Missing 411: The Disappearance of Eloise Lindsay

The 1980's were a strange time for the National Parks service. Dozens of missing people, and no answers. And those that did turn up, like Eloise Lindsay, came home with rather disconcerting tales. Authorities, however, seem to have been unconcerned with the frightening experiences described by Lindsay. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...

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0:00 - Intro and Background
2:14 - Appalachian Culture
5:14 - Feral People and Wildmen
9:28 - The Disappearance of Eloise Lindsay

[MrFirextinguisher]

Saying “I don’t want to sound like a fed” is exactly what a fed would say

[Red]

As a Scandinavian the phrase “If you hear someone call your name in the woods… No you didn’t!” really resonates with me. We got tons of folklore about what might be out there and while most of it is probably hogwash it doesn’t change the fact that a lot of the forest around here is more or less untouched and each year tens of thousands of people go missing. Sure the vast majority is eventually found (alive or otherwise…) but each year there are about 60-70 people that are just… Gone. Some of which disappeared in truly bizarre circumstances that makes you wonder if the old tales maybe got a kernel of truth in them..

[FlameDarkfire]

Even traffickers probably would not pursue a potential victim for 12 days in the woods. Time is money, especially to them, and they missed a lot of potential kidnappings to try and get one girl with the sense enough to flee from them into the wilderness.

[subculturesaint]

As a wv native I’ve always been told “if you say apalashia I’ll throw an apple atcha”

[mollylollipops]

You would have to be in quite a phase of fear to ditch your backpack that has supplies in it to be able to run faster. I don't think I've heard this missing 411 before thanks for sharing it.

[vict]

Something like this kinda happened to a lady in Texas a few years ago. She was on the phone with 911 telling them she was being chased into the woods until she lost service. Her remains were found this past July.

[kokirivivi]

Cool fact: the Appalachian mountains are part of the same mountain range as the mountains in the Lake District in England and also the Scandinavian mountains. They were broken up when continents drifted apart.


Having been to the lake District, time moves very strangely there.

[sway_onthetrail]

Pro Tip: Call the Appalachian Trail the AT so you can avoid having to say Appalachian.

[Ma_cayle]

The fact that this happened in my back yard and I literally know the man that found her but have never heard about this is absolutely crazy.

[meowtheap]

robert hansen in alaska hunted women for sport. i’m an appalachian native. we are not all crazy hillbillies, but if someone wanted to act something like this out… our woods would be a good place.

[CptPatrik]

This one's a spooky one considering it wasn't just some monster that may or may not exist, but because she actually heard men chasing her. Glad they found her alive

[greatbingus]

My great grandparents lived in WV and would tell stories about cougars being able to cry like women and babies and smart enough to lure people out of their little cabins, they would just jump on the roof and make creepy sounds just waiting and lurking, thinking 'come out'. My cat likes to sit on the hood of my neighbors car and it's kinda cute we laugh about it, a 140lb cat sitting on the wood cabin roof... not so cute and that's something that really is not out of the ordinary, cats can make weird sounds and they will attack people.

[Ramzey]

@13:34 I’m willing to bet the “cache” of cake and donuts she found wasn’t for hikers, it was a bait site for bears. I live in the blue ridge mountains and have 4 bait sites full of similar stuff

[soggy]

As someone that lives in Tennessee surrounded by woods... never stay in the woods if everything is deathly quite. It means something isn't right and you shouldn't be there. Whether you do or don't believe in cryptids you should take that advice, it could mean there's a predator out there and all the other animals know to shut up and get away from there. Also like mentioned in the video, I wouldn't go out if it was raining. Some of the strangest or creepiest things have happened when I was out in the woods during a light drizzle.

[joeyk]

She probably did get chased by someone real at some point, but they likely gave up and left a long time before she was found. The poor lady was probably so terrified though that she refused to come out of hiding even at threat of starvation.

[frame]

its crazy how quickly they just excused this as just "paranoia", of course, she could have been a little, but wow. what she described with the men on the walkie talkies is terrifying, this would have freaked me out so badly, and im not a paranoid person.

[meowtheap]

regardless of if someone was intitiallu chasing her, got her off trail, then she became paranoid due to exposure/hunger/etc. the way they shrugged it off so easy is why it’s so questionable. nobody was doing there jobs

[laurenjulia]

I’ve lived in eastern Kentucky all my life and I spent a lot of my childhood wondering off into the woods usually with friends but not always. I can confirm that there are often construction equipment in the middle of the woods. Logging or clearing for water lines/electrical, or deep soil sampling. I could believe some guys being contracted to do a job, often paid by the day, in the woods on a break and wanting to mess with a lone girl on the trail. They maybe move a little farther every day on their job or just more familiar with the woods because they’ve been out there for a while and probably have maps. Appalachia can be such a beautiful place but it’s also very desolate and remote, making it turn creepy very quick. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard a similar experience of a young woman being chased into the woods by some assholes thinking they’re so funny.

[snowwalker]

I remember when he called you a Fed on the podcast. Absolutely love it and hope to make the next one as I have a question I think you’d be able to answer

[warloklightnin]

Finally a missing 411 case I haven’t heard a million times, love you guys ❤