Ep 242: The Missing 411 Part 2
Description:
In Part Two of our series on the Missing 411 phenomenon, we'll first examine a study conducted to determine which National Parks are the most dangerous in the United States. The numbers and causes may surprise you. We then take a closer look at a few more puzzling cases and, with a critical eye, examine the data presented by David Paulides and the CanAm Project vs. what's been reported by the news media. Discrepancies raise questions when ascertaining the objective facts and judging if the evidence is remarkable. There are plenty of errors and omissions from all parties, but what are the causes and intentions behind them? With hundreds, perhaps thousands of incidents, it's understandable when a news outlet rushing to report under a deadline makes mistakes, but can the same leeway be given to Paulides? Are they honest mistakes or the handy claim that details are "cherry-picked," overlooked, or embellished to prop up a narrative and sell content? Will later discoveries change the investigations, are we being told everything, and what are the motivations of those doing the telling or omitting? Are blunders in the reporting, whatever the intent, proof that nothing extraordinary is going on? As we conclude the episode with an overall skeptical analysis and finish with our personal assessments, it's clear that what is deemed either a mundane tragedy or a mysterious phenomenon is in the eye of the beholder. As far as any alarming pattern to these cases is concerned, if strange yet commonplace coincidences do occur, how many coincidences are too many?
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Reference Links:
“These National Parks Are the Nation’s Most Dangerous” from Sunset magazine online
“Danger Parks: Which U.S. National Parks Are The Most Dangerous?” from Outforia magazine online
McMurdo FAST FIND 220 Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) on Amazon
“Family holds out hope in search for missing hunter” from KOB 4 TV on YouTube
Community United Effort also known as (CUE) Center for Missing Persons – ncmissingpersons.org
Missing 411: The UFO Connection | Official Trailer on YouTube
The James William Duffy Jr. case at THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR COLD CASE MISSING CHILDREN’S CASES
“UO Today with Beth Piatote” from the Oregon Humanities Center on YouTube
Article on Bobby Panknin, “Searchers Fail to Locate Boy” from The Spokesman-Review, August 8, 1963
“Why That 'Dingo's Got My Baby' Line Isn't Funny” from TIME magazine
“Stickied: a list of all Missing 411 deconstructions” from the Missing 411 Discussions on Reddit
“The body of Missing 411 "victim" Tatum Morell has been found” from the Missing 411 subreddit
“David Paulides Misrepresentation” from the Missing 411 subreddit discussion thread
“David Paulides taking break after death of his son” Event Announcement on the Missing 411 subreddit
“An Investigation of the Missing411 Conspiracy” by Kyle Polich on Skeptical Inquirer
“Humanist Common Ground: Atheism” from the American Humanist Association
“The Ketchum Project: What to Believe about Bigfoot DNA 'Science'“ from ResearchGate.net
“Bigfoot DNA? w/ Dr. Haskell V. Hart | Squatch-D TV Ep 38” from the Squatch-D TV YouTube channel
“The Ketchum DNA Study (UPDATED 2021)” from SquatchDetective.com
“What is our purpose?” from the Missing 411: The Movie website
“Stickied: a list of all Missing 411 deconstructions” on reddit
“5 STRANGEST disappearances in forests | The Missing 411 phenomenon” on the MrBallen YouTube channel
“These National Parks Are the Nation’s Most Dangerous” from Sunset Magazine online
“Danger Parks: Which U.S. National Parks Are The Most Dangerous?” on Outforia
“‘Paradoxical undressing’ in fatal hypothermia” from the National Library of Medicine
“The Last Wild Man” the story of Bart Schleyer on OutdoorLife.com
“Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks” from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
“Parents Feel Sure Bear Kidnapped, Sheltered Tot” from the Spokane Chronicle
Talus or scree – loose rock piling up at the base of a hill or mountain
Chuck Sutherland’s analysis of the Missing Persons map overlaid with a cave system map
Danger Parks Infographic by Outforia
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CREDITS:
Episode 242: Missing 411 Part 2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2022 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.