British Couple Reacts to Top 10 places people disappear in the United States.

[@a_doog189]

Amazingly a triangle is how you triangulate a single position.

[@TheBeesleys99]

We can only say fair play to that aha!

[@togobeyond2]

Don't worry about the Smokie Mountains it's the most visited national park in the US. Just stay on the trails I've been there over 100 times myself. It's beautiful there.

[@beverlydorn9498]

I'm from the Smokey Mtns. People do come up missing, some are never found. We are talking about a massive area. Too big & too dense to find anyone. It's a beautiful area, especially in the fall & winter for the colorful trees & snow in the winter. Just stay on the trails. Beautiful....

[@TreyM1609]

I am too, East Tennessee mountains. People disappear all the time if they don’t know what they’re doing. My brother and mom and dad always asked my why I go camping with my nephew and carry a firearm. It’s just in case. I may not be able to help it but having a sidearm and rifle with me is something I’d rather have than not have it! We’re all still alive

[@bobbyspain905]

Yep never know what you might run into on the mountain human or animal because sometimes you can’t tell the difference between the two so better to be armed than not.

[@djentyman4002]

And with that story it was almost definitely a mountain lion that got him. Children especially are victims to attacks more frequently than adults

[@jahnj2523]

Until Bigfoot snatches you

[@bobdobb9017]

I agree. These two should spend some time in the smokies. It’s relaxing and the vibe of the tourist areas doesn’t make you nervous like other places like Vegas or New York.

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

Lake Superior is very cold and deeper than a person would think a lake would be. I've been on it during a storm, and I thought the ferry was going to sink. I had friends who were on a ferry crossing the lake, and the storm and waves got bad enough that they handed out life preservers. The lake is no joke, and I respect it's power. It is almost an inland ocean.

[@alboyer6]

Yes. So cold bacteria that would normally help decompose don't live in the water.... Canada has declared the Fitzgerald a cemetery so people can't dive there, or at least not easily.

[@MrDcwithrow]

"Lake Superior, it is said, never gives up her dead." is true. It is very deep and very cold and because of this bacteria found in people's guts can't grow and produce gases (farts) like they do when you are alive. This trapped gas is why dead bodies normally float, just not in Lake Superior.

[@jenniferlemming3249]

In the 1970s someone figured out that November storms are so intense because there is approximately a 10 day window then where the lake water releases heat from the summer. But any storm on Superior is dangerous. Ask A Mortician channel did an episode on the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.

[@mikehermen3036]

@@alboyer6 The wreck of Fitzgerald is at 530 feet deep. Only two people using specialized dive techniques have ever reached it and set multiple records doing so. They only had 6 minutes on site and three hours to ascend and decompress.

[@cryst2hu]

I've always thought if I ever had to hide a body it would be lake Superior, never been to it on a bad day, but any day in the summer I've walked into was way to cold.

[@csw3287]

David Paulides has written Several books "Missing 411" about 1000's of people who have Disappeared from National Parks ... Mt. Shasta, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Etc... Stacy Arras and Dennis Martin are just a couple that seemly just Vanished

[@cmitchell7347]

Made the mistake of watching a 'Missing 411' video on Amazon late at night. Really messes with your imagination. :(

[@johnalden5821]

As a hiker and backpacker, I am well aware of the potential for getting lost and going missing along most of the trails in the U.S. Weather conditions can be extreme and unexpected, and terrain is often much more serious than people are prepared for. Often, people underestimate how much water they will need and begin suffering from dehydration. And dehydration leads to disorientation and exhaustion. So does hypothermia and heat exhaustion. Basically, everyone thinks they can take a little day hike, whether they have any experience or preparation or not. I have run into people wearing flip-flops and carrying soda cups, five miles away from the nearest trail head (at least they were hydrated). And then they ask me, "Where does this trail go?" And I try to tell them, "Back where you came from, before it gets dark." So, many people go out for day hikes and unfortunately, never come back.

