The Dennis Martin Disappearance | FBI Files Reveal Much More To The Story

In 2022, the FBI released 133 pages of formerly classified documents revealing their investigations into the Dennis Martin disappearance in the Smoky Mountains in 1969. What these documents reveal is that the information formerly known by the public prior to 2022 about the disappearance is only the tip of the iceberg.
Follow along as I pour through the most interesting information revealed by these documents and learn more about the Dennis Martin disappearance than you ever knew before.
Dennis Martin FBI Files: vault.fbi.gov/...

[@carolwalker6965]

This case is as convoluted as the Summer Wells case. My fear is we may never know what happened to either of them. Thank you for the new review of this puzzling case. Well done.

[@karenbee1898]

I feel in Dennis' case, black bear or coyote sealed his fate, sadly. I feel with Summer's case DW & CW are hiding the truth of her disappearance. Summer will be found, justice will prevail, all involved with spend the rest of their days in jail.

[@caroleking1834]

So glad you're covering this. It's one of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.

[@beasley082]

Great video, Ryan!!! I'd love to see more videos like this from you!

[@jamieneal1458]

Thank you so much for sharing this update and release of records. I didn’t know about them finally being released. I can say I don’t think it involved an animal getting him/attacking him. No signs of ground tracks scratches or torn clothes, shreds, blood, or remains ever found.

[@jenniferhorstmann2279]

Those poor parents. If only they could have at least found his body or (later) his skeleton so they could have known he had gotten lost and passed away from exposure. Having to wonder and imagine more horrible things must be far worse.

[@monaleigh1862]

ps: I also heard that a man who had been harvesting ginseng in Smokey Mtn park had come upon a child's skeleton while engaged in the harvesting but didn't report it until years later because he didn't want to admit that he was harvesting ginseng because that was illegal. No idea if that is true.

[@ryanfindstruth]

Probably true, unfortunately.

[@williamfields4534]

Odd they ID 1 person there who seemed strange. I was one of over 100 volunteers searching early the next morning. (I lived in Oak Ridge, TN & had a summer job in Knoxville, age 16) The thick underbrush, was nearly impenetrable, even for adults with tools to cut their way through. Dennis could not have wandered far on his own. You had to be there to see how impossible it was to move through it. Later, the back yards of the parents & grandfather were excavated but nothing was found. I found it strange that Green Beret troops just happened to be on maneuvers nearby and were flown in by helicopter. They were armed. (Two days of searching and not a trace of Dennis.,The ranger in charge of my group remarked “something is wrong here. How does a 6 year old vanish into thin air within 5 minutes?”

[@stephanie6466]

Mr Martin was interviewed years later by David Paulides. Mr Martin was treated appallingly by the FBI apparently. David also learned that one of the lead investigators on that case from the FBI had committed suicide. There may or may not have been a connection. It seems that one moment Dennis was there and the next not there. The whole case is very strange. Also, a family who were in another part of the park camping that day witnessed what appeared to be a man carrying something on his shoulders. The man was up on a ledge off in the distance so this family couldn't make out exactly what it was this man had. The family had the surname Key. I find it strange this was not mentioned in the FBI report. Thank you for covering this case

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

Don't belive a thing from that man ..he has been caught in straight iles ,half truths ,and has went to absurd lengths just to profit from the misfortunes of sooooo many ppl ..and in fact is under at least one lawsuit of slander by one of the family.. this man is a literary vulture who uses straight lies and un verified theories and speculation stated as fact..for his own gain .

[@CaroleLeamer735]

Great information. Thank you for sharing this. Definitely subscribing!

[@davebrown7467]

What ever happened to that poor little boy Dennis Martin was a tragedy. I'm just hoping that he did not suffer or have extreme pain. RIP Dennis. I sure wish that I could have seen exactly what happened to you I always have 357 friend's out in the wilderness they are all from the Smith & Wesson family do you get it. My Mag wouldn't have been one bit afraid of whatever happend. God Bless you Dennis Martin ❤😮😢😮❤🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤😮😢😢❤❤🙏 😊

[@LindaStoronsky-yk4df]

Nice review. I am subscribing. Thank you.

[@ryanfindstruth]

Thank you Linda and welcome to the channel!

[@jeanninejones8350]

My dad was a fireman in Knoxville, they were part of the search. It was something he wouldn't talk about. We had relatives that lived up in the area, after this we had to wear whistles and were told to immediately sit down and stay in one place if we got seperated from family. I don't know what happened but I do know the mountains. Dennis could have easily disappeared that easily, he was 6, seasoned hikers get lost. Realistically it could be that he was just a lost little boy.

