me some fish from that Lake and I joked that these fish had been eating dead humans! Lots of people who disappear don't know how to swim.

[@theJuLYheat]

It wasn't in the last one i watched either and it damn well should've been. I'm also a Dawgz fan and I've intentionally never gone in lake lanier bc of all the lore surrounding it.

[@ModernMoros]

Literally just came here and said the same thing. I know 2 people that have drowned there and have personally had experiences that I can't explain without sounding like a lunatic. I will NEVER go back again lmao

[@sharians-bluesky]

It was an African American city called Oscarville. Displaced blacks from Forsyth County. They made it into a reservoir. I would expect disappearances.

[@Lily_the_puggle]

tracking devices doesn't work when there's no cell service. which is super common in alot of the middle of nowhere areas.

[@Eniral441]

I grew up in Wyoming where very few people live. People usually get lost, or get hypothermia (and get lost) on hunting trips when they disappear. Most of the time it isn't animal related. That being said, some people go missing due to the ultimate predator--man. As an archaeologist, I can attest to occassionally finding remains of murder victims in remote areas. The ones we found were decades old. And many are never found. But if you don't know someone is missing, there's no reason to look....especially if the missing person was from some other state and you don't know Tyger were brought to Wyoming.

[@jstringfellow1961]

#8 the little 6 yr old makes me sad. In 1969 we did play alone and with kids w/o much parental supervision. I understand that part, but he went by himself and probably fell into a hole, a cave, off a cliff, or someone could have stolen the boy. I am really sad for his family, and of course, what happened to him.

[@TexAnts-xp7tl]

You have to remember Alaska is almost three times the size of France with 99% of that being frozen and heavily forested. Going into the Alaskan wilderness is a roll of the dice for survival unless you're very, very knowledgeable and tough.

[@SherryPM72]

There was a documentary on it called Missing 411.

[@clarkspoerl-lh7dw]

Mr ballen has some good missing people stories. Also, you should react to some of them.

[@MaryHawkins-q8d]

I think his name is Mr Ballard but might be mistaken

[@oliviarussell6258]

It's Mr. Ballen. Well, there could be a Mr. Ballard, but there is definitely a Mr. Ballen... He's, in my opinion, the best storyteller. 😉 I'd love to see Lewis react to Mr. Ballen's stuff... Starting with his first video that tells his own experience...

[@oliviarussell6258]

Yes, his Missing 411 series (based on the books) are so fascinating! Crazy, crazy stuff... Love Mr. Ballen... Nice to see a fellow Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format fan. 😁

[@robwalls6057]

In most states if you get lost in the remote wilderness you are only a few days of walking from finding at least something. It may only be a dirt road or maybe at least something man made that can help guide you in the right direction. In Alaska, you can walk for over a week or more and not see a damn thing. Then add in everything that Alaska can throw at you like bears, moose, wolves, extreme cold , deep snow, and rough harsh terrain, the chance of you surviving is slim to none.

[@BTinSF]

I don't know--it's 120 miles between gas stations on I-40 in California. That'd be a long walk, especially since you aren't far from Death Valley and the temperature in summer might be 120 degrees. And some of the people driving that road could be creepier than bears moose and wolves so hitch hiking is out if you value your life.

[@ArtemisAurora]

I grew up on Lake Superior and now live in Juneau, Alaska, so I can confirm that people going missing is a common occurrence in both places. Growing up in northern Michigan, Superior is a lake resembling an ocean, with huge waves, and crazy ice. Fresh water is less buoyant than salt water, so when a ship is damaged it stinks fast and its harder for the people to stay afloat also the lake is cold and you can get hypothermia almost all year. Alaska is a place where people go to have an adventure so there is risky behavior from visitors. We use small planes and helicopters far more than any other place for transport and they are dangerous. Drugs, alcohol, depression, and cold tempitrures are a recipe for missing locals. Here in Juneau tourists and locals go missing every year hiking in the mountains. I will say in most places on this list it's folks who don't understand how dangerous nature is, your small plane or boat is still at the mercy of nature and once you are hurt animals will take care of the rest. There is a reason humans spend all this time creating the indoors, just stay in and play video games or go to a local park and stay out of the woods people.