[@wispiwispi1889]

The Bermuda Triangle got it's name because the area lies between three points: Bermuda, San Juan Puerto Rico and Miami Florida USA. It is famous for disappearances of ships and airplanes. Therefore the name 'Triangle' is probably used to signify an area where people disappear.

[@aniE1869]

I knew someone in middle school who disappeared riding his bike home from a friend's house. All that was found was a bike. I kept hearing that he was drugged and thrown in the river, but he was never found. Ten years later his brother disappeared snowmobiling and all that was found was his snowmobile.

[@mage1439]

That's horrifying.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

So sad for their family...💔

[@JohnnyinMN]

Hey Guys! Know most of the areas. Small towns in the Midwest sometimes just ceases to exist. NE MN it was due to mining. Towns would often follow where the new iron ore deposits were found. Section 30, Sparta, Merritt, etc. are all gone. Some abandoned homes still remain. These towns even had schools, post offices, churches, and mom-and-pop stores.

[@teressareeves5856]

There were a lot of mining towns in California & Nevada's deserts that would literally move every building to another site when the mines were played out. Richard Lingenfelter's book 'Death Valley and Amargosa' is quite a read about that.

[@robertlarosejr.1535]

You guys should definitely look into “Missing 411 cases” Some of the weirdest and absolutely real cases.

[@devlyn873]

Second that

[@profd65]

That 411 crap is dumb. Mountains are really dangerous. People die of hypothermia in the woods. They fall off cliffs. They fall in crevasses or snow moats. Bigfoot is not grabbing these people. There are tragic but common sense explanations.

[@em-pr5jv]

Yes!

[@robertlarosejr.1535]

@@profd65 “Missing 411” is literally just unsolved without a trace cases all in a big file. Some people do go the supernatural route but missing 411 itself is just a huge file of cases. But go off and waste your time typing about something you think is stupid 😂

[@jordanpeterson5140]

Yes, they should get them through Mr. Ballen videos.

[@djentyman4002]

The 47th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking is on Thursday the 10th. You guys should definitely react to the song by Gordon Lightfoot. I know you don’t do music reactions but I think it would be cool for you guys to learn the history of it

[@tonycg9952]

i totally agree it is a sad but great song to react to

[@djentyman4002]

@@tonycg9952 as a michigander it has to be in my top 10 list of favorite songs. It never gets old

[@1911junkie]

please react to the Gordon Lightfoot song mentioned in the video (the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald), its a true american folk song and very well written.

[@mer8795]

Yes, though Lightfoot is Canadian.

[@KNETTWERX]

Sorry if this is a bit creepy…. Lake Superior doesn’t give up it’s dead due to water temperature. A lady on KZbin does a channel called ask a mortician, and she gets into the how and why of it. Basically the cold brings out some of the fats in the body that produce a wax like covering that prevents decomposition and preserves the body. The lake has a shipwreck from the 1920’s that some people do go and explore from time to time. The ship’s engineer that went down with the ship is literally still floating inside the engine room to this day. The pics are even available on line. Although the maker of this video seemed to make it look like the wilderness is the most likely place to disappear, cities can be just as bad. The difference is most of the city disappearances are from foul play and someone hiding the body. Every so often an “Old Mob Graveyard” is found during a construction project in places in NYC.

[@Bargle5]

Something important that this fellow doesn't mention about the Denny Martin case is that the weather turned horrible that night. Strong winds and heavy rainfall. Plus many of the searchers were inexperienced and ended up needing help themselves. That's why you rarely see amateurs taking part in wilderness searches these days.

[@TreyM1609]

I am too from the East Tennessee mountains. People disappear all the time if they don’t know what they’re doing. My brother and mom and dad always asked my why I go camping with my nephew and carry a firearm. It’s just in case. I may not be able to help it but having a sidearm and rifle with me is something I’d rather have than not have it! We’re all still alive

[@luisrivera3056]

We call them Ghost Towns, usually its a once busy mining town that was deserted after a certain industry was discontinued or simply shut down...

