- [Male Narrator] What is up, * crew?
Today we are covering five creepy unsolved
national park disappearances
that'll drive you crazy.
Number five, Bessie and Glen Hyde.
There are a staggering number of disappearances
that tend to happen in the vast, steep sided Canyon
carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, the Grand Canyon.
Glen and Bessie Hyde were two newlyweds
who vanished while attempting to run the rapids
of the Colorado River in 1928.
They were never seen again.
This was not your typical honeymoon vacation.
Back in the 1920s, there were no commercial
Grand Canyon adventures like there are today.
This treacherous expedition was usually
only attempted by experienced explorers.
This was certainly beyond Glen and Bessie's criteria.
They would attempt to complete this insane trip
on their own and to top it off,
they were planning to traverse the Colorado River
in a precariously home built boat.
This did not seem to faze them.
In fact, nothing seemed to faze Glen and Bessie.
Despite the dangers of the torrential river
and rapids that lay ahead,
they decided to forgo lifejackets
as they packed for their expedition.
Equipped with only basic supplies
and a homemade scow dubbed Rain in the Face,
the honeymooners set sail on their final, fateful adventure.
This trip was not only a honeymoon voyage,
but a daring plan for the couple
to rake in some dough upon their return.
Glen Hyde was a farmer from Idaho
and an expert boat builder who had years and years
of rafting experience under his belt.
When they successfully completed their mission
he planned for the pair to go on a lecture circuit
to profit off the tail of their trip.
He was also eager to set a new speed record
for traveling through the Grand Canyon.
Bessie on the other hand did not have
much experience in boating.
If she succeeded in running these rapids
she would be the first woman in the world
to have ever done so.
The 22-year-old aspiring poet was hoping to make history
as the first woman to make the trip.
However, things didn't go as planned.
Glen and Bessie were last seen
on Sunday, November 18, 1928
while boating below Hermit Rapid.
They hiked Bright Angel Trail out of the canyon
to resupply and came upon Emory and Ellsworth Kolb studio.
The two Kolb brothers were professional photographers.
At this point, Bessie and Glen had been on the river
for 26 days straight and it seemed
that Bessie was reluctant to continue the trip.
Bessie and Glen asked the Kolb brothers
to take their photographs and they said
they would return later to pick them up.
These would be some of the final photos
ever taken of the couple.
After snapping a few photos, Bessie and Glen
casually told the Kolbs they did not have lifejackets.
Alarmed, the Kolbs attempted to warm them,
but Glen simply responded with a laugh.
Bessie, however, looked very nervous.
Before departing, Emory's daughter, Emily,
showed up at the studio.
Bessie told her something quite bizarre,
something that seemed to foreshadow
the ending of their trip.
Bessie remarked to Emily, "I wonder if I shall
ever wear pretty shoes again."
As it turns out, Bessie's worries were warranted.
This was one of the last times
that Bessie and Glen were ever seen alive again.
The last man who may have seen them alive
was named Adolph G. Sutro
and he may have even ridden in their boat.
A month later, in early December,
the Kolb brothers realized Glen Bessie
still had not returned for their photos.
They jumped into action, initiating a short-lived search.
Not long after a search plane was deployed,
the first clue to the honeymooners fate was spotted.
Down the river, snagged on some rocks,
sat Bessie and Glen's boat.
Eerily enough, the boat was upright and unscathed,
full of supplies with no signs of wear and tear.
But Glen and Bessie were nowhere to be found.
One item discovered in the boat, a camera,
held more clues pointing to the fate of the two newlyweds.
The final photo revealed that Glen and Bessie
made it to river mile 165 around November 27.
This was the last clue that would ever be discovered.
What could have possibly happened to Glen and Bessie Hyde?
The first theory involves an incredibly disturbing twist.
In 1992, a woman named Georgia Clark passed away.
Georgia was a Grand Canyon woman and well-known rafter.
In an insane twist, she left behind significant secrets
after her death pointing to the fate of Glen and Bessie.
Strangely enough, Georgia had never allowed
anyone into her home while she was alive.
