Missing 411 David Paulides Presents two Missing Person Cases from Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Pauline Melton
Gordon Kaye
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[@canammissingproject]

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[@theobserver6579]

You should consider having a guest appearance on the Forbidden Frontier streams with Nerdrotic. They've mentioned you a few times, and Gary is a fan of your books.

[@Cam-yb6cp]

Hi Dave, I know you're a very busy person , but I'm trying to get a hold of you because I discovered something interesting in the woods that could pertain to missing 411

[@carywhatzizname4060]

😮😢

[@truettjohnson7230]

Isn't that where the key familywent down the deep creek drainage

[@missy4611]

I ordered the Missing 411 Washington book, hat, pin and the Bigfoot Wild Men and Giants book. Everything arrived extremely well-packed and so fast, that I hardly have the time to start reading this week. 😊 This weekend I plan to dig in and will proudly wear Ben's Liberty Hat wherever I go. Thank you so very much, Dave!

[@pedenmk]

I'm less than a half hour from deep creek campground. I can't imagine how terrible the families feel for those who just vanish. Thanks for keeping their memories alive. Hopefully more people take precautions when going out into the national parks. Your a good man Mr Paulides. Thanks for all you do.

[@derekowenjr3599]

Dave I’m from Tennessee lived here my whole life. Between talking about this state, sharing stories of Scott, the stories of these missing people with its background has stirred so many emotions today. As I get older friends are slim. You’re one of my friends it may sound weird but it’s hard to find like minded people. I appreciate everything David. I know there’s others just like me too.

[@canammissingproject]

Thank you.

[@margaretwhittaker2291]

I concur! Quality over quantity [ friends ] are a precious gift from God!

[@cecileroy557]

Me too!

[@MimiJoys]

Me too!

[@1stofer]

Same from E Tn

[@kateharris1210]

When I heard about the Polly Melton case, I thought, "I 100% guarantee that David Paulides has done something on her case." So I checked. And here we are.

[@canammissingproject]

We try to be thorough.

[@valrenae2343]

I miss watching Scott's videos.😢

[@messerschmitt6384]

Can you help get the awareness to the general population that Huck is real and The best dog and crime fighter in the world!??? I 💕 HUCK !!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@YOUR-LOCAL13]

When my brother was in the Smoky Mountains at one of the visitor centers, a park ranger did tell him that there are wild men in the park.

[@cecileroy557]

Wow!

[@harolddenton6031]

My cryptid researcher friend Matthew Delph also told me about the Wildmen that were captured in cades cove area. He knows some of the park rangers from doing lots of researching in cases give and over in western nc area.

[@jessicajohnston3452]

As a western North Carolina native, it's amazing to me how little we hear about missing persons in this area from the local news outlets. I love your work and appreciate your research!

[@margaretwhittaker2291]

yes, things that make you go "hmmm"?!!!

[@pedenmk]

I live near Cherokee and this is the first I've heard about these missing. I didn't see anything or read anything about it.

[@TheUnsignedbands]

I used to live in Sylvia . Beautiful area.

[@serpent6710]

@@pedenmk I live on the tn side from you. I just found out a couple days ago.

[@pedenmk]

@TheUnsignedbands yes it's a nice town. Not a whole lot there but I like it.

[@deborahtate642]

I was in Deep Creek the week Gordon Kaye went missing. We were having a hikers retreat in Bryson City, NC, I live on the Tennessee side of the Smokies. There were searchers, atvs and everything imaginable for this search. I arrived at Deep Creek on the 2nd of May 2023, we did a quick hike that afternoon. The search and rescue were there during this time. The next day we hiked from Indian creek trail to loop trail and back, we were very aware of Mr. Kaye missing and being very vigilant on the trail. When we were coming back on Loop Trail, I caught a very strong smell of musk on the creek side. I stopped and back tracked. I asked the hikers with me if they smelled the same thing, they said they did but wrote it off as a bear or musk rat. This smell was a wall of smell. I could walk through it and then it would dissipate, then turn around and walk through it again. I wish I had cell service to mark this area, however I will be back there again in May for another retreat. I wish nothing more than having him found. This missing person report bothers me and always will. The smell I experienced was not anything I have ever experienced. I’ve been hiking in the smokies for quite a while now and never have I had that experience before. The only other experience I’ve had in the smokies are wood knocks on the Tennessee side in the Townsend area. Chestnut top Trail.

[@deborahtate642]

We were in very dense vegetation going down to the creek. It was almost impossible to see or walk through this vegetation. It was a very steep grade down to the creek.