[@nate4745]

They use Triangles in featureless areas so that they can Triangulate an area. You can say a village is between two other cities but if it's an wide area where various things happen, you need three points to contain it. You could four or more points but the area would need three points minimum. It's easier.

[@petenielsen6683]

And of course drawing a shape takes minimum of 3 lines and thus a triangle.

[@joshpierce232]

I lived by the Superstition mountains for years and those stories are true. There are hundreds of other stories that he didn't mention of people vanishing. They are legit stories. There are a lot of legends in the area about the Lost Dutchman mine etc that keep people going in there looking for it.

[@gladecornelius]

If you ever get a chance, there is an audio interview with an FBI agent on the Dennis Martin case. It is very eerie and mysterious. Not to mention it has a lot of disturbing details.

[@catherinefarrell6238]

If you want to visit Alaska, just visit a large city, like Anchorage. It's so beautiful and well worth it. You can fly in from Washington or drive in through Canada. My husband and I went in the summer and had the best time. The city is beautiful, surrounded by mountains and the food was incredible. We ate Elk burgers, Reindeer hotdogs, and Bison. It was all delicious and the people were great!

[@shaninnmarie]

Elk was one of my favorite foods when I lived in Arizona because there was elk in the middle of the desert during winter. One elk could feed the four of us almost until the next winter. Now that I've been in Florida for the past 15 years, I find myself wishing I could make an elk burger quite often. I didn't realize how much it meant to me until I didn't have access to it anymore. I also miss desert mountain goat. And rattlesnake. And authentic Mexican food.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Alaska even has a nascar track. That's awesome.

[@catherinefarrell6238]

@@shaninnmarie hey I'm in Florida too. Originally from Upstate NY (in foothills of the Adirondack Mountains)! Where r u in Florida?

[@Steve-318]

Lake Superior has rip currents, even on a warm summer day anyone out there alone gets pulled out they'll die of hypothermia within a few minutes.

[@XRP2020]

There's a plethora of wilderness. If a 6yr went missing, I suppose they'd keep searching for party they arrived with. Never lose sight of your children.

[@shelleytorok1406]

🇨🇦 here Remote/rural areas anywhere are places that when/if a person gets into trouble or goes missing it is hard to find them due to terrain and forest cover too dense to see through. There are places that you can be 2 feet apart and not see each other. Very tough to search

[@LordGertz]

Your right I keep thinking of the elderly couple that disappeared, last seen going on a walk, months latter they were found less than 30 feet into woods behind their house. The area had been repeatedly searched but was so dense and uneven they weren't found even with dogs.

[@Yooper34]

With the anniversary coming up definitely check out the Edmund Fitzgerald whether it's the song (highly recommend, haunting and beautiful tribute to the crew) or just the story of it. Lake Superior is not to be taken lightly.

[@brianb8060]

Y'all should listen to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot. It would be interesting to see your reaction to it, even though ya don't do music reactions.

[@vk33771]

My husband's nephew, boat, friend and dog disappeared without a trace while out for a day of fishing on another one of the Great Lakes.😢

[@Salvation4DJews]

Here's the problem with the Great Smoky Mountains. There are black Bears, Cougars, Bobcats and Coyotes in those mountains.

[@wolftitan]

Water babies sounds like a new horror movie. 😨

[@SherriLyle80s]

The desert and the Smokey Mountains story I have heard of. Both are true. The desert story heads were in fact missing. Some say it's just wildlife. Some say Skinwalkers (Native story), etc etc

[@patriotbear8267]

I live near Chicago and I can almost guarantee you that if you went scuba diving in lake Michigan, you would probably see a lot of cement blocks, 2x2, sitting next to each other. Concrete shoes from the early 20th century Mafia. 🤷🏽🤦🏽🤣

[@hardtackbeans9790]

I fly little planes. We crash them all the time. LOL!! These all obviously have to do with extra terrestrials. They call them triangles because 'The Devil's Dodecahedron' would just sound ridiculous.

