The CREEPIEST Cases of People Disappearing

In this video, we’re going to go over two cases of people who disappeared in the remote wilderness. But strangely, each of these people was skilled and experienced enough for this not to have happened, and yet it did anyway. Sometimes, these things just happen deep in the woods. This is video 8 in the creepiest disappearances series.

Attributions/Special Thanks for Photographs:
Fdecomite, Paul LaRocque, Mount Rainier National Park

"The End Is Coming" by CoAg

Writing and research by Jay Adams

This video contains light dramatic reenactment but no actual footage or pictures of anyone being harmed or who has been harmed.

Note: Keith and Brandon are pseudonyms assigned to help tell the story; 12: 35 are not the actual individuals. They are simply models to help visualize the story

And a huge thank you to the Scary Interesting team of writers, editors, captioners, and everyone else who make this channel possible.

[demo]

A major reason why alcoholics die more often from hypothermia is not just because of passing out while exposed to the elements. Alcohol causes your skin vessels to dilate and bring more blood to the surface, hence the flush and feeling of warmth. However, this puts your blood at closer exposure to cold air, and actually cools you down faster. Alcohol was an old soldier's 'cure' for the cold, but while it made you feel better, it made your condition worse.

[ravenofroses]

my two cents: the first story sounds like the dude had a medical emergency and got scavenged post-mortem. the second story sounds like poachers with a very troubled friend who probably succumbed to the elements while going through alcohol withdrawal. the fact that a number of aaron's loved ones had already severed ties with him would make it plausible that the guys on the hunting trip with him were also close to their breaking point, so their weird lack of concern for his safety also kind of makes sense?

[Crystalised]

I understand the family being in denial in the first story, but tbh him having experience with bears is pretty irrelevant to whether he could survive a bear attack or not. People have been attacked and killed by wild animals that they’ve personally worked with for years. Knowledge can be a great help but once a giant predator catches you off guard and decides it’s going to kill you, theres not much you can do to stop it.

[tdebirds]

BROOO I literally asked for a story about people getting lost in the woods and you DELIVERED! You're fantastic 💜

[imperialchalice]

Every time I hear these stories, I recall the time one of my favorite coworkers said her boyfriend wanted to celebrate his bday hiking a trail he really liked.

Because I watch videos like this, I was nervous for her because she mentioned she’s never hiked and doesn’t really like it but was willing to go and even let her boyfriend get adventurous during the hike if he wanted to (as in explore areas he wasn’t familiar with cause he has experience). I told her and drilled it into her everyday until she left for the trip to please get offline maps. She did, downloaded a few.

She comes back from her trip and says “hey, guess what…we actually got lost cause we went off trail, lost signal, and couldn’t use anything else but the offline maps you recommended. We made it back just in time.” I was like OMG 😭 me watching these things is not in vain!!!! lol idk how offline maps work exactly or how it helped, but I used to watch videos of a rescuer and he always recommended for people to do that.

[bluejediforce]

For the second story, I think that the surviving two were hunting on private property and that's why they were so cagey about the investigations. I also think there's a chance Aaron was suicidal, but that's just where my mind went when it was stated he brought less alcohol than he usually did. I bet his friends spent a few days panicking bc they didn't know whether to turn themselves in as violating hunting laws or wait for their friend to show up again. I doubt they actually killed him but I am certain they were doing something illegal up there in the mountains.

[osirisatot]

I think them being poachers and him going off because they were clearly already upset with him and them him dying of exposure while going through withdrawal makes a lot of sense. I've seen someone I know go through alcohol withdrawal and it can get pretty nasty.

[MattCarvin]

It’s so silly to me when people think someone couldn’t have been attacked by a bear because of experience and knowledge. Bears love hubris .

[CJM-rgrt]

I think you laid it out perfectly. His wife was right, he never should've done something so intensive whilst trying to detox. That's incredibly dangerous, it sounds like they aren't that great of friends either.

[Tangent_Pixel]

A lot of times we talk about multiple theories as if they are all mutually exclusive. I don't know if that's intentional or not, but it's always possible that more than one theory is true at once. Aaron, Keith, and Brandon could have been poachers AND Aaron could have wandered off to suffer on his own, AND as a top comment pointed out, it could have been a planned suicide that his friends knew about. Multiple things can be true at once, and it would explain a lot. Maybe he didn't tell them until they were already out there. Maybe they were also poaching, which gave him a lot of leverage to disappear. Also, it's possible any plans of suicide weren't strictly "I plan to kill myself" but "I plan to allow myself to die, and if I don't I don't." or he told his friends he might change his mind. Either way, he would send them that message on the 9th to pacify them before he died.
Suicidal ideantions aren't always "I plan to kill myself, " it can be recklessly endangering yourself, sabotaging your own survival, basically trying to get yourself killed. "I don't want to live... but I don't want to commit suicide... so I'm just going to make a bunch of poor decisions and if I die I die..."