[@elkins4406]

For the Smoky Mountains, I'm sure it's a combination of (a) a lot of tourists, driving along a highway which has (b) many pull-off areas allowing people to take a break, park their car, take some photos, stretch their legs, or go for a little walk in (c) the woods. It's easy to get lost in heavily wooded regions, and tourists can often be very foolish about day hikes. They'll see something that *looks* to them like a trail (whether it actually is one or not) and just blithely assume that it's going to be clearly marked, well-graded and maintained, and perfectly safe to follow. Then they'll just wander off into the woods, often without carrying anything on them at all: no map, no phone, no adequate clothing, not even any water to drink. It's a perfect set-up for a lot of disappearances. As for Alaska, a huge percentage of that state is still true wilderness. Relatively few Americans have any experience with actual wilderness. Combine that with the state's very high violent crime rate, plus its popularity as a place for those in some kind of trouble to hide or run or try to make a new start, plus the romantic appeal that the Alaskan wilderness often holds for people with mental problems or experiencing some sort of emotional crisis, and...well, yeah. It's easy to die out there.

[@andromedaspark2241]

I grew up in the Smokies, and we had a family friend who's little brother disappeared on a hike with her family when they were both children. He just vanished from right behind her in an instant. They never found anything of him. People really shouldn't take the less traveled trails without at least a daypack and some minimal ability to know how to find their way out. But, this boy was used to the woods and would have known not to wander off. East Tennessee has a lot of caves due to the unique geology. I've wondered if some people end up falling in a hole for their bodies/clothes never to be found.

[@TheSnaqShaq]

I live in Alaska near the Alaskan Triangle and I can tell you one thing- the woods are thicker than any girl could ever hope to be. Seriously. In some places, the trees are so dense that you'd need a flashlight in the middle of the day to see properly. Not to mention how deep the snow is in some areas.

[@laguzl]

Missing 411 is a series of books about people who vanished with no trace in our national parks. While I don't believe in superstition, which is eluded to in the books, the number of people who have gone missing and never been found is concerning. I still go to these places; I don't go alone, plan what I'm going to do, and pay attention to my surroundings.

[@oldeskul]

If you note, these are some pretty remote places. It's real easy to get lost and die of exposure, even for people who are experienced. When it comes to the plane crashes, it has to do with things such as people overestimating how much fuel they have, not paying attention to their instrument panels, being overtired while flying or mechanical failure.

[@edletts2219]

My nephew is a bow hunter. He usually hunts elk and him and his dad have a garage lined with elk antlers. On one trip, while waiting for an elk to pass by, he happened to turn around and find a mountain lion about 30 feet behind him, eyeing him for lunch. He waved his arms and made a bunch of noise and, luckily, the mountain lion took off. Since then he has carried a pistol with him while bow hunting. I wonder how many of the people lost in parks just got ate.

[@kimnapier8387]

Wow that's insane 😮😅. I've not heard of this town or the story and I am a American born woman who is 60 years of age. Thank you for your videos. I watch them, faithfully, always learning new facts. Your reaction is so precious and funny 🤣🤣

[@timcaldwell5241]

Without a doubt his videos are hilarious or ludicrous depending on the content…the factual part is a little more dubious…lol. It’s hard to tell if he’s taking much of it seriously…He IS very entertaining and I certainly hope he gets to come to the USA to experience it for himself….

[@redshed2020]

I grew up near Superior. The size and incredible depth make for crazy weather and very cold water. Because of the iron ore in the area a bad storm can churn it up to where the water looks pink. It's freaky. There's a series of Islands on the Wisconsin side with some amazing history and a town called Bayfield that's quite beautiful. There was a massive storm that caused a large chunk of the city of Bayfield, WI to wash down the hill into the water, including a cemetery. You can find pictures from that time. That storm is one where the water looked pink.

[@cowlevelcrypto2346]

The Great Lakes are large enough to be considered inland seas. They are also deep, Lake Superior is over 2000 feet deep and some believe there is a whole other lake UNDER it. Storms coming off the Midwest and Canadian can be pretty strong, having nothing to stop them, once they are over the water, they just get worse whipping up violent waves. If it is winter time the cold water can turn to ice on the cold metal hulls of the ships. The added weight of the ice and freezing water can overload the ships causing them to sink. Most of these large ships were laden with as much coal or steel as they could hold, so they were already sitting low to the water line.

