Missing 411 - David Paulides

[H_C_E]

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here yet, so here goes. I hope it is appreciated.
I found some of the accounts hair raising, despite an almost entire absence of anything
"woo". I sure didn't sleep well after listening to some of the interviews with Paulides.

http://www.nabigfootsearch.com/missing_411.html

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/missing41 ... 5IeTvldX54

http://www.canammissing.com/missing_411.html

Missing-411 is the first comprehensive book about people who have disappeared in the wilds of North America. It’s understood that people routinely get lost, some want to disappear but this story is about the unusual. Nobody has ever studied the archives for similarities, traits and geographical clusters of missing people, until now.



A tip from a national park ranger led to 3+ years and a 7000 hour investigative effort into understanding the stories behind people who have vanished. The book chronicles children, adults and the elderly who disappeared, sometimes in the presence of friends and relatives. As Search and Rescue personnel exhaust leads and places to search, relatives start to believe kidnappings and abductions have occurred. The belief by the relatives is not an isolated occurrence; it replicates itself time after time, case after case across North America.



The research depicts 28 clusters of missing people across the continent, something that has never been exposed and was a shocking find to researchers. Topography does play a part into the age of the victims and certain clusters have specific age and sex consistency that is baffling. This is not a phenomenon that has been occurring in just the last few decades, clusters of missing people have been identified as far back as the 1800’s.



The manuscript for the research was extremely large so the story was split between two books, Missing 411 Western United States and Canada and Missing 411 Eastern United States. The Eastern version will be released in late March and will include a list of all missing people in each edition and a concluding chapter that draws both books together for conclusions.



Some of the issues that are discussed in each edition:

• The National Park Service attitude toward missing people

• How specific factors in certain cases replicate themselves in different clusters

• Exposing cases involving missing children that aren’t on any national database

• Unusual behavior by bloodhounds/canines involved in the search process

• How storms, berries, swamps, briar patches, boulder fields and victim disabilities play a role in the disappearance

• The strategies of Search and Rescue personnel need to change under specific circumstances



The First Reviews Are In:



"Major news organizations do a deplorable job of covering

stories and issues which are deemed too unusual

or too far outside the box. Chances are, they will find a way

to trivialize or ignore the disturbing evidence accumulated

by David Paulides, a former lawman turned investigative

journalist. The paper trail uncovered by Paulides through

sheer doggedness is impressive, the evidence indisputable.

People are vanishing without a trace from our national

parks and forests, yet government agencies are saying nothing.

At a minimum, this story deserves space on the front

page of every newspaper in the country, and it warrants a

formal high level inquiry by the federal agencies whose files

leave little doubt that something very strange is unfolding

in our wilderness."

George Knapp, Host, Coast to Coast AM



After reading this book, you will forever walk in the woods with a different awareness.

[Wombaticus Rex]

As a general rule of thumb, RI is basically The Simpsons: it's been done.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35082

Still, worth bringing up again.

Especially for this map:



I note that the two biggest clusters, East and West coast, are adjacent to military bases.

[H_C_E]

Good to be wrong, and nice to know this place doesn't disappoint,
even if it does darken my psyche.

This must have come up during one of those time periods when I'd
temporarily banned myself.

I'll be reading the first book soon. Allegedly that after reading through a good
bit of the accounts and the accompanying data, a very telling pattern emerges.

I'm curious as to what that might be.

[seemslikeadream]

[82_28]

It has been done and I missed it. That map is mystfying. Nothing in Texas for example. . .

Thanks for that!

[82_28]

And nothing in FL. WTF? I'll give NoDak, SoDak, Nebraska and Kansas a pass -- for now. But that map is inexplicable.

[DrEvil]

I refuse to believe that no one disappears in Florida. Nuh-uh. No way.

[cptmarginal]

That map is strangely fascinating...

Think I'll try listening to this later.

[NeonLX]

If I was in Florida, I'd definitely want to disappear.

[82_28]

Good god, is that map crazy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ar ... ark_System



Deep south and the midwest have jack shit -- yet FL does -- the swamps. What indeed is the matter with Kansas? There could definiitely be a nexus running around out there to find if we put our minds to it.

Is there any higher rez image of that map?

EDIT: I'm 1984ing this one because the image I linked to from wikipedia wasn't the one I chose. I think it's interactive and to un-1984 it you just have to click on the link.

[Twyla LaSarc]

Listening now. Thanks for the link.

[Perelandra]

As a general rule of thumb, RI is basically The Simpsons: it's been done.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35082
Still, worth bringing up again.

I note that the two biggest clusters, East and West coast, are adjacent to military bases.

I vote for a merge. Love me some maps. As I like to proclaim, geography is everything.

[BrandonD]

I've listened to several interviews of this guy, in my opinion he is on to something of definite significance, backed by solid research.

[Elvis]

I've listened to several interviews of this guy, in my opinion he is on to something of definite significance, backed by solid research.

Same here, and agreed.

[cptmarginal]

Paulides states (~22:00 mark in that video) that there are so many cases in Florida & Texas that he purposely neglected to include them in his first two books so as not to overwhelm the rest of the data.