[@1stofer]

I walked through a very similar smell right on a trail on the TN side of the park near Cosby. Can't remember which trail but it was a waterfall trail. Probably only 10 miles from Deep Creek if that. The smelll was coming from the very thick brush / Mt Laurel right beside the trail like something was hiding in it. My first thought was it's a bear but looking back now who knows. I saw a Bigfoot in Greenbrier entrance of NP about 100 yds of gravel rd. I saw the bottom half take about 6 steps beside a creek. The upper half was behind smal growth trees. I stopped and ran to where it was and nothing was there . My girlfriend didn't see it and thought I was crazy. Not my only experience though.

[@karenortega2046]

Is it possibly a portal ? To disappear with a trace is crazy and the dogs you’d think would pick up on something even if it was BF.. you’d think.

[@kateharris1210]

I personally think that's what's happening. There's all this talk of hearing metal clanking sounds right before people disappear. What's that about? And like with the Trinny Gibson case, she bent down to look at something on the ground and then disappeared. Like a hole opened up and swallowed her. I think it's something like that.​@@karenortega2046

[@kateharris1210]

I live in the Smokies, Spruce Pine, and in the fall months going into winter I can go out on my front porch and do a wood knock and get a close response (within 100 yd), within 20 seconds, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, without fail. But only during about Sept-Dec. There is a river 50ft from my front door and I think that has a lot to do with their presence, but at least in my area of the Smokies they are only around at a certain time of the year it seems.

[@sunshinewalker6074]

Hi Dave Villagers. A couple years ago 2016 or so my family went up to see the Biltmore Estate. We alson traveled the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway to see the mountains. Along the way to Mount Mitchell there are places you can park and there are some trails you can walk down. Me, my Wife and kids walked down one of them and the view was amazing. After a bit, I got creeped out so we decided to go back to the car. Like you say, "trust your gut." After we got home, I saw a story about a 60ish year old missing person, a Woman who was found in the same area, tied to a tree. She was alive but it was said she suffured from a medical condition and was taken to the Hospital. I'm not saying we were in the same exact area since the report is not that detailed but I will say it was on the same days we were in the area. Folks, trust your gut feelings and listen up for the Crows. They will make a few calls when they see you but if they are especially noisy or seem to be following you calling out, they are warning you. Don't ignore them they are very smart and can be like your eyes in the sky. God Bless you, your Wife, everybody on your team, Huck and the village. You have the best content of anybody on YTube!

[@Deadrock2025]

Dave DOES NOT HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. He's a brilliant and kind person.

[@JimmyBolton-d7f]

Lol

[@AJHunter9996]

Nice work Dave, ex soldier in Scotland, with minor ptsd, your videos always help me fall asleep cheers 💪💪

[@paladinkhan]

Same here amigo Just the falling asleep part, though

[@nyczumazooma]

Kinda Morbid Brah

[@Kev6764]

I’ve lived in the Appalachians most of my life. It’s a very biodiverse place, a vast wilderness with beauty and abundance, where you could have sunny day picnics in its lush green valleys, and also a place where if you were hiking, (or hunting) in it’s higher elevations, you could suddenly be fighting for your life against unexpected bad weather. Here there are strange sightings of the Mothman, Bigfoot and other unexplained creatures. There are also sounds heard here that are frightening and cannot be explained, even heard during the daytime. The Appalachians are older than old, ancient beyond comprehension, full of wonders, and fraught with danger.

[@LifeAboveTreeLine99]

Hey Kev, do you still live there?

[@phoenixharvesters1373]

I grew up in those mountains. Very strange place. Really it is.

[@vvogt4252]

Thank You Brother Dave. Gonna order your new book next week. If you can support Dave and want a fantastic book check out. His new book or any of his books. Support a Great American, Support America. We Love You All. We Are Great Americans. Help Each other.🇺🇸

[@Kev6764]

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[@mahgirbsti]

Went on a road trip a couple years ago and stopped in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park overnight, they didn't have a campsite anywhere so we parked our van by the river along the main road into the park. That night there were a few times something bumped against and slid across the walls of the van. Pitch black windy night, roaring river beside you and something outside waiting for you to take a leak. Those trails had a weird vibe in the daytime, one of those places you always feel eyes on you.

[@harolddenton6031]

Last May i drove my Tacoma truck through cades cove and exited the park out the backside driving on old Parsons branch primitive road that winds 8 miles through Smokey mountain national park eventually coming out onto route 129 known as the snake to motorcyclists and sports car folks. That Parsons branch area is very remote and nothing but mountains. The road follows along nearby Parsons branch stream. It would be perfect habitat for Bigfoot and other crypptids to exist in and seldom be seen by humans.

[@1stofer]

That bump in the night was most likely a bear . The black bears are everywhere close to Gatlinburg and they probably smelled you had food and wanted to check you out. Many creepy places in the Smokies though as well as the hairy man.