[@darkwolve114]

I live in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. Not a hunter but I like to explore. I've seen and heard some very strange things back in the woods. I actually thought I was being lead into an ambush a couple years ago. That strange feeling that can save your life that comes outta nowhere... Went from curious to extremely worried with nothing prompting it but sudden dead silence and feeling of being frozen in place to take in all surroundings. Glad I did. I was actually stalking something up and down the hills without realizing it. Still not sure what it was. Followed it to a dried up creek bed leading slightly uphill into an arch of thickets that was very obviously made and not natural at all. Looked like an entrance into Narnia or something. No birds or squirrels. No wind. DEAD silent. I didn't have my dog with me then. I wouldn't say I chickened out. It wasn't fear. More like a "GTFO right TF now" feeling. I was being watched with intent and I knew it. Used to that tho being out there so often. I don't get freaked by the unknown but something was incredibly off that time. I'd still love to know what it was. Can't convince me it was my imagination because it came on so suddenly. Sidenote: NEVER EVER use paranormal apps like Randonautica (or however that's spelled) in the woods. Ever. The flags often move around and have you going places you have no business being near. Almost always leading you to a "dead-zone" where it's silent... after chasing the target around a while. A 10 minute walk turns into 45 minutes of harsh hiking and dangerous obstacles only to wind up in those dead-zones with a GPS that refuses to work properly. Easy to get you lost if you're not paying attention to much of anything but your phone. It seems to intentionally tire you out before completely dropping the target and GPS in eerily vacant places without a shred of green plant or animal life around.

[@JILL0704USA]

Urkhammer, Iowa was a small mid-western town which is said to have vanished without a trace in 1928. It's been written that the town never really existed, and the tales are myths. There's no trace that it ever existed. Put Urkhammer in the browser and see what shows up. As a lifetime Iowan, the story about this vanished town has always been considered to be fiction.

[@Eniral441]

Lake Superior is massive. It is one of the Great Lakes. So like in the ocean, storms can sink ships. They find old ships on the bottom all the time. It is a really cool lake. I've been up to the North Shore to look at fall foliage and light houses a couple of times when I lived in Minnesota.

[@edithroberts8959]

Just in Alaska, 500 to 2000 people go missing each year

[@wikdsweet]

411-missing is interesting, tells about people that go missing in parks...Stay on the marked trails if you are not really familiar with the area and always let someone know your hiking/camping itinerary

[@ldkmelon]

I used to live right next to iowa, definitely never heard that town before, but ghost towns where not that rare at that time people didn't travel much and it was a very famine type time period

[@cecelia1350]

Regarding Alaska you have to remember how wild it is. Despite this a lot of people go there to hike, hunt, explore the wild etc. If a person gets lost they can end up freezing to death, starving, getting killed by wildlife and slip & fall off cliffs. Lake Superior gets winds from Canada and can have very dangerous storms that will sink a ship.

[@carlavirgin8149]

People go missing in desert or hiking here in AZ all the time. Usually desert is where folks try to, and sometimes succeed, in getting rid of murder victims. They are still trying to ID skeletal remains found in the 70s

[@dalemac614]

All of these places have grizzly bears Mountian loins elk moose rattlesnakes etc etc

[@ladyvixsen]

I live about 45 minutes away from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. I’ve never seen a missing persons case on the news ever. Makes sense because our last one was 1981 before I was born. On the other hand it wouldn’t surprise me one bit. We have black bears in those mountains and all around even to my town. Last one I saw was a few years ago. One of our dogs( a huge Australian Shepherd) treed the bear in our backyard and we had a good cookout on the smoker with the fam and a freezer full leftover! But bear meat is not my favorite it’s really fatty and greasy.

[@rayleenerwin1703]

I grew up as a kid living on 11 acres and our property line literally ended at the Main Gate of Yosemite National Park. As kids we spent a lot of time (un supervised) on horses, 4-wheelers, bikes or building forts. NEVER encountered a Bear. We saw Mountain Lions and Coyotes countless times. The Bears would get into our trash so we could see them from the "safety" of our house. Bats were a bigger issue. We didn't have A/C so would leave the doors and windows open and they would just fly in. I remember hiding under the table. Try getting a bat out of a house with 20ft ceilings 🤔.