[@CashanovaXTREME]

@@jeanninejones8350 He was taken and eaten by cannibal feral humans in the smoky mountains. They’ve been there for generations.

[@PocketsofPreservationTN]

Thank you for telling the truth. Some people get angry when they hear this, but it is important. Of course it will never be the official story. The park depends too much on tourist dollars, and they did not want that information to get out. The FBI kept the information hidden from the Martin family about the Key Family’s testimony of them seeing the man carrying the little boy .

[@glory5918]

@@CashanovaXTREME - or was Dennis held hostage and forced to live with them?

[@CashanovaXTREME]

@@glory5918 No, these beings are cannibals. The green berets that came in the day after were on a kill and destroy mission, supposedly they took many of the feral people out of the great smoky national park.

[@Papasmokes875]

That is true and the explanation that has the least variables to account for.

[@chadcook3709]

I believe he was kidnapped, the guy got nervous, left the child, flees away. The child sadly passes away in some deep brush. The ginseng guy should’ve at least dug the remains up and dropped them off without anyone knowing who he was.

[@abc-wv4in]

Thank you for sharing the info from the FBI files. Very well done; subscribed. This is such a heartbreaking case. I think it's likely he was kidnapped as neither he, his shoes, nor his clothing were found in the wild. Not likely he would have just disappeared where so many people were looking; a child couldn't get to extremely isolated places on his own, and there are almost always signs of animal attacks where it happens with torn clothing left and often the body very nearby. As for his developmental delays, they sound relatively minor to me. I'm not sure how big a factor that was even back then. If severe, yes, but apparently his were very mild. I've read that the reason the kids had him hide separately was because he had on a bright red shirt that was visible. And his dad did see him hiding. As for the FBI saying there was nothing to lead them to believe a crime had taken place, what about a vanished child?? Shameful they didn't investigate further at the time. Thank Goodness for John Walsh; there are better procedures now when children go missing.

[@s1nd3r3llee]

Thank you for the added information. I had not known that Dennis was a learning disabled child. Poor kid. Who knows what really happened to him?! Maybe one if those kids took his shorts. Somebody HAD to have put them under that rock. What a strange missing child case. I remember it, as our family were visiting our grandparents not far outside the park that same weekend, when we were all children. So sad for the family.

[@sethstine4698]

That last point you made. Yes. I have ALWAYS thought that. Who were the last people to see Dennis alive? And the story? "Oh, we all went and hid, playing hide and seek; we were gonna jump out and scare someone..." what?? That makes absolutely no sense. Except that i do believe there is a grain of truth in that, given that the other boys HAD planned to "jump out and scare someone." That person was Dennis. They did something horrible to him. Perhaps it was an accident in the sense that they didn't mean to seriously hurt or kill him. But my God; this would all make sense if they accidentally killed him.

[@dianneD27]

Only know this case from missing 411 . Thanks for all the new to me info 😊

[@carachantler2325]

A missing 411 case 😮

[@mread958]

New subscriber here. Well done! I am now running down this rabbit hole as I have never heard of this story. Something really screwy with this case for sure. I lean toward the feral aspect. They ARE there. I lived up in the smokies for awhile. There are things you cannot explain. I never trusted much off the main roads. The national guard was searching? When does that happen? Why was there so much hush hush with the searchers? FBI screwed this up really bad. We will probably never know though. The people up there.......way back in no mans land, are practically their own species.

[@monaleigh1862]

I believe that Dennis was on the autism spectrum somewhere - think I saw that in one of the reports but back then autism was extremely rare and was not being used as a "diagnosis" for learning disabilities in the 60's or 70's. About Paulides, I don't believe he EVER said Dennis was taken by a bigfoot. He wrote books about Native legends re bigfoot before he got into missing persons cases but he's very careful NOT to say what he thinks happens to these people except to say he believes that whatever it is, it would be 'uncomfortable' as far as ideas go for most people or outside the comfort range for many people. Nice report.

[@unapologeticallyauthentic]

The mountain folk still think there are people living out there in the woods...

[@Post-Trib]

It sounds like wild men and they wear animal skins which explains why tracking dogs can't locate a scent or lose the scent

[@HappyHermitt]

@@unapologeticallyauthentic If you wanna call them that...