[@jonnyj2b]

Good morning from South Knoxville, Tennessee. Thank you for all your time, effort, and energy, brother...

[@jinavl]

need to visit Knoxville this..usually go once a year to mountain bike..nice city

[@erikplayz6244]

Have there been any sightings of Bigfoot around that area?

[@jonnyj2b]

@erikplayz6244 haven't heard of any. If I do, David Paulides will hear from me...

[@PeggyCarroll-bc6yq]

I'm from Knoxville Tennessee hi my name is Peggy

[@jonnyj2b]

@PeggyCarroll-bc6yq hi Peggy, how are you?

[@charmainehanslit]

Bigfoot exists. Hello from Canada. Keep up the great work!

[@raymond13ist]

I love Canada especially for inventing ice hockey. Best sport ever. BTW I live in East Tennessee.

[@Gramsgirl-ie8fb]

I also have family members that think I have lost my mind. I have always believed in Bigfoot and UFO’s. I have been following your work for years Dave. These strange missing person cases have never failed to fascinate me. Something is definitely up and the park service know about it. The Dennis Martin case in particular. I often think of that case. There’s just no way that little boy could have disappeared as quick as he did

[@Medic6581]

Firstly, I am struck by the story of the older couple and how the husband didn't realize he was spending his last few hours with his wife before she left on the hike - just a another example of the fact that our entire life is just lived as one moment and we should always strive to show up for that moment and be our best self. Okay, so I have had enough experiences at this point in my life as a 50 year old man to know that I know absolutely nothing. I have seen a hayoka call a thunderstorm 40 mph winds and lightning and rain out of a clear blue sky in the middle of the desert during the Sundance ceremony, I have had a teepee flown up into the air and smash down onto a desk when I was standing in my living room at 3 in the morning and I could go on and on and on, but the one thing that happens all the time is things disappearing from my house that should not be disappearing. For instance - a 54 lb kettlebell that vaporized and was never found. All my capos disappeared and then one morning I woke up looked over the edge of my chair to the left and they were all on the floor stacked on top of one another. I don't know what is taking these people or what is happening when they disappear but I suspect it has something to do with portals or the fact that reality is more bizarre than any of us could fathom.

[@ktb362]

Hello everyone from London, Ontario CANADA. I was at the laundry mat the other day I go there once in awhile to do my laundry just to get out of the house and meet people well I got to talking about your channel Dave and shared it with others hopefully it spreads but this one guy was telling me that he will be going hiking in the rockies I told him to make sure he takes a tracker with him and to also stay together with who ever he's going with and not to separate I learned from you and I told him to learn from your channel and that he should watch your videos he was excited when I told him little bit of you and your channel so God bless you for everything you do man and God bless everyone here everyone have a great week.....

[@canammissingproject]

Thank you

[@les2716]

Dave you are awesome. I am really glad to see Scotts son is taking the channel and continuing with his dad's work. Very cool

[@melvingrimes7886]

I am a amateur Herpetologist and reptile breeder and can say without a doubt the parks are hiding something. I have spent a lot of time by myself in some remote places and seen things that just don't add up.

[@kateharris1210]

Iike??

[@iamsummereve]

Tell us.

[@maureenwilliford8985]

I don’t know how many times I’ve heard you say someone was just ahead, just went out of sight, and was never seen or heard from again. If it was an animal attack or maybe a fall of some kind, surely the person would have screamed or shouted as it was happening but no, not a peep is heard by anyone. This, to me, is the scariest aspect of it. Great job again, Dave.😊

[@chammer932]

Dave, they have now started charging for parking since they can't charge an admission fee!

[@RyanKnight-zg4in]

Thank you Dave and Huck !🏒🥅

[@messerschmitt6384]

Huck is the best I 💕 Huck so much Thank you Make sure you keep Huck in your thoughts and prayers Huck is a crime fighting dog and a national Hero. I want an I love Huck the crime dog t shirt 👕 🐕 💕

[@messerschmitt6384]

Hi Huck!!!!❤

[@messerschmitt6384]

You know most people in the world Don't even know that Huck exists We need to get the word out about Huck The Best Dog and Crime Fighter Ever Huck lives Huck is Real ❤❤❤

[@mildredgrossman5653]

Your research is good......why do some people say your crazy if a person has had a ufo experience or bigfoot sighting baffles me.

[@canammissingproject]

Good question.

[@paulfitzpatrick6566]

It’s fear of the unknown. People would rather attempt to quash other worldly reports out of fear.