[@kimmycook2698]

I've been to Yosemite, can confirm the bathrooms warn you of bears coming in. It is stunning and well worth the trip. Warning, when I went in August, the higher elevation had snow and it was very cold. Bring pants and a coat. Go to the top of Moro Rock, it is quite a view. Close by are the giant redwoods, so make sure to detour to see those too.

[@lesliedaubert1411]

Lake Superior is used as a transport between the US and Canada. They use techniques to keep it from freezing so the ships can sail. It makes sense why there are many sunken ships due to the frequency of how many travel.

[@sdandrea8171]

If you hike the Grand Canyon, do not go off the trails. Some people who have gone off the trails have never been found.

[@valezZzz81]

I like the airtag udea, but in the mountainous places, especially the Appalachians...cell service is spotty at best. I was driving through the Appalachians, and my GPS kept telling me to take u turns while driving on a 2 lane road, which would've been death. GPS kept taking me off main roads and into single lane roads that would circle back onto the main road miles behind where it had me turn off. I'm happy to have a paper map to get through. The United States has strange magnetic places that you can feel it's not quite right.

[@lindajallen3805]

In Sylacauga alabama there is a place called gravity hill where your car will roll up hill in neutral. You can Google it there are you tube videos of people doing it. There is a scientific reason it's explained on the website but it's a cool phenomenon, that everyone can experience and it happens everytime and nobody has gone missing that I know of....🤣😂

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

The Smoky Mountains have some of the most beautiful views in the world! My husband and I were married there in Gatlinburg, Tennessee! You should watch the story of Amelia Earheart! One show said that she and Fred Noonan, her navigator, were stranded on a small island and became so weak that they were eaten alive by crabs. That haunts me until this day!

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

Bro, the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, AZ there, what they showed was just the entrance to the mountain range. Once you get up in there, it turns into a massive creepy deserty mountain range very typical of all those Old Westerns you'd see where the Indians would ambush Cowboys and stuff. About 10 years ago now, HISTOTY Channel ran a mini-series about a group of guys who were going through there searching for the Lost Dutchman Mine and some of the terrain up in there was extremely rugged and creepy at the same time. The Colorado River runs thru a part of it, which formed the Grand Canyon, so there's an area of the Superstions that looks very Grand Canyony if you know what I mean, but not quite as layered as it in terms of erosion, so you got this River running through the bottom, but high rock cliffs on either side, and it snakes thru there which makes it pretty creepy.

[@KaikanoSei]

They certainly didn't give Lake Superior enough credit. It is very cold, so most months you don't swim in it but not only that, it doesn't give up its dead because there are bodies down there that are still preserved. Which makes scuba diving a very touchy issue among the wrecks. Couple that with some very fierce storms (it's basically an inland sea) and deep waters and it's a very dangerous place. Most small boats will get back to shore if they spot any cloud lines to the south or west while on the water. The Witch of November. You don't really want to be on the lake much after September.

[@task_master6115]

As someone who's been to a lot of these sites, I'd chalk it up to predation, but injuries and exposure first off. Nature is wild!

[@jchapman2006]

Lake Superior is a deep, gigantic, and cold lake. It’s so big, it’s classified as an inland sea/freshwater sea. It has tides and extreme storms. I live 13 miles away, in a small town called Ishpeming. Ships that are stuck out when the gales come can often sink due to the size of the waves. They even claim there are rogue waves on Lake Superior that can be in excess of 30 feet. It’s also beautiful, which can also entice some people to go out on the lake in smaller crafts and if the wind picks up, it can be too much for the ship. Also, if you are swept away in Lake Superior, swimming, boating, kayaking, or jumping off the rocks, your body has a high percent chance that it may never be found. Bodies can float dozens of miles, or even further and then sink. The lakebed, which can be over 1,000 feet deep can also be cold enough to preserve remains for years. I love the lake, but I have an immense respect for her. Lake Superior never gives up her dead…

[@margaretsgirl]

The 1997 film, "The Edge," with Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins, is about 2 guys surviving being lost in Alaska. It is amazing, and although it is fiction, it mirrors what they described in this video.