But after she passed away, her friends were given permission
to go through her personal belongings.
What they found was incredible.
While digging through Georgia's belongings,
they stumbled upon a birth certificate.
A birth certificate with the name Bessie Deross.
What they found next was even more mysterious.
A marriage certificate with the names Glen and Bessie Hyde.
Historian Brad Dimock examined the items
from Georgia's home and somehow concluded
based on a photograph that Georgia and Bessie Hyde
were not the same person, but how?
Brad Dimock also penned a book covering
the couples mysterious disappearance.
Is it possible that he does not want the mystery solved
since it may affect his book sales?
Others point to an entirely different theory
that also seems just too coincidental.
In the 1970s, attendees of a Grand Canyon rafting trip
were warming up around a billowing campfire enjoying dinner.
However, their peaceful camp fireside dinner
was interrupted by a mysterious attendee's confession
and the night took a peculiar turn.
An elderly woman claimed that she was actually Bessie Hyde
and she did not stop there.
She went on to describe how she had stabbed Glen to death
and escaped the canyon on her own to start a new life.
According to the woman, she was tired
of Glen's abuse and snapped.
This woman even seemed to have resembled Bessie.
Although it could never be proven that she was not Bessie,
she was known as someone who enjoyed telling tall tales,
casting doubt into many people's minds.
The final theory is Glen and Bessie drowned
after hitting some unexpected rapids.
Some believe they hit an exceedingly difficult section
of the river near mile 232 causing the unprepared couple
to get knocked out of their boat and subsequently drown
due to their lack of lifejackets.
In 1979, the grim discovery of skeletal remains
in the Grand Canyon brought hope
that the mystery would finally be solved.
On the Canyon rim, on a property belonging to Emory Kolb
someone found a skeleton with a bullet
still inside the skull.
Unfortunately, forensic investigators on the case
examined the remains and concluded
that the skeleton belonged to a man no older than 22,
which ruled out Glen.
Unfortunately, this case remains unsolved.
Please share your theories in the comments below.
Number four, Alfred Beilhartz.
- [Female Narrator] The Beilhartz family,
William Harvey Belihartz, his wife, and his 11 children,
went on a fishing trip together to Estes Park in Colorado.
The family had been hiking in the park
when they noticed someone was missing,
and that someone was little Alfred.
The family panicked, hastily starting to search for Alfred,
but came back empty-handed.
It appeared Alfred had vanished before their eyes.
They called in Park Rangers and an extensive search ensued.
They believed Alfred had drowned in the nearby creek
so the search crews decided to focus on the river.
After an extensive search of the river, they found nothing.
So they next focused on land.
The search went on for 10 days, even drawing in the help
of 150 men and their bloodhounds.
But their attempts to find the little boy turned up nothing.
Little Alfred had completely vanished without a trace.
Then, something incredible happened.
6 miles from where Alfred went missing,
a couple were hiking when they are completely
caught off guard by what they would see next.
The couple claimed to have seen a boy
who looked like Alfred clinging to a rock
in the area called Devil's Nest,
but something was very wrong.
Someone, or something, pulled the boy quickly out of view
after spotting the couple.
Astonished, they alerted authorities
who quickly arrived on site.
They could not believe what they were facing.
The area the boy was spotted in was treacherous,
surrounded by sheer cliffs on all sides.
It was so insane that the climbers would need
specialized gear to even get up there.
The search crew determined it would be impossible
for the boy to have made it up.
To make it to the top of Devil's Nest, it would take
a trained individual with specialized equipment.
A little boy simply did not stand a chance.
Did the couple really see Alfred?
And if so, how could he have scaled this cliff face?
Who, or what, had pulled him back?
As if the story isn't crazy enough,
a ransom note for $500, equivalent to $9000 in 2019,
was sent to the parents after he had been missing
for five months.
Police launched an investigation into the note
and determined it was just a sick hoax.
His father believed that Alfred was abducted
and is still alive.
What do you think?
- [Male Narrator] Number three, Paula Jean Welden.
- [Female Narrator] The picturesque town
of Bennington, Vermont is no stranger
when it comes to mysteries.