[@BamaSquirrel]

FBI definitely fucked up with this case 🤬

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

THeyHaveFalleeenS0far....

[@MajesticMe429]

Intentionally

[@Papasmokes875]

They weren’t the primary investigators

[@ConsciousConversations]

Again.

[@tinacamen]

Also did u know 500 to 600 children go missing from Tennessee?

[@wendywoo2180]

Another good "missing persons" case in Tennessee is Trenny Gibson, who vanished in 1976 while on a HS field trip to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

[@AmandaSlayton-n1z]

If a bear got him you aren’t going to find a body. What is the mystery? That’s most probable.

[@theoriginalbluey]

I don't know this case too well but did watch a video about it many years ago and I recall that dogs tracked his scent all the way to the nearest main road where it ended, either because of being bundled into a vehicle, or the weather. Could that mean he wandered that far, or was carried against his will?

[@candeleewoodwardstone5545]

Notice Dennis went missing 6/14 and Summer went missing 6/15. Neither have been found as of today. 11/27/23 Also both stories have a scream involved, yet both are unfounded. I could go on as, Dennis and Summers sound alike

[@lunamoona1645]

I read through all 133 pages and I was shocked by the amount that isn’t publicly known. However, nothing much more brought to light 😞 👎🏼

[@4StonesHandcraft]

What river could he fall into near Spence Field?? I’ve been there, don’t recall any rivers at the crest of the Smokies! ( :

[@benjamineshbach6212]

Nice to see actual research instead of bullet points and vagueries

[@Clydekid]

I heard that some man was seen speeding away from the area

[@tapptom]

Another thread links the fbi director Hoover to this investigation….he removed one agent or replaced one agent w another?

[@MegaDelorean1]

Who was the owner of the shorts found hidden under a rock on the left side of the hikers cabin?

[@ryanfindstruth]

The FBI document never answered that question which is sad because it implies they didn't take the find seriously, but it would be fascinating to know if anyone did follow up on that and find out.

[@tapptom]

Is there a Miami Florida connection to this? Supposedly read something about another family named Martin from Miami involved in construction And Dennis father was an architect

[@amandawhitten8149]

🤔🤔🤔❓❓❓❓

[@kalena9999]

yes also heard this...but seems to be kept quiet.

[@feliciagaffney1998]

Meaning what? What happened with the family in Miami?

[@tapptom]

@@feliciagaffney1998 The day Dennis Martin and his family were in that Park, there was another family in that park on the same day named Martin, as well. Dennis’ father was an architect from a Tennessee and that other Martin family, that was there that same day was from Miami and was in the construction business! Maybe just a coincidence but that was never followed up by the authorities! It was reported that they, the Second Martin family left the park in a hurry that day! I tried to find some information on them to know avail. In addition, the FBI director Hoover was said to be involved in the case and choose the agents involved in this search! Remember the FBI agent that was involved in this case and later on committed suicide…his name was Pike I think. A lot of strange events around this disappearance including the family that reported the raggedy looking man that was seen in the distance on that mountain peak, supposedly carrying an object on his back …it appeared to be a red colored object …. Letting out a startling cry as he ran over that peak! Never followed up by the authorities because they said no connection as the peak was too far away and he could not have been reached by him due to the distance yet the family who saw him were adamant that they saw him carrying a larger object as he ran in the distance! This story of Dennis has sadly remained with me for many years!

[@WVgrl59]

I don't understand why a father would take his 6 and 9 year old boy on a hiking trip in the smokies and say it was done every year. Especially since the 6 year old boy was mentally challenged. They said the scruffy looking man was 40 miles away from where Dennis was but his father didn't see it.

[@heyokaempath5802]

Ryan, wouldnt a FOIA be redacted as well? It's horrifying to think about it, but the reluctance of alphabet agencies can sometimes be related to their FINDERS cult/program. Basically, it is kidnapping, transporting, renting out and selling of small children. September and October are the busiest months for abduction, and because they easily get kids going to and from school. The rest of the year is also busy. Think of Johnny Gosch and there's a headstart. It's unbelievable how evil this world can be. 🙏😢

[@tinacamen]

Did u know Ben hill road is only 1 hr away from the smoky mountains?

[@ryanfindstruth]

The Smoky Mountains are pretty vast. If you mean the Pigeon Forge area, it's 1.5 hrs. Gatlinburg is further.