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

If you are not familiar with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" you should give it a listen

[@davidklatzko]

5th video of yours I’ve watched today. Greetings from Minnesota

[@TheBeesleys99]

Hope you have enjoyed ❤

[@reallyfpv993]

Review the song! ‘The Wrack of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

[@Cashcrop54]

I've gone to the Smokey Mountains a couple times camping and hiking. It is beautiful. It's best to have a base camp and then hike out into the mountains during the day. I can see how somebody would be lost but not totally disappear.

[@Teresia12]

My husband was stationed in the tip of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. We were surrounded on 3 sides by Lake Superior. It was like sitting on the shore of an ocean. It is HUGE!

[@danielchapman6032]

A triangle is best way to designate and area. A line won't do it and a square is bigger. So you pick a triangle is efficient I would think

[@dynamodan8216]

The Kenai peninsula in Alaska is the most beautiful place in the world. And it's not all cold, the summers can get up to 30C+.

[@noelcatanzaro3405]

Alot of these are in very large forests and mountain regions where if you get lost you will never find your way out . there are bears, mountain lions, rattle snakes. City folks are at a big disadvantage out for a hike.

[@natemalnaa1]

There's a documentary called "Missing 411:the hunted" that talks about experienced hunters going missing including the 74 year old guy that nobody was able to find anything left from him, weapon, hat, candy wrapper nothing. It's really interesting if you're curious about this.

[@johnwray393]

I 100% agree with the don't go on small planes thing.

[@jamesjennings4401]

It is common for Cults to uproot and disappear overnight.

[@charleyfloyd3317]

The Great Smokey Mountains are safe. The area is massive. Most of those lost have been those who wandered off the marked trails without being prepared or aware that they are entering a wilderness area. It's easy to get lost in these forests if you aren't prepared. Many are just overconfident about their abilities and then overwhelmed when they dont have the ability to cope. Millions visit this park yearly, it's one of the most popular National Parks. Compared to the number of visitors the amount that ever go missing minuscule. Probably a lot more go missing yearly in the large cities than have ever gone missing in the Smokies.

[@justinjennings3772]

On a similar topic, check out Lake Lanier/Oscarville here in Georgia, it has a very interesting past and 700 people have died there since 1956

[@Actually_Ashley00]

Great smoky mountains is a great place to go. Just stay where all the other tourists are to be safe. My advice but definitely a beautiful place to go to!

[@nancy9891]

Those vanished in Vermont over 10 years sounds like a serial killer scenario.

[@TheFeesh30]

I just left the smokies, very beautiful, very big. But very dense. Go to towns like gaitlinburg

[@joelzaval388]

Man I remember hearing about the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking I was about 13 at the time

[@pauldshel]

The people that go missing in Smoking Mountains are actual hikers . They were not experienced hiker’s and they got lost. Bears are in the Mountains which can attack these hikers along with just getting lost and scumming to the elements. The part of the park that these hikers go into is like thousands of acres of forest. When you visit Gatlinburg you are visiting a tourist town and it is not known for the disappearances like the park is. While you visit there also visit Pigeon Forge which is about 10 minute drive. Dolly Parton is from this area and Pigeon Forge has a lot to do as well. You can visit both of these areas easily in a weeks time.

[@redefv]

Living in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona I see on the news constantly about how tourists hike in to the Superstion Mountains with a small bottle of water. Most are rescued because cell service is not to bad. Just be smart especially during the summer where temps are well over 100 degrees for months on end. I grew up near Lake Superior. Look at the doplar radar. If a storm is coming stay of the lake. Very simple stuff.

[@petenielsen6683]

The Appalachian Mountains is the name off the mountains that run from Maine in the north all the way south. These include the Catskills and Adirondacks in New York among others. It is NOT just referring to the mountains of West Virginia to Tennessee.