Specifically, missing persons mysteries.
Between the years of 1945 to 1950,
five people disappeared without a trace.
This notorious area has since been dubbed
the Bennington triangle.
In 1946, one of the disappearances
in the Bennington triangle would be no other
then Paula Jean Welden.
Paula was a sophomore at Bennington College.
She worked and studied extremely hard
and needed to take a break.
On December 1, 1946, Paula asked her friends
if they wanted to head out on a hike
on Vermont's long trail.
Located in the nearby Glastonbury mountains.
They were all busy, so she decided
to go on the trek alone.
The very last thing she would ever say
to her roommate Elizabeth was, "I'm all through
with studies, I'm taking a long walk."
Packing absolutely nothing and changing
into her walking clothes, she headed out
of her Dewey house dorm.
We could only piece together the puzzle of events
leading to Paula's bizarre disappearance
based on the following people.
Danny Fager owned the gas station just across the way.
According to Danny, he spotted a girl
matching Paula's description
running up and down the side of a gravel pit
just outside of Bennington College's entrance
at around 2:45 pm.
Paula then apparently hitchhiked to the trail.
Lewis Snap claimed he picked a girl up near the college
and dropped her off near the trail.
Paula was then spotted by several people
in Bickford Hollow at 4 pm on her way to The Long Trail.
A group of hikers had bumped into Paula
and tried to warn her about the clothing she was wearing.
She was only wearing a red parka coat and blue jeans
which they stated would be far too cold for the trail.
The temperature that night was going to quickly drop
and snow was on its way.
Brushing off the fellow concerned hikers,
Paula decided to continue her hike anyway.
Paula Jean Weldon was last seen heading north
before she vanished, never to be seen again.
Her roommate, Elizabeth, quickly noticed she was not home
but they believed Paula was staying up late
to study, as usual.
However, when the next morning rolled around
and Paula was still missing,
Elizabeth knew something was very wrong.
Paula's college had a campus policy
in which the students would have to sign out
if they were going to be off campus after curfew.
Elizabeth contacted the college officials
who immediately conducted a search.
After checking the signout list, the officials realized
Paula had never signed out from campus.
She had never returned from her hike.
School officials alerted the local sheriff's department
who immediately organized a search,
including firefighters and the National Guard.
However, these efforts turned out to be fruitless.
After extensive searches, the search parties
came home empty-handed.
Paula Jean Weldon vanished without a trace,
never to be seen again.
In a perplexing twist, some speculate Paula's father
could have had something to do with her disappearance.
Days later, a waitress in Fall River, Massachusetts
claims she served dinner to an agitated young woman
who she believed appeared to be Paula.
Following this lead, Paula's father jumped into action,
or did he?
He subsequently disappeared for 36 hours straight
without telling a single soul
to apparently follow the lead.
Many believe there is something more sinister
to his sudden disappearance
and began to point to him as a prime suspect.
Paula and her father had not been exactly getting along
before her disappearance.
Because of this, Paula had been very depressed.
It is believed her father did not approve
of a boy Paula had been seeing.
Paula's father was quick to place the blame
of her disappearance on this long distance boyfriend
stating the boyfriend wanted to call on her.
The only evidence he had to substantiate this accusation
was proof from a clairvoyant.
After the search is finally completed,
a lumberjack came forward saying he spotted Paula
before her disappearance.
Fred Gadette was a resident of The Long Trail.
He claimed that night he got into a heated fight
with his wife.
Filled with rage, he left his shack
and was simply driving up and down the trail to cool down.
His alibi continued to change
and soon the police considered him a suspect.
Allegedly, he drunkenly told two of his friends
that he knew where her body was buried
but later claimed it was all just a joke.
The leads ran cold and soon the case did too.
Some theorize that perhaps Paula had taken her own life
as friends reported that she was incredibly stressed
as a student.
However, there's no confirmation
that she had these types of tendencies
and she probably wouldn't have asked her friends
to accompany her on the hike if she set out on this mission.
To this day, Paula remains missing.
Let us know what you think in the comments down below.
- [Male Narrator] Number two, Larry Jeffrey.