[@kateharris1210]

And what's even crazier is that there are those of us who have had these experiences, and we have people/family who know we're an honest person, who would NEVER doubt our word about ANYTHING ELSE, yet they don't believe us when it comes to having a Bigfoot experience. It's extremely frustrating and hurtful. My family knows I'm not crazy, they know I'm an absolutely honest person, they trust me to the ends of the earth, BUT, when I try to tell them about this life-changing, paradigm-shifting, MIND-EXPLODING experience that I've had, and that I want to be shouting from the rooftops, instead of the belief and the support I deserve, I get the eye rolls and exasperated sighs. It's so utterly disheartening and absolutely beyond frustrating.

[@paulfitzpatrick6566]

@@kateharris1210 don’t be upset by it. Take into account that, in order for them to believe you, it would take an acceptance on their behalf that man hasn’t tamed all of nature nor indeed understood that all of nature has yet been discovered, let alone an animal that is capable of potentially inflicting serious harm to people who venture into its own habitat, where, tbh, they should not be. Iv had family members & so called friends disbelieve me about many issues in life, such as the COVID 19 Plandemic that was engineered by the Elite world governments to bring about mass control of the population, & widespread fear & uncertainty, for a bug that has a 99% recovery rate. I know, I had it twice, not hospitalised, 58 at the time, in cancer recovery. Load of old bull which anyone with half a brain could easily discern, yet 99% of the population did not.

[@lswallace4885]

Every time I hear you say how many videos you’ve made, I say Thank You Ben! His legacy will live on in perpetuity since he was the impetus for creating not just videos but the movies also. His time was short but has had @ tremendous impact on the World through your work. Good Bless you & yours & don’t forget Huck💖

[@anickell14]

North Carolina here! Thanks Dave for all you do! God Bless You!!!

[@mannettabraunstein9283]

Hi! I’m here in W-S and glad you enjoy Dave’s progrms

[@messerschmitt6384]

And Huck ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Make sure you can inform others about Huck the Best Dog 🐕 in the world 🌎,!!!!! Yaaaaa❤ Huck

[@jhawk1897]

This is the land of my people. Hillbilly and Cherokee. Camped at Deep Creek many times as well as horse camped Cattaloochee. I grew up running through creeks and hollers in the Smokies. Took my kids camping at Deep Creek several times. Definitely some weird stuff goes on. The mountain laurel and rhododendron off trail are so thick you won’t get far fast. There have always been strange happenings. Ask the natives. My Uncle was head of security back years ago at Fontana damn. My cousin was the rookie cop that caught Rudolph. I have no desire to camp in the park anymore. My heart goes out to the families of the missing. 300 searchers just isn’t enough

[@paladinkhan]

Thank you for sharing your story, that sounds like a nice place to grow up. Its important we respect the earth we take from, as it can so quickly take everything from us

[@irenemessina9609]

Hey Dave….. KZbin wanted me to do a survey on your video and I was trying to tap the excellent and it just wouldn’t let me….. but I kept tapping it and I bet if I tapped on very poor it would have let me

[@krgid65]

I live 50 miles outside the park in Tennessee; this whole area has strange happenings. I’ve had several myself, from a “haunted” house, strange lights being seen for years, and more.

[@niteowl3778]

Still having to subscribe most of the time, may be a couple of times stayed subscribed for over 24 hours. Having same issues on other channels, they have some common or similar content. I'm in Georgia living now and I've spent a lot of time in and around the Great Smoky Mountains. Much of it not far from the area covered in this video. Some fabulous Rainbow Trout fishing! I loved going to an area close to Sylvia NC. Staying in isolated log and stone cabin. Had electric but nothing else! No tv, no phones (later not even cellular coverage), some year around folks tried satellite, but that was a hit and miss. I enjoyed the isolation. Many times I went alone, a lone female. Looking back I wonder if I was crazy or just stupid! Lol. Later, not much better it was just me and my two sons. But I really loved nature, hunting and fishing, I wanted my kids to enjoy it too. (I came from CA and lived just out from Yosemite in Merced.) I wanted them to have some of the experiences I had as a kid. I knew Yosemite wasn't a place to get care less and believe me, neither is the Smoky Mountain area! It is beautiful, but it has a dark side. I never felt uncomfortable during the day, but at times the night could get rather creepy. Many a times while sitting on the cabin porch in the swing or rocking chair I would get a feeling in my gut that I needed to go inside and lock up the doors and windows. While most times, I could sleep with the windows and door open (thankfully for screened windows and door..mosquitoes could be bad in warm weather). I don't know what bothered me more on those nights, the times it would go completely silent or the strange noises or when it got quiet and then the strange noises kicked in. I'm sort of glad I didn't know then what I know now! I might never have gone back and my kids and I wouldn't have the great memories we now have. I can no longer travel but the draw to those areas is still strong! I do miss going. Thanks for all you and your team do to get this information out there, I'm sharing it.