[@marydavis5234]

I live about 15 miles from the Appalachian trail in Vermont, I hiked it when I was a teenager as part of a school trip.

[@richardlong3745]

In the 1920's US census Urkhammer Iowa was suppose to have just over 300 residence but in the later part of the 1920's the people were all gone, it was located in western Iowa but there's no traces now.

[@sikksotoo]

My elementary school best friend is a cold case in Eagle County, Colorado. Disappeared in the woods in 2009.

[@MrLato2000]

The Yosemite Story Reminds me of a Story my Dad saw that they Found a Cabin in Antartica that was near where a Science Research Team Disappeared.

[@Ali.89.]

There is actually an area in Ireland known as The Vanishing Triangle on the East of the country. Gardai focused there efforts on six missing people that they believe are linked who all went missing in the 90s, but never found much. However it's believed that there are way more cases spanning a timeframe from 1980s-2010s. Pretty sad stories all around. Great video btw, much love 💚🤍🧡

[@DCHoosier62]

Most of these disappearances I would say were wild animal related. Even the little boy, a coyote or wolf could easily drag off a small child. They possible take their “catch” back to their dens to feed their young.

[@cynthiahaun9269]

Usually the triangle comes from the perso or person were last seen coupled with a few more disappearances and if you look from one to another to another and all the rest seem to have all happened in a a triangleated area

[@ekill1395]

Don’t let the stories scare you from going to Great Smoky Mountains. It’s an awesome National Park to visit. Also, with the terrain and the wildlife around, it’s not unlikely that the people got lost, fell, etc. and then a bear found their body or something like that. If/when you go, just stay on trails and be smart. Also, if you see a bear keep a good distance from it, don’t walk too close to it.

[@ruthwolfminecraftgirl4752]

I don't know if u guys can get it, but I like watching a show called "Missing in Alaska" where 3 guys try to solve all these different mysteries and disappearances in the Alaskan triangle. I watch it on KZbin

[@lancecason]

Steve Fossett plance crash was not found for like 6months or more hence disappeared, then his body was not found so disappeared, then found the bones a year later.

[@badguy1481]

He MISSED the Lake Michigan triangle. Planes, boats and ships have gone missing in this area for years. It has been reported to be an underwater base for UFO's.

[@markbrown2640]

There are videos on KZbin from people who specialize in search and recovery of cold case missing persons based on satellite photos and other clues. The missing people have often been in automotive collisions or aircraft crashes in remote areas and their vehicles were either under water or hidden by terrain and plant life. Satellite photos from Google Earth have been known to show submerged vehicles in remote bodies of water that turn out to be occupied by their missing owners.

[@MannyBrum]

Small private planes are dangerous because 1) people don't maintain them properly and a lot of them are a decade old or more and 2) a lot of recreational pilots don't have experience flying in certain conditions as they only take the plane out occasionally.

[@lesterstone8595]

You could go on an Alaskan cruise ship to avoid the triangles and prop planes.

[@danielchapman6032]

I'm from Iowa and I have never heard of Urkhammer until this very moment. Iowa is not a small state so it is possible it is a local thing far away from me but....

[@hodag999]

Don't weird out about small aircraft. Back when Senator Boggs when missing (1972) aircraft were not required to carry emergency locator beacons, but now they are. The second generation beacons are satellite locators that are monitored 24X7 around the world, and in the event of a crash they automatically trigger. Using GPS, the rescue center can pinpoint a crash site within a few feet in a matter of seconds. In a previous video you commented on poorly maintained aircraft. Are you aware that aircraft, at least in the US, are required to undergo an annual inspection to keep flying? Any deficiencies found have to be repaired before the aircraft is returned to service. There are lots of 50 and 60 year old aircraft still operating because they have been continuously upgraded and they have all passed their annual inspections.