[@tinacamen]

@@ryanfindstruth okay

[@margiepenland6297]

I heard a rumor about him being found in a bush and it was never told

[@juliatownsend5922]

What is ir about this little boy? One of the most saddest disappearances. His little photo p

[@MusicEchos]

The soothsayer may have known that older cabins in the woods were built with crude stones as their foundation. In my town several houses were destroyed by storm or burnt down. Looking at the remainder you can see the loose stones with no kind of poured concrete or any arrangement of concrete blocks or bricks. So just about any house may have had loose stones under it. Her husband could have been a construction worker and told her about how homes were built up in the mountains or rural.

[@lindarandles2106]

I wonder why FBI was never involved with Summer Wells disappearance.

[@cathymarsh1782]

They are.

[@Za7a7aZ]

I do not think popular is the right word for describing most known in this particular tragic case..

[@jackmclaughlin4552]

Reminds me of the little Lindbergh

[@amandawhitten8149]

Well I just found this channel (sub and liked) I’m 16:29 in and I’m going down the rabbit hole I LOVE THIS ISHH😂

[@HappyHermitt]

You have to realize many truths of this world before seeking truth. One cannot find whst theyre looking for if their eyes are closed.

[@joewiese4174]

One thing to consider about the testimony of prisoner #1. If it is known that an inmate in a prison has messed with kids in any way, their fellow prisoners will usually kill them in horrible (but fitting) ways. So a single prisoner assisting the FBI on every level is not far fetched. If the accused felt he could confess to someone "like them" to build a protective net. That is how prison works. If prisoner #1 was "not like them" and did not want to catch a case in prison, the next thing to do is either inform the population and the case never get solved, or help the cops. Prisoner #2 that blew off the claim, or covered may have had good reason to do so and squash any talk like that so the population doesn't get any ideas. So both prisoners stories are very easily explained.

[@paulhayes7612]

Please help to get a metal detector to find he wore a red , zip was a metal ?? Try to find it anywhere

[@lisascott644]

Summer wells. It's likely her parents have more information

[@kurtcurtis2730]

My ears perked up at the mention of Jeanne Dixon. Wasn’t she also the personal astrologer to Nancy Reagan?

[@ConsciousConversations]

All of the blanked out information is just so American court system garbage.

[@WVgrl59]

Yes, not abnormal

[@cbrippee]

I agree ferel humans is absurd. The scream was ridiculously loud and heard by the Key Family about 5 miles away from disappearance site, and they saw someone they described as a huge shaggy human covered with fur that had made the scream. The smokies, in fact all of eastern TN and Western Carolinas have had many Bigfoot sightings, however in 1969 there was no data base for them like there is now. The Key family also noted this creature seemed to be carrying something. David Paulides, ex detective, has written a series of books know as Missing 411, documenting the strange disappearences of many hundred of people that went missing in the National Parks, in highly unusual circumstances like the Dennis Martin story. He has suggested in the last few years of people possibly disappearing into a portal, something that Quantum Physics states are real, and could be how the UFOs got here from their home planet. In the end, most likely we will never know.

[@springfield03sniper]

I live in Western North Carolina. (On the other side of the mountains from where Dennis was taken) I don’t believe in Bigfoot or dog men or any of that stuff, but 100% There were/are wild men/mountain men/drifters living in the mountains. I have several generations of family that have lived in this area for their whole lives, and they concur.

[@FFAdventuresOriginal]

hoo boy

[@CashanovaXTREME]

There absolutely are feral humans living in that area of the country and have been for generations! They may have human DNA, but they are not human.

[@glory5918]

@@springfield03sniper - ck out Dogman & Paranormal Research with Jeff Nadolny

[@danielwebster5748]

If somebody grabbed Dennis I fell to see how his father was not able to find them unfortunately Dennis went behind a tree where there was a trail right there. If he went off on his own his father would have found him if a human had a gravity I believe his father would have found him although that's debatable. I mean literally the boy disappeared in a minute from what I've been told he couldn't have got far down the trail if he was walking on his own his father would have found him within 50 or 100 yards.

[@debbie3667]

I live near where Dennis went missing. The Smoky Mountain National Park does have feral people. The Green Beret does not do search and rescue. They wete sent in to clear the woods of the feral people. They did their job and left.

[@AmandaSlayton-n1z]

Has anyone heard of a bear? Lol …there…case solved.

[@danielwebster5748]

They had absolutely no DNA zero zilch that's why they had to do leg work to determine where they come from and they simply did not want to do that. If it was one of their sons they would have.