[FatRescueSwimmer]

I detoxed off Benzos and Booze (ALOT of it) and pain pills in the Middle of a National Forest dozens of miles from anyone... I regretted it badly about day two, but rode it out bc I didn't have a choice lol. Stayed out there two weeks came back a different person. The experience was so awful/uncomfortable (literally the worst) I haven't touched pills or booze since and it's been about 15 years now. I had tons of seizures, Hallucinations (at one point I was frantically running around the forest at night from demons w/ no light lost in an area with cliffs all over), extreme Flu like symptoms and I was literally out of my mind absolutely BLASTED with Anxiety the likes of which I have never experienced so tbh I'm lucky I lived thru the horrible choice. Do not do this! I honestly think that's what killed Aaron, I just got extremely lucky!

[lesliemartin]

I've heard Aaron's story so many times. As an alcoholic in recovery I can't help but wonder if Aaron's actions, along with the two others, were on account of Aaron purposely letting his two friends know it would be his last trip.
Alcohol withdraw is one of the worst feelings and you sincerely feel like you wish to die at times. Aaron may have been sensing his time was up and he didn't want to face the aftermath of running out of alcohol so he may have planned his own suicide only telling his friends since he probably realized he needed to tell at least someone other than his spouse. This would explain why he was so insistent despite his wife's pleas.

[justinhedges]

I got lost elk hunting in the Crazy Mountains and it was the spookiest experience. The wind in the trees sounds like a howling witch. The landscape is impossibly complex. We were looking for a hunting buddies cow elk, but I stayed out too long and darkness descended. I walked the wrong trail for several miles before turning back, but it was too late. Ironically I saw 4 cow elk, but wasn't interested anymore, I just wanted to get back to the truck. I was on the wrong trail so I turned around knowing that the truck had to be over a big ridge. I had to clamber over deadfall, now very concerned. After a long climb my foot hit a solid trail and I knew I would be ok. It was still an hour hike back, but I knew I dodged a bullet. Those mountains are fucking sketchy.

[b.thompson]

Great research on both stories. In particular, the second one involving the hunters. I don't live far from from there, so what I'm going to say will be limited because some local people out here are..weird. One thing to keep in mind is that the Crazy Mountains is known as an island mountain range. It's predominantly surrounded by private property, while the mountain is publicly owned (Forest Service land). It's easier to access these days from what I understand, but back then, you practically had to trespass in order to get into the forest service property. Trails plainly noted as being public access on forest service maps would be marked off as private property when you were on them, and some have been charged with trespassing. Some of these private property owners were ready to charge hikers at a drop of the hat. Throw poaching into the mix, and I can't imagine what those guys were thinking.

[readdeeply]

What I like to point out... it is always, invariably "an experienced" hiker/hunter/camper who runs into trouble. I don't think I've ever heard one of these stories begin with "XYZ was a novice hiker..." What that tells me is that the person grew complacent. Hubris in the wild is a bad idea - the wild will always be wild and you cannot tame it, merely manage it. Sometimes.

And sometimes your camping partners just kill you.

[katieloyd]

As a wildlife biologist, wildlife biologists all have crazy stories to tell of dangerous work (and recreation) situations. And all known that wildlife can be unpredictable. If he was dead, even from something like slipping and hitting hs head, it would explain the lack of blood too.

[KevinHasSpoken]

No better way to start off my Sunday then another Scary interesting banger, thank you for your quality content & hardwork. Videos get better every week.

[codyphillips]

I've been hiking and camping a lot in the last year in my local area, I want to journey out further but with how many stories I've heard about how people do everything right but nature/fate decides they need to disappear I'm nervous about going to new areas

[MountainHighSnow]

He was likely prescribed Librium. And myself being someone who recently went through alcohol detox at a treatment center but first by going to the ER, it’s wild that he would undertake an activity like that while experiencing withdrawal.

[Fireproofwitchnz]

I always feel so bad for families of people who disappear, because they never get answers and are left to make assumptions, which I bet is so haunting and traumatic 😢