[@lizh4817]

listening to you is like sitting down with an uncle and enjoying the story telling and the reminiscing about your past. We love you Dave! Keep it coming

[@anniejones5806]

You tell people to stay together, and they still go off by themselves. Stay together people.

[@Grumpy_nurse]

Just a thought but has anyone considered the inclusion of our atmospheric currents (aka - oceans of air) in relation to disappearances/UAP sightings? Bodies of water influence & create these currents, but the water is visible to us 24/7. Much is not visible to us through our physical senses of vision, hearing, or touch. These real time atmospheric current maps are now accessible to everyone to view, if curious. That's it. Thank you for what you do, Mr. Paulides.

[@goddammitalana]

Oooohhh that's a, very good question! ❤❤❤

[@laurasorrells1242]

Had experience at Deep Creek in 1988 that I still can't explain and didn't talk about for years.

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

What happened?

[@brandibunn9395]

Yea what happened??

[@laurasorrells1242]

@user-pg7cx9wo1m Tbh I lost some time hiking. A couple of hours. Not drinking or using mood altering substances or even on any meds. Saw mysterious lights, stopped to rest, then realized 2 hours had passed. There's more but I don't want to speculate about unclear or fantastical memories. I had felt an unease being on that hiking trip from the outset. I've since returned many times to Qualla Boundary and Bryson City and have had other odd experiences but none of them were frightening.

[@edreneau4731]

Like Mike Hearon... Gone without a trace... Just outside the park. It's my backyard, I live on blackberry mountain, just a few minutes from the Townsend entrance to the park

[@pamelahayhurst6550]

Dave, I like to listen to you while I go to sleep. Thank you for all you do! I don’t comment hardly ever, I appreciate what you are doing, you and your wife are in my thoughts. And prayers, may you be protected and safe. Much love. ❤

[@amoreperfectunion1517]

AJ here in Asheville- did ya have to? I was just getting ready to do more hiking in this area that I’ve been hiking in for years and years. Now I should take my buddies or a friend!

[@333AppalachiaEnergetics]

I routinely solo mushroom foraged for years in Smokies and Pisgah but not after discovering Paulides! However I am looking for some land bordering the SMNP to settle into. I know some retirees in the communities around Maggie Valley who swear they have BF in the area.

[@kateharris1210]

I live in the smokies and I'm about an hour from Asheville. Although I grew up in Asheville and had a Bigfoot encounter in the Enka-Candler area, well it was more than an encounter. It was a daytime siding from maybe 40 ft. Was NOT a bear. NO DOUBT about what I saw, and my cousin was with me. But where I'm at now in Spruce Pine, I can promise you we have Bigfoot, because from the months of about September through December, I hear the howls and I can go out on my front porch just about every single night without fail and do a wood knock, and within 20 seconds I will get a return knock from what sounds like less than 100 yards away. Sometimes I get more than one response from different places. And that's pretty much every single night without fail, but only during fall going into winter.

[@SusanWatson-s4p]

Heading there this summer, Thanks for the heads up!

[@rolfdenver]

I was on a thru hike of the Benton MacKaye Trail and was in the Great Smokies at Deep Creek when Gordon Kaye went missing. We were contacted by the NPS to ask if we’d seen him. We had not, sadly, even though we’d been right where and when he was supposed to be. I will say that at this time the park was incredibly wet with rain, and with lots of downed trees. You are right that the park is amazingly thick and lush with vegetation. We had several near-falls crossing wet, slippery logs over creeks. We saw bears, hogs and snakes. It was beautiful! But I was glad I was with others. In places it was easy to lose the trail, and if I’d been just a little off trail and taken a tumble I might have drowned in a tributary and never been found … especially wearing green-and-tan clothing like Gordon and I were both wearing. RIP Gordon Kaye.

[@canammissingproject]

When going cross country through that park I have come across dedly snakes, its no joke!

[@kennethsloboda4958]

Scott truly was a wonderful brother for sure his BF work was second to none and may he RIP 🙏

[@Medic6581]

Also- and sorry for the repeated comments- when I was driving back and forth from Ohio to New York City to get my paramedic certification reinstated I was driving through the Appalachians in the middle of the night. It was 2:00 in the morning and it began to get light. Drivers were looking at each other with shocked expressions. It got about Dawn light outside with birds chirping and then got dark again until 5:30 in the morning. That entire mountain range is seriously spoopy 🤠

[@AnasTrek]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Prayers for him. Stay strong. Love your show. 🙂

[@karengibson5418]

I’ve been to Deep Creek many times to inner tube down the river! Blows my mind that there is another missing person in there! I’ve told all my friends about Paullie missing and I haven’t been back since! 😮😮

[@josephdayan7818]

we love the great Smoky Mountains national Park. I’ve been there probably a dozen times. The first time we were ever there we stayed in Bryson city, which is right where you get into deep creek. Lots of visitors and lots of people around most of the time, but if you get too far off the beaten path, it gets remote very quickly.