[@hawkeye6135]

DNA testing wasn't developed until 1984, & first used in a criminal case in 1986.. So at the time Dennis vanished, basically even when the FBI reports were done, DNA wasn't a thing.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

Wild people who live off the grid. Listen to David Paulides' interview with Mr. Martin.

[@ryanfindstruth]

Thank you I'll check that out!

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

@@ryanfindstruth Also the channel South Force 10's video called something like "Dennis Martin case solved, these hills do have eyes."

[@clemsonbloke]

Mr. Martin was not interviewed on any tape or recording, David Paulides went to this house and talked to him but there is no recording. In fact that was years ago, Mr. Martin died in 2014.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

@@clemsonbloke Paulides discussed his visit with Mr. Martin on a radio show. The channel "Horror Stories" has an audio.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

@@ryanfindstruth Listen to it yet?

[@janetmooremendias233]

One of those photos of the little missing boy is too similar for me to ignore. This is quite, extremely, profound. 03/06/24 4:22 pm PT WEDNESDAY

[@jaredtestermantesterman899]

I got ginseng planted in places u ain't supposed to plant it. I've hiked out in the woods with moon light, 15 years buyvny self. Just a dog. What do u want know.

[@ryanfindstruth]

In the Beech Creek area?

[@danielwebster5748]

A way to look at this is it's all about who you are and who you know. I certainly wouldn't want this to happen but if one of the FBI agent sons had disappeared you would have seen a much different investigation.

[@margiepenland6297]

What about the clothes he was wearing something should be found

[@heyokaempath5802]

FNU means "First Name Unknown."

[@tapptom]

Then why did the fbi agent commit suicide? Never explained

[@ryanfindstruth]

Wait...what?

[@tapptom]

@@ryanfindstruth there was a fbi agent directly involved in this investigation…a real all American kind of guy in school as football team captain etc…. Then later in life this same agent commits suicide? Or was he “removed” by the fbi because he knew too much! Suicide never explained by anyone really

[@tapptom]

@@ryanfindstruth agents name was “Rike” as I recall

[@tapptom]

@@ryanfindstruth Jim Rike

[@getoffenit7827]

The FBI agent's family was interviewed a few years ago by a man named Mike Bouchard. The Agent died by self inflicted gunshot in 1993..according to the family Rieke suicide had nothing to do with dennis martin disappearing nor any other children missing.

[@saraessex8124]

Why wouldn't they ask the dad if these were his kids shorts?

[@ryanfindstruth]

FBI wanted nothing to do with the psychic lead, it was the father who had to go out and look for them. You make a good point that the father didn't point out either way whether he recognized them. Or at least the FBI didn't note that in their records.

[@jenniferhorstmann2279]

I was thinking the same thing- why did they not just ask his parents if he was wearing those shorts when he disappeared?

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

FOIA IS STILL LAUGHABLE blank and they. went to blank and they did blank with blank ...wtf ever ..

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

Both of the inmates were locked uo at the time if the disappearance and these both were put to bed .

[@migueldiaz7939]

Thx a hole lot of nothing Ur awesome 👍

[@feliciagaffney1998]

FNU is "first name unknown". So the part redacted there is simply the last name.

[@amandawhitten8149]

Like,like,like,like 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 sorry I needed more than one 😂❤❤❤

[@treehugger4682]

Didn't the martin family sleep in that shelter the night before? If so Dennis could have left those shorts in that place. Children do silly things

[@slickwillie3376]

What a trip.

[@keidwyn]

The time of year twas bear cub breeding time , bears are also more active at dusk or early light and 4 to 5 pm was the time Dennis was found to be missing ,4 pm in the mountains is dusk combining this with the dropped shoe and bear print it seems that its at least very possible he was taken by a bear, the family were not familiar with he area and had never been to the Smoky mountains nor camped which tells me the family had no way of understanding the dangers of bears .The child sized shorts could have been any Childs that were soiled due to poop ,that would account for the leaving them under a rock to hide the stench ect , I can see that being a possible ok idea IF I someone was without anything to put the shorts in and didnt wish to leave them out in the open ect ,in 69 there was def no DNA and the testing was limited after long exposure to the elements .Im not saying its not a kidnapping but it Im more practical in mind and its seems very plausible it was bear in breeding time that came across a potential threat and got rid of it

[@saraessex8124]

The fbi was either listless, or willfully negligent. You know, because they never investigated that scream 7 miles away. Supposedly because it couldn't have been dennis. Buuut, it was someone screaming , and may have been an actual crime. Or, the person tried to nab dennis, failed and had to go grab someone else.