[@deannacouch]

I grew up in Alaska. I've been flying on "little" airplanes all my life (I'm over 60). Never had a problem. Never disappeared in the wilderness. While you're right that it's cold in Alaska, you're thinking of wintertime. Many places in Alaska can be hotter than a lot of the "Lower 48" states in the summer. It'd be a shame never to see Alaska because of fears based on misinformation.

[@tictacmoe6227]

Yea but your more likely to get attack by an animal there then in alot of states. Here in ohio we really dont have much deadly animals in the woods there are bears an stuff but a very low percentage and its cause they come in from other states likely hood of seeing any dangerous animals are super low I been too the woods several and only seen like rabbits.

[@davidneel8327]

Recently heard about the "Alaskan Triangle", where people disappear. Latest is a hunter from TN. You would think a bear, but the caribou meat being packed out was not touched.

[@petenielsen6683]

People are always amazed to find out that Anchorage has less snow on average than Syracuse, NY. Part of that is wind direction.

[@william2085]

I have always wanted to see Alaska by rail. The Alaska RR runs from Seward on the south coast 470 miles north to Fairbanks. It goes through Anchorage and, best of all, Denali National Park. A lot of visitors use this railroad to access the park. My cat is named Denali. Does that give you a clue how much I want to do this?

[@davidneel8327]

@@petenielsen6683 If you live on the South and East ends of the Great Lakes you experience lake effect.

[@jono8884]

Mountain lions will often target the youngest and they can grab them and disappear before anyone notices.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

Alot of areas are too big to search for people and depending on the season animals definitely will eat bodies.

[@jonperriraz4747]

I live about 20 miles from Pyramid Lake and my dad used to fish there extensively. I have never heard of these disappearances. People disappear from many, many areas quite often. These places are getting a bad rap.

[@juliedavis1637]

I have experienced -40c ambient temperature in South Dakota. Not on the list with windshield it was -85 c going out side in that temperature your skin freezes instantaneously I watched a guy blow the side of his nose off. We were outside to smoke a cigarette his nose was running and we all told him just wipe it you can blow it when we get inside after a few minutes but he didn't listen so he had to go to the emergency room. But it is against the law to be out in that temperature.

[@elkins4406]

The Smoky Mountains have a lot of disappearances because it's a thickly forested area with a very popular tourist road. That's really all there is to it: there are just so many opportunities for people who know nothing at all about hiking or woodlands or the outdoors in general to park their car at a trailhead, set out "just for a little walk" without so much as a rain jacket or a bottle of water on them, and then get lost. You really don't have to be nervous about the Smokies -- or Yosemite, for that matter. Just use some common sense: don't go for a day hike without sensible clothing, water to drink, and a few basic emergency supplies (that you'll honestly probably never need, but should throw in the bottom of your day pack anyway), and you'll be fine.

[@petertrabaris1629]

In case no one answered this below, Triangle because the parameters of where things/people go missing is within a triangular area. The story of the Iowa town gone missing is a story, not real. When it first became popular it was described as a written story, but some less than reputable sources took it up an presented it as supernatural and that has stuck. I personally think that quite of few of the disappearances in wilderness areas are the result of animal attacks leading to animal confiscation of the bodies, but that is my guess. Also, the Great Lakes are susceptible to Rogue Waves, especially Lake Superior. that is the scientific reason why so many ships in Superior, and other of the lakes.

[@scotthill1600]

When me & my dad hiked part of Appalachian trail 30 miles or so in 2 days, we both had bear spray & pepper spray, glocks w extra clips, numerous knives & pocket knives, proper gear, maps, foods, water, tent, medical gear, extra clothes, hang your food from a tree overnight, that’s just off the top of my head, I grew up in & around the woods but if your going anywhere remote absolutely go prepared or don’t go at all. Tell multiple ppl you trust where your going & when you’ll be back, have local & state police info written down. Phones, portable chargers/power banks. You can put your mind at ease when you’ve come prepared, you did everything you could to mitigate danger, that’s just what I can think of off the top of my head. How could I almost forget multiple fire starting tools & the knowledge & experience starting fires, we had a few flares as well. When I go in the woods around my property I always take my German Shepard & a handgun & also a shotgun or rifle preferably. Don’t want to get mauled by a buck, bear, hunter, random person, coyote, wolf etc. def have your location sent to trusted ppl & whoever your out with. Whistles as well

[@Jamie_D]

Bless her, she really isn't into the idea of the smoky mountains anymore 😅

[@ronluk76]

I've been camping and hiking in Yosemite a dozen times in my life and I'm still here, I'm fine and alive and in one piece!