[@vernieplummer5148]

Generally when people are hunting in the US, it is for deer, moose, elk, or some other ungulate. Those kind of animals don't kill people, except for the occasional moose. Also, when hunting in the United States the government requires you to wear a bright orange outfit. If you're caught hunting without that your license will be taken away. Yes, a lot of hunting occurs out in the country where people may get lost, but because of the bright clothing it's very rare for anybody to be shot by other hunters. The two animals in the United States that a person would worry about would be a big cat or a bear. Neither one of those animals actually likes to chase people down much, although there have been some cougars in the West in the last few years that have killed grown men. All I can say is that my husband and I have been hunting many times, and we have never had any kind of problem with any animal.

[@jessd3107]

A lot of national parks in America have no cell phone or satellite coverage...I am from Arizona and grew up by the superstition mountains all I can say is creepy things happen there

[@user-vf4xf5wr9i]

Lake superior is roughly the size of Austria. It has the same basic weather as an ocean. Bad, bad storms.

[@dylancuccia970]

Alaskan triangle just to put it in perspective. From 1988-2023 that was only 35 years. With 16000 missing that comes out to 457 on average a year. Or 1.2 people on average everyday. That is mental 😮

[@finnbyrne4851]

I live in Bennington, VT; the first victim of the Bennington Triangle was a local college student. Randomly one day she just got up and walked off of campus and into the woods and was never seen again. It was the middle of winter and she wasn't wearing appropriate warm clothing, and had no hiking or outdoors experience. Also, the body of the old woman who went missing was actually found a few weeks later, with no evidence of why she died.

[@Zegin17]

Over here in the states we have these things called Pumas or Mountain Lions, Which are more aggressive then bears but are a bit more rare. They actually live in my mountains.

[@simplyscyfygirl2641]

I’m surprised Roanoke VA wasn’t on here. You should look it up, the whole settlement vanished with one word carved on a tree “Croatoan”.

[@aggravatedHart]

We go and stay in the Smokies often. It’s wonderful. I’m sure people disappear here just as much as any other wooded mountainous areas. You shouldn’t really go out and about alone even as an adult in areas like this.

[@vernieplummer5148]

Yes, in answer to your question, the New Mexico and Arizona area is well known for alien activity. One of the main reasons for that is that in the 1940s a an alien spaceship reportedly came down and they took the the ship and the live aliens to area 51. Area 51 is a military base and is shrouded in mystery. It has always been top secret and only a few people have ever been allowed to go there. Nobody knows what ever went on there or what goes on now. The town where the spaceship supposedly came down is Roswell, New Mexico. The Roswell area is now a tourist area where they sell nothing but silly alien pictures and statuettes. I was just through that area a month ago, and it is a crackup. Some of the people who were involved with cleaning up the spaceship crash area now claim that there were aliens, others swear there were not any aliens or any alien ship, and nobody knows the truth.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

I dunno about other places, but I live a few hours from the Superstitious mountains and usually, when the heads are removed, it's drug cartel related. some of the gangs have a thing for decapitation. Even in my sleepy, tiny, super Mormon town...we've found a decapitated head on 2 separate occasions on the bank of the river.

[@philmakris8507]

I live 40 miles from Pyramid Lake. The only spirits that drowned those 2 men were Vodka and Whiskey. And Briggs is confusing Pyramid Lake with Lake Tahoe about the woman that drowned in the 1880's

[@StubbyLegz]

Pyramid Lake can definitely get cold. Lake Tahoe flows into it via the Truckee River.