[@TheSoleSaver]

I lived there...in the Smokies...used to spend a week in the back Country in North Carolina every year...people have no idea....

[@TheSoleSaver]

But it's there too...

[@ponchozorch713]

largest Elk I ever saw was near Cades Cove.

[@ArdenSinn-oz3hq]

I worked in a boarding home in the 80s. A woman walked away. There were several teams of bloodhounds brought in. One team " tracked" her to one end of town. Another to the bus stop in the heart of town. The one who tracked her to the bus stop was correct. Because she called her daughter the next day to say she went to Seattle on the bus.. maybe the hounds aren't always 💯 %

[@kateharris1210]

Maybe she walked around. maybe both were right.

[@ArdenSinn-oz3hq]

​@@kateharris1210I thought of that angle too. Except I think she was not physically able to go to the area where she did not get on the bus. Thanks for the insight ❤

[@doubleL813]

I would happily help you, I'm actually planing a trip to smoky mountain National Park and investigate the areas where a couple people went missing. I am from tampa and have been to the smokies many times and it is quite eerie but I'm definitely drawn to that area.

[@Jim-ji5td]

Dave, I am sorry about family members don't want to associate with you re: the topics you are interested in, then you are better off without that negativity in your life. You have a lot of villagers that know you are speaking the truth. And we enjoy listening/watching/learning from you! Thank you for all you do! You make a difference in this world!

[@denisemc621]

We hiked the trails at Deep Creek in June 2023. The trails are very well marked and busy. Both of the missing people must have gone off trail to be lost. Unfortunately we did not see any posters regarding Gordon on the trail head where the map is. Posters still should have been displayed only 2 months after he went missing. What a shame.

[@MrNewtowner13]

Montebello,California 🎧 in. Gm everyone.

[@tishahouse846]

Listening from the ukwales ❤

[@margaretwhittaker2291]

hi there, listening from the Lake District. Greetings

[@cecileroy557]

@@margaretwhittaker2291 Love the Lake District!!!

[@paulfitzpatrick6566]

Listening & watching from North Kent UK 🇬🇧 😊👍

[@hickster9829]

Dave this is one of your best. yet its never a win when the people arent found..keep up the 'good fight'! If you don't try who will?..

[@Amy-begood]

Hi Dave! I’ve just discovered your channel and I wanted to say thank you ❤ I’m from East Tennessee, I love hearing you describe it and I’m deeply interested in the missing 411 topic. You’re doing a great job

[@shadowband70]

Thanks Dave... you're so right about 'mental disturbance'. I see the World the way it is now...the veil has been pulled back. If that makes me a 'crazy', then so be it! You and Scott C.are an inspiration to me. You both deserve more respect, not less.

[@Kurt-xw4ir]

Hi Dave, I really miss those letters, the people's experience count! Love you Buck, Angie and you too Dave! I appreciate you!

[@Medic6581]

Much Love Dave!!! You are appreciated

[@TheInvisibleRedneck]

I live in the Smokies (just outside the park.) There are a lot of crazy stories. I am surprised how many incidents get no media attention at all. Missing people aren't the only crazy stories. I spend A LOT of time in the backwoods and have seen some really strange stuff, especially at dusk or dawn, or the couple hours before dawn. Stuff so strange I won't even tell anyone, because they'll think I'm crazy or lying.

[@brianpowers4457]

Hello David, Me and my wife visited that park last year in May, with another couple. We saw the posters, and I sent an email to you about Gordon last year when we got back home. I truly love that area, and we are planning trips back to that area this year. Deep Creek Park has some very beautiful waterfalls and trails. I thought it was crazy that the search for Gordon went so long and no trace was found. I live in South Carolina, and as I said we love the Swain county area.

[@kristinegunter7030]

Hi. I live withing a few miles from the Deep Creek area in NC. I'm really amazed that I never heard that Gordon. Being from this area, once you walk away from the parking lot, many members of my family have had odd occurances of feeling of being watched, uneasy feelings, and even been paralleled as walking, or like something inside tells them to run. Usually it is within the first 3 waterfalls within a short distance. I, myself, have never passed the 3rd one because of my gut feelings!