[@NarwahlGaming]

You just jinxed yourself, you realize? 😂

[@shadowangel3995]

There’s an entire town Pennsylvania that “disappeared” it’s the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. In 1983 Congress paid residents for the properties so they could leave the area; by 1990 only about 400 families are left. The US Postal Service decommissioned the town’s ZIP code so even though there are still people that live there as far as the state and federal government are concerned the town no longer exists.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Lake Superior is another place where bodies don't decompose due to the cold temperature. They say they have spotted bodies on the bridge of the Edmond Fitzgerald still intact. It went down November 1975. People go missing in American cities all the time and are never found. In one case a gogo boy working in the French Quarter in New Orleans left the bar. They have him on cameras leaving the French Quarter walking. Depending on what direction he went that might be as little as two blocks from that bar. He was never seen again. That was in 2014. It kinda happens all the time in America. Does that not happen in the UK?

[@clayc8115]

The majority of those that go missing in Alaska take place on the highway of tears. There could be one or more serial killers active in the area.

[@shawnb4938]

The Alaska Triangle is 32,000 square miles, covers nearly 1/3 of Alaska. So, it's not hard to believe so many go missing there. It's larger than the State of Texas, and sparsely populated.

[@samstall9173]

The thing is, there are a lot more places in America where people aren't than where they are. And when they call places like Yosemite and Yellowstone "national parks," some idiots think they're parks like Disneyland. But most are gigantic swaths of wilderness (not countryside) the size of a European nation and overseen by a relative handful of staff. If you get lost in such a place, odds are pretty good you'll never be found. Especially in Alaska, where the "parks" are vast, have few to no roads, and are nearly uninhabited (except for dangerous predators like wolves and bears). If you get lost or hurt, you're basically dead.

[@jamesigorreilly979]

If I wanted to disappear like what you were talking about I’d call that “ Ghosting “ the world being invisible to anyone that counts ! I personally have done this as being involved in the criminal world and not wanting my loved ones hurt or threatened for my actions!

[@william2085]

In the first disappearance he said a whole town went missing. This was Iowa in the 1930's. This was during the Great Depression and a major drought across the Great Plains known as the Dustbowl. Millions of people just up and left their dried up, useless farms and headed for places like California. If most of the population of the small town was already gone, something as normal as a tornado or a fire could have destroyed all the wooden buildings. Leaving no trace. But this is too normal, and listeners want to be scared so, ghosties or zombies or aliens or some such. Regarding the disappearances in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, the Park is 800 square miles (over 2000 square kilometers) with over 850 miles of trails. Jersey Island is 42 square miles (119 square kilometers) in comparison. It is the most visited national park with more than twice the visitors of Yellowstone. The park had over 14 million visitors last year alone. There have been maybe a couple of dozen disappearances since the park opened in 1940. And that's supposed to be scary? Definitely visit The Great Smokies. It is my favorite. Stay on the clearly marked trails. If for some reason you do get lost, simply travel down slope until you reach a creek or stream. Then follow it downstream until you encounter a road, campground or other civilization. Many city dwellers who visit (especially the 6-year-old that he mentioned) do not know simple things like this. So, they wander until they are so lost that no one can find them. Nothing supernatural about that. But again, bears, ghosties or backwoods cannibals sounds scary so.....

[@williambranch4283]

Folks didn't have GPS in the Old West. Puma hunt people, especially pretty joggers ;-) People often fall to their death in Yosemite. A rip tide once tried to get me to swim to Japan from San Diego ;-( People and their cars often end up in lakes and canals.