[@ModernMoros]

I understand this video is the top 10 places that people disappear in the US, but you should look up Lake Lanier in Georgia. Between just 1994 and 2022, more than 200 people have died in Lake Lanier. The entire backstory of how the lake was formed and everything is DARK and crazy, but it's Georgia legend that the lake is cursed because of the atrocities that happened when the lake was formed. I personally know 2 people that lost their lives in Lake Lanier, both drowned. I've swam there twice and will NEVER go again. Both times, I was in the water and felt myself bump into something... It wasn't a fish, a gator, or a structure of any type; it was soft to the touch. It felt as if I ran into a body submerged under the water. The first time it happened I wrote it off as probably an animal of sorts, but the second time solidified that wasn't the case. I was swimming and as my hand went under the water to propel me forward, when my arm pushed down and back I SWEAR ON MY LIFE that my fingers scrubbed against what I could only describe as a human body part. It felt like SKIN. Not scales, not wood, not metal, not fur, but human skin. It freaked me out so much that I exploded away from the spot and jumped on the first boat I saw. I'm autistic so I couldn't verbalize what I had felt since it freaked me out so much, I just pointed to my friends boat and they ended up dropping me off with them. I ended up calming down and telling my friends what I felt, and I remember my buddy John saying "Oh god the stories must be true". I went home and went down the Lake Lanier rabbit hole and was blown away at how many people experienced situations almost identical to mine. People have recalled feeling a hand come up and GRAB their foot, attempting to pull them underneath. Lake Lanier is a different level of spooky. I have been offered multiple times since to go back, and have vehemently declined. Even if I were to stay in the boat, I don't feel safe there. Give it a Goog!

[@RyukyuStyle]

I think they use 'triangle' so much because if there are 3+ missing persons in a region, they probably map the area as a triangle from area to area of the disappearances. I also think most of these are the result of accidents/animals. And I also think that serial killers stalk these remote areas. Hunters like to hunt game, serial killers like to hunt people. A serial killer hunter, is probably going to hunt people if they come across them.

[@t0mahawkj0nes]

I live in MN a stones throw from Iowa and have never heard of that town disappearing.😅

[@disneygal200016]

I can see the Superstition Mountains from my house. Out of town people like to go hiking there. They don’t realize how dry it is so they don’t bring enough water to sustain them, and they die. I wonder if the areas with planes missing, is from electro magnetic disturbances. Throwing the planes readings off enough to cause crashes into the ocean. 🧐

[@kimkacer782]

"electro magnetic disturbances. Throwing the planes readings off" reasonable theory.

[@WJones-jf8mf]

I live off one or Great Lakes. They’re so massive they have waves like the ocean and the area they’re in is a bad weather hotspot. Put it like this, it took me an hour in a plane to cross just one

[@AlaskanGlitch]

Alaska is rather unique in a lot of different respects, but particularly with regard to its wilderness. Because of the 20+ hour days during the Summer months the foliage grows particularly fast and dense. Furthermore, the sun never really sets. It just makes a circle in the northern sky, going from dusk directly into dawn. Which means you cannot use the sun to get your orientation. Also, the old Boy Scout trick of looking for moss growing on the north sides of trees doesn't work in Alaska. Moss grows on all sides of the trees in Alaska. So it is very easy to get lost in Alaska, and many do every year. The fast growing foliage also results in muskeg (northern bog/swamp) being completely covered with vegetation, making it impossible to see. Only if you know what to look for can these death traps be avoided. Those who are inexperienced with Alaska are the highest risk. It is one of the reasons why all out of State hunters must be accompanied by a State certified Alaskan guide. Muskeg are like the peat bogs in Ireland and Scotland, except they are concealed with overgrown vegetation. If you fall into one nobody will ever find you.

[@georgemetz7277]

I never heard of that first one but the only thing I can think of and as you now know that can wipe out a whole town, is a tornado.

[@smokingwithjoeandamanda]

Here in the states we also have cryptids like bigfoot and dogman AKA werewolf, wendigo, and skinwalkers. So those might play a part in missing 411 here in the states.

[@aureissimus]

I meet lots of English tourists here in Florida. They all remark on the fact that you can drive on our highways for ages and not see anything but fields and woods. (I live 130 miles from Disney World, and the entire drive is through unpopulated land--no towns, no farms, no people.) No matter how many times we insist that our country is vast and largely unpopulated, comments by English people show that they can't really imagine it until they see it.

[@BTinSF]

I used to live in Winter Park while stationed at the Naval Training Center in Orlando and there was one lake on the base where everybody knew alligators lived. But we had a lot of young sailors who came there for boot camp and/or one of the schools who knew nothing about the area and occasionally a couple of them would go swimming in that lake . . .and disappear. The alligators, who could sometimes be seen sunning themselves on a green at the base golf course, kept getting fatter.