[@southernyankee2300]

We took our kids almost every nice weekend into the park, mostly the TN side as we are Tennesseans. Over the years I heard of issues not only at the Deep Creek area, but also the NC side as it is a lot less traversed as Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are the main tourist attractions for the park. So I just have shied away from most of the trails on the NC side. They do have large herds of elk very close to the main NC park entrance and we spent a few hours there this past December enjoying them. GSMNP is still a great place to go, but I am furious at that $15 parking fee the Biden admin instituted March of 2023.

[@darlenekuhn7626]

THANKS DAVID! SHARED THIS OUT.

[@PatriciaWestervelt]

I lost my husband a month ago at the age of 70. Unexpected. God didn't take me but I sure wish he had, and I am waiting for him to do so. A long lonely road without my best friend is not what I want to face. Poor Robert going on without his wife...a living hell.

[@canammissingproject]

You were left here for a purpose, you need to find that.

[@PatriciaWestervelt]

@@canammissingproject Yes, and I am torn between art and natural health formulations. Thank you so much for your help!

[@lyanna0330]

Dave, thank you so much for posting missing people from all walks of life and all age groups because older cases of people could still be solved if they show up with amnesia and still alive!

[@elizabethross2864]

Love ur show , I’m a big FAN 😊

[@melony9470]

Scott was the best amongst us. Rip

[@lvon411]

You’re awesome Dave! May God bless your efforts 🙏❤️🙏

[@NBLY324]

This area I call “home”. Many encounters with Bigfoot.

[@carynwellingtan4358]

Thanks Dave for pointing out the similarities and anomalies.

[@JohnDoe-np5bx]

I'm from Jacksonville, born and raised. I have been to the Nantahala forest area (close to Great Smokey np) and have had bad experiences both times resulting in myself fleeing the area in the middle of the night. That place is weird

[@bethpiercebaker2322]

Love the Smokey Mountains. Thank you Dave for all your hard work.

[@serpent6710]

I only found out about the deep creek incident a few days ago. 9k people have gone missing in the smokies since it became a park. I saw a BF in tremont in 1997. My report has been on the gcbro site for around 15 years now. Its an area not far from where Scott would record samauri chatter years later. I never got to meet Scott, but do live in the same town. One day I will find his resting place and pay my respects. Thank you

[@lilwoody4789]

My cabin in Pisgah National Forest and all it's...let's say strange happenings is 90 miles as the crow flies northeast of that place. I head out into that forest every time I'm there. Granted I never go without my hiking pals Smith & Wesson and most times their buddy Remington but I do love the place. I would call the place touched by enchantment...or possibly occupied by things others may not want to acknowledge.

[@suzannecoonrod3901]

I want to let you know that I have been unsubscribed more than once. I just checked this last week and had to subscribe again. I love your show. You do great work. I will always be a follower of yours.

[@trinapenno6554]

Headed home to Ohio from Florida. As you😮😮 were talking about the park,we were in Tennessee. Saw the sign for the park..

[@davo8802]

Im going there next friday. I live in the mountains a little north of Chattanooga. My wife's cousin and i was chassed out of cades cove at dusk when it should have already been closed by something that made the loudest holler and scream that we have ever heard. When it started it sounded as if it was 200 yards away but by the end of the scream it sounded as if it was 20 yards away. Never will forget that night. I have had basket ball size rocks thrown into camping area here on the mountain that i live on as well with yelping followed. The mountains of soddy daisy Tn

[@1975jstar]

I watch many videos and information about Hikers walking through the AT regularly, during a few months out of the year. Many go alone and many go in groups. I never knew how I would ever go alone from GA to Maine. I want to. Yet skeptical. The videos make it look like so much fun…difficult at times but no deaths or disappearances, you never hear of. Also, where is Summer Moon Utah Wells? She’s been gone for almost 3 years, from Rogersville, TN? Parents say she just vanished from where she lived? No trace. No evidence. Nothing….???????? 💜🙏🤔

[@mannettabraunstein9283]

Hi Dave and Villagers, from Winston-Salem. Thank you, Dave, for sharing your research work. Your work is important.

[@susangeorge5399]

Troy Doughty, burlington iowa missing for 2 1/2 years.

[@bettastorms1462]

Good Morning from East TN! Thank you! I knew Scott he was a great guy!

[@richardfries5467]

Dave...Your new hat is now my official golf hat. Thanks for all the great videos. Keep up the good work.

[@goddammitalana]

Thank you for supporting a great cause!❤❤❤

[@Encourageable]

That area on the map at 9:40 is some of the most beautiful area in the eastern US. Just gorgeous. I’ve been in the area quite a few times because it’s my favorite part of the country. It’s so massive and rough you couldn’t begin to thoroughly search it. I don’t believe in Bigfoot. It’s just so easy to get lost out there if you get off trail. You get twisted around and everything looks so similar.