1966, Larry was a young boy, just six years old.
He was trailing along with his brothers
near the peak of Mount Charleston,
located in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Mount Charleston is just a stones throw
from the booming city of Las Vegas.
Larry was playing with his brothers
when they noticed that Larry had wandered off and vanished.
The family frantically searched for Larry,
calling out his name only to be met with bleak silence.
They contacted local law enforcement
who quickly assembled a search party of 1000 searchers
who combed the area for 16 days straight.
During those 16 days, the searchers were able to track
Larry's path but continued to lose it.
They discovered the boy had been eating insects
and foraging for berries.
However, chances that Larry was found alive,
even if they were able to find him, were slim to none
as he was wearing light clothing
that would not allow him enough resistance
against the cold temperatures of the freezing night.
There were no signs of an animal attack
and today Larry Jeffrey's disappearance
remains a complete mystery.
It must be stated that children are known
to hide from strangers out of fear when they go missing.
Somewhere out there lies the remains of Larry Jeffrey.
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Number one, Dennis Martin.
Dennis Martin mysteriously disappeared on June 14, 1969,
never to be seen again.
Dennis was an innocent boy, only six years old.
He vanished in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Spence Field, in Tennessee,
while playing hide and seek with his brothers.
He was last seen by his father
who saw Dennis going behind a bush to hide.
Five minutes past and all the children returned
to the campsite, all but Dennis.
His father, feeling something was not right,
immediately began frantically searching for Dennis,
even going so far as to run two miles down the trail.
The family continued to desperately search the area
for several hours, but turned up no clues
as to where the boy may have gone.
Terrified, they contacted the National Park Service Rangers
for help at around 8:30 pm.
But it would take the Rangers some time to arrive on site.
The search was immediately hampered
by the sudden downpour of rain.
Nearly 2 1/2 inches of rain blanketed the area
leading to massive amounts of mud.
The downpour was so brutal it washed out trails
and caused the stream to flood.
The temperatures also dropped down to around 50 degrees
and no effective search could be conducted
until the next morning.
This kicked off the largest search in the park's history.
Over 1400 volunteers assembled to comb the area.
But this also came with its own problems.
Many of the volunteers were untrained.
Despite their good intentions,
they were only causing more problems.
Tracks were quickly lost and eroded by the search party.
Before being erased forever, a set of footprints
were found leading to a stream.
One was barefoot, while the other matched
the type of shoe Dennis was wearing.
A shoe and sock were also found,
the last traces of Dennis Martin ever discovered.
The boy's father offered a $5000 reward,
equivalent to $34,000 in 2019,
for any information that would help find his son.
A few years after Dennis's disappearance,
a ginseng hunter claimed to have discovered
scattered skeletal remains in Big Hollow,
about five miles north of Spence Field.
He kept the gruesome find a hushed secret until 1985.
The man was afraid he would be prosecuted.
But strangely enough, a search of the area
where he said he found the remains
turned up absolutely nothing.
The most probable theory is the boy became lost
and perished from exposure,
perhaps falling into the stream
his footprints were last seen entering.
Another theory is the boy was attacked by an animal
but there is absolutely no signs
of an animal attack in the area, making this unlikely.
A third theory, which is the creepiest of them all,
is that he was abducted by someone or something.
You see, on the afternoon of Dennis's disappearance,
a tourist named Harold Key claimed he and his family
heard an enormous, sickening scream.
They witnessed a man covered in hair
who appeared to be hiding,
or attempting to flee the scene.
They claim the man appeared to have something
carelessly slumped over his shoulder,
something that was highly visible and red.
Here's where things get super creepy.
The description of the highly visible red
exactly matches the color of Dennis's shirt
that he was wearing when he disappeared.
This all occurred not long after Dennis
was reported missing.
Only about 5 miles from where he was last seen.
The FBI and Park Rangers concluded
there was insufficient evidence
to link the sighting to Dennis's disappearance
due to the distance between the two cases.
Some believed that hairy man could have been a big foot
who they believe could have easily traveled that distance
in that short a time.
So what do you think?
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