[@That_Squatch]

Theres another one near me in new Hampshire called the green mountain triangle and even when your a few miles away you can tell its different. Ive even had a few encounters with bears and other beings that i couldnt name or if i could what they resemble are the dover demon and wood devils as well as the native American ones that your not supposed to talk about (not the wendigo). Very strange and truly never be alone in a forest or you will find that you aren't actually so alone

[@pattyh956]

In Feb 2023 there were 22.470 people missing in the U S. California has the most missing people. In the UK nearly 160.000 people are reported missing every year

[@frankscarborough1428]

You should check out missing 411 about people who've gone missing in national parks

[@Morna777]

There are really violent winds in the Nevada triangle area. Makes crashes more likely. It's not ghosts it's mother nature.

[@janhoadley3110]

My area in AL I was told was among top for getting a hit man at one time. Many have vanished & a lot of areas to hide a body. Was told at the time many more small pig farms around too.😮

[@kcook2256]

I live near a river in California called the killer Kern. Most dangerous river in US. Many people disappear that way. They drown but I always wonder how many were tossed in from foul play 🤔 When I was a kid, a group of us got lost in Yosemite when it got dark. It was really scary. But we 😥 made it out.

[@bio-phobia3895]

If you want interesting disappearances try the missing 411, Also there are multiple times an entire settlement or towns have just up and vanished

[@ProsperingWoman]

Lewis, approximately 600,000 Americans go missing each year; and about 4,400 bodies are found each year and never identified.

[@michaelhoffer9172]

About 1/3 of the United States is forested, so there is a lot of area to go missing. About 2,700 people go missing and never found every year in the U.S.

[@superdude7445]

you wanna know whats going on in alaska triangle.... its fricking cold, always snowing and endless forrest...

[@Morna777]

The most common cause of death or serious injury in mountainous areas, which is the majority of where people hunt, is losing your footing and taking a bad fall. If you die from the fall and nobody comes looking for a day or two, nature is going to clean things up.

[@lindaabbott7120]

You have to remember there were no cell phone, internet you could not put an air tags on them

[@philmakris8507]

When you see Lake Michigan for the first time you realize it's actually an inland freshwater Ocean. It's even possible to surf there. 🏄‍♂️

[@jamesgirard1090]

The great lakes are huge storms on the lake can be more dangerous than the ocean as the waves are closer together, I’ve been on a boat where the hull cracked. If not for the Coast Guard I wouldn’t be commenting right now

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

My daddy, a professional yacht captain, said the most dangerous sailed he ever did was on the Great Lakes, it was worse than the Southern Ocean.

[@madeline5138]

I was surprised that the superstitions were in there. I mean, I've grown up around them and knew and heard all the stories, even seen them driving by to see my aunt, but I didn't think so many people would've gone missing. I think its there just for the shock value. It's really fun to delve into, highly recommend it. I'd post some stories here, but they'd take forever to type out lol

[@saltydogz4657]

He didn't mention the Lost Colony of Roanoke, which is also part of British history as the first attempted permanent English colony in America. In 1585, the entire colony of settlers went missing, and the mystery has never really been solved.

[@jamesatkins8344]

For the smokie mountains think deliverance 6:49

[@sammymullins2014]

The Great Smokey Mountains are stunning!!!

[@stacicorpuz3359]

Go to Yosemite. Im lucky to live in somewhat close vicinity to it. It’s one of my favorite places in the whole world, so much that I’m getting married there next year. Just stay with people, be aware of your surroundings and enjoy the views. It’s worth it.

[@StayshaS]

I live near the Smokey Mountains and there is zero cell service there. Satellite radio doesn’t even work in spots there.

[@kerrihennebury7616]

There’s some freaky Native American lore. Skinwalkers are Spiritual medicine men that used dark magic and can shift into huge monsters: Skinwalkers.

[@keithrupert9336]

Alaska, also known as “ The end of the line”. People go there to disappear. And they do.

[@geniereiman1089]

I had not heard any of those stories and have lived in the US my whole life. That is crazy!!