[@saraessex8124]

Did anyone ever check on other cases in the area, and if they were connected?

[@ryanfindstruth]

Not as far as I know but that's an interesting line of investigation to explore.

[@jaredtestermantesterman899]

He knew I wasn't lieing either. Tell buy his eyes

[@tinacamen]

I am gonna bring something up that's just uncanny demos went missing June 14th 1969, summer went missing June 15th 2021??? Could these cases be connected?

[@Bearkat87]

I’d like to know who was “it” in that hide and seek game for a few reasons, namely memory and even what we see is unreliable, exponentially more so when you’re jacked on adrenaline, and I wonder how much time actually past from hiding to missing. And if dad actually saw him hide or if he basically saw him hide (kind of “well I was right there I think”). Mix in a little guilt and grief and those memories/story he tells himself is probably highly unreliable. What I’m getting at is was there an accident with the boys? Also, I can get the informant wanting to F that other guy over while in prison together, for whatever prison reasons, but why would he carry the story, if fabricated, into the free world?

[@alexanderroos6899]

Got it but we all know what really happened to Dennis Martin he was kidnapped by feral humans now we really don't know if he alive or dead, in the American horror story there a episode called feral, there out camping in the woods and there three son goes missing and they thing he dead then they find him 10 years later living with feral people it all most sound like the Dennis Martin case

[@Papasmokes875]

Why didn’t they leave footprints

[@sorinstelian4395]

blank..blank...blank !? what's the point to read it? it is not the same person each time !!

[@suzannedippner450]

I don't believe the inmate. If it happened at the mall I can believe it.

[@theSuperviLLain_est]

The footprints in the water - shoe print was confirmed as shoes Dennis was wearing - also both footprints, the shoe print and barefoot print are believed to be one set of legs, ie Dennis

[@jaredtestermantesterman899]

There's an old man. Hus name us hank. Old. I told him what I seen he told me not tell anyone.

[@tapptom]

Then consider Hoovers involvement w members of the same sex… was Hoover involved with child sex at that time, and had ties to Dennis? And they didn’t want any connection to this activity and Hoover

[@dutchschaefer4983]

Whoever believes anything from the FBI at this point are beyond hope.

[@BlackAdder1970]

A 6 year old would probably call out. Something fishy happened

[@char19661]

Yes sounds like a duplicate of summer wells . Did Don and candous read this storey . It's really strange !!!

[@elizabethlenahan9833]

Maybe Rev Donna would have an answer?

[@jaredtestermantesterman899]

There indian dude. Dark skin.

[@Wherethewindblows524]

Ive heard this story 1 just lost boy 2 abducted child 3 urs and its the best!

[@glory5918]

RE: Dennis Martin: Connecting the dots. If in fact Dennis Martin (Missing Great Smokey Mountains National Park 14Jun69 was, as Jeff's (DogMan & Paranormal Research by Jeff Nadolny) guest (24Jul -~"DogMan & Strange Activity Seen on a Military Installation - Father & Son's Account") is "100% certain," Dennis was taken (kidnapped) by feral humans could it be possible 7 yr old Dennis Martin was not killed but held hostage and forced to live with them? If so, even thou it is now 2024 - 62yrs later did Dennis Martin survive ? And if so, could Dennis Martin possibly be still alive?

[@aces.9738]

Did Dennis Martin have siblings?

[@abc-wv4in]

Yes, his brother was on the trip with them and they were playing with a couple of young children from another family.

[@glory5918]

@@abc-wv4in - that other family's last name was also Martin

[@Papasmokes875]

If you have any experience hiking you know that leaving a trail at best you will become lost. According to SAR DM died of exposure or trauma from falling. No mystery here unless you believe in supernatural events. It’s not uncommon to never find bodies.

[@ryanfindstruth]

@@Papasmokes875 There would only be no mystery if his remains were found - proof rhat he fell.

[@BamaSquirrel]

Maybe the cold case foundation could look into this one 🙏🏻🫶🏻

[@KeithRowell-l7j]

I herd a wile bavk that was possible he was kid nap.i think maybe a bear or lion got hem.there were 12 to 14 hundred people looking for hem.and never found anything

[@mread958]

Is English your first language?

[@dutchschaefer4983]

Whoever believes anything from the FBI at this point are beyond hope.