[@maczack87]

One think you gotta understand about the US is there’s a shit load of land and even today there are parts that are scarce and not very traveled and some parts probably haven’t been disturbed by humans ever which leaves a lot of room for people to either get lost, hide, or kill to never be seen, found, or caught. There are a lot of people on the run, a lot of people who aren’t right in the head, and a lot of people who don’t want to be found and if you stumble across those kinds of people the risks of them harming you are a lot higher then stumbling across normal folks. Lots of animals in those parts too, animals that will eat you for lunch and shit you out after dinner.

[@garihood1]

I think they slap the word "triangle" on everything because of how famous the Bermuda Triangle became. When things start to disappear, it's natural to liken it to the Bermuda Triangle. So, we have the "triangle this" and "triangle that".

[@cinmarksx]

good reaction. the world according to briggs is a really good channel. Fairly accurate.

[@ronmccluskey2140]

the Dodgy end lol

[@natemalnaa1]

The triangle name is because "the Bermuda Triangle" which is notorious for lost planes and ships.

[@timreno72]

Pyramid Lake is no joke A close friend of mine didn't die out there but is paralyzed from the neck down from a diving accident there.

[@jLutraveling]

Don’t worry about the Smokies, Yosemite and any other national park. It I is only unsafe if you don’t take chances.

[@EagleFang74]

It’s true that in the past kids were a little freer in general, but even back then letting your six year old child wander about in the woods, with various types of predators around really wouldn’t have been done. No way you would let a six year old out of your sight in the woods.

[@mer8795]

Yeah, my little brother wandered off , 12 yr old, when camping, along with other boys. Didn't tell anyone where or even a direction. When I found him & friend, over 2hrs later, I restricted them to camp. Or we would head home. Other adults didn't seem to care, even though some kids didn't come back for more than an hour later. Parenting skills, Not.

[@cynthiahaun9269]

Superstition Mtns have had a long history of some really strange doo doo Goin on in and around these Mtns...such as numerous UFO sightings, strange fogs or mists, areas with high EMF (electoro magnetic forces used to detect the spirits or ghosts) and just plain spooky crap

[@judy6734]

Look this title up on KZbin... Missing 411: The Hunted Also good info on unusual disappearances in National forests.. .... Missing 411: What You Aren't Being Told | David Paulides | Ep 110

[@Area51byDaveReale]

Never fly on a plane smaller than a bus...... Unless it`s a fighter jet. Because fighter jets are awesome.

[@NarwahlGaming]

I've been a pilot for a little over 20 years. The main problem you see with the small planes is complacency. That, and the thought, _"It'll never happen to me"_ - until it does. 18 years or so ago I was getting complacent when my engine suddenly started shuddering like it came off its motor mounts. A white knuckle landing and inspection by an A&P mechanic found nothing out of the ordinary. 2 days later it threw a piston out of a jug on the ramp. I'm super vigilant on everything, now.

[@natemalnaa1]

12:07 "stay away from little planes" it's not just little planes that crash/go missing, that Malaysia flight is still missing and it was a massive 757 or something lol

[@mpetersen428]

I find no evidence of the existence of Urkhammer, Iowa. No US census records record such a place (census data is publicly available for 1790 through 1950). The story is considered a legend or just baloney. However, it is demonstrably true that many Nebraskans wish that all of Iowa would simply disappear.

[@heather8518]

Right & the narrator acted like maps didn't exist back then...silly.

[@kupski1964]

The triangle was before GPS, ever notice you don't hear about the Triangle anymore since the inception of GPS?

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

You guys should watch a documentary about the Bermuda triangle. That’s where they’re getting triangle from.

[@debbyplank2189]

Keep in mind that some of these towns that disappeared are over 100 years old and not many people would have inhabited them. When they would abandon them it would be due to no food supply, so not really that odd.