[@harolddenton6031]

Them north Georgia,western nc and east Tennessee mountains have had plenty folks come forward about their encounters with dogmen and Bigfoot. I good Cryptid researcher friend goes into those regions quite frequently researching for cryptid with some ex military people. He has told me some stuff they experienced. You ought to travel down to Helen Georgia in March for the Bigfoot conference. It runs for two days. My buddy Matthew delph will be one of the speakers.

[@LanaLaughsRealLoud]

We all loved Scott Carpenter very very much and admired his integrity and professionalism and we all miss him too, very much so, and thanks Dave for your kind words about him and I hope that you know that many of us feel the very same way about you Dave. Thanks for sharing, Dave, we love you, brother. ❤😊

[@YOUR-LOCAL13]

I loved watching the fog roll in while we were in the park.

[@Thousand_yard_King]

My wife's family live in the middle of the GSMNP, and hadn't heard of these things..so thank you for shining a light on it. Update: wife told me that you don't go out at night there, there was an eary feeling at night, as though you were being watched, that on top of all the drunks, it was dangerous.

[@Rspenesmit]

Hello David, I told this story to a good Psychic/Medium friend of mine & said where get she have gone & all the others missing? Here is her reply to me, they need to go back to that dip and do a body image in the ground, I have no clue what this is or what she means, but I'm sure you do, I know she is very good at what she does, this could be something to try or have done if you can, it would sure be interesting to know the results.

[@brookswade5774]

I’ve lived in East TN all of my life. I’m 45 min from the smokies and I love it. But I won’t step foot in the woods without being armed. I’ve enjoyed all of your research Dave. I’ll continue as long as you do. Folks, there’s a reason that people go missing in our national parks. There’s also a reason that Theodore Roosevelt designated these areas as national parks, in order to keep them from being developed. Does anyone see a relation there?

[@cheryljames8595]

Excellent video. Hugs and Blessings. I received my Washington book today. I already started reading it.

[@planetxraytech141]

God Bless Scott Carpenter, he opened my eyes and started this journey for me. With your continued investigations and hard work, we will get to the truth one day Dave. We must all be ready for what is next!

[@tinag8725]

Thank You David❤

[@sasher563]

First time posting.Theirs a new horror movie out. It's loosely based on your work. It has a brief shot of a 411 book. Set in a national park. It mentions that people go missing near granite or water. It's called "Lovely, Dark and deep". 😂 Letting you know. Fairly entertaining. Take care.

[@byronstewart1588]

R.i.p to Scott and also to Henry franzoni....2 great teachers of the sasquatch subject ...Scott taught the dangers and Henry taught us wonders ...Scott is definitely with Jesus and I know that

[@teresaadams825]

They call it Boogerman Loop trail for another reason than they give. I've heard elk have been introduced for a large prey food source. The Southern Appalachians have many secrets. I'm sorry for your loss. Much respect.

[@Peter-se5id]

Been following you for years Dave. Pete UK

[@ryanfisher9518]

I can't get enough of these stories! I would love to show more support by buying all your books Dave but the shipping to Canada way too much. Can't wait for the next movie.

[@melissalove2463]

We need to start a go fund me page to raise the money that Dave needs to get ( if it really exists) the information he needs to find out what the heck is going on with all these missing people ! 💞👍🏻💞

[@toniahooks9003]

I live just minutes away from Cades cove these hills are beautiful but they are full of mystery, very beautiful place, I love my Tennessee home... but I will not let my child out of my sight while exploring not for one second knowing all I know about these hills ... there is definitely something beyond our understanding out there...

[@chrisdrigans5553]

Awesome. My grandparents would take us to deep creek and many other places in the area to camp Beautiful place.

[@alphaeba2233]

So sorry for the loss of your friend Dave 😔.

[@kateharris1210]

I live in the Smokies, Spruce Pine NC, and I am here to corroborate the fact that there are some WEIRD things going on here within these ancient mountains. Pretty positive I have Sasquatch in the area during the months of about September through December. I can go out on my front porch EVERY SINGLE NIGHT during the wee hours, do a wood knock, and get a response from less than 100 yd away. Pretty much without fail. Sometimes I get multiple response knocks from different directions. There is a river literally right outside my front door, and I think that has something to do with their presence, but like I said, they seem only to be around during fall and the beginning of winter. Also, orbs are a pretty common occurrence in the woods at night around here. Don't know what they are, but they're there. One night, my son and I were walking through a graveyard close to my home, we heard a strange noise from the woodline, just about the same time that a bright light flashed, almost like a camera flash, except that it was coming from dead above us. Not from a game cam on a tree or anything like that, this was coming from straight up. Yet there was nothing there. But those are just a few strange things I've witnessed, and I've only been here